Question

Who could not rise above the post of Subedar?
A. British
B. Indian
C. European
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint:Subedar is a civil or military rank who governed an assigned province.He played an important role in Mughal Bureaucracy.

Complete answer:
Option A: The second highest rank of Indian officer in the military forces of British India is called the subedar.The qualities required for a Subedar were a quite above mark.It was a ranking below “British commissioned officers” and above the “local non-commissioned officers”.Hence,this explains that British could rise above the post of Subedar.Option A is not correct.

Option B:Indians could not rise above the post of Subedar as all higher positions in the employment were reserved for the British irrespective of their performance.His authority was confined to other Indian troops and could not command British troops.Therefore,Option B is the correct answer.

Option C: Just like Indians even The Europeans could not rise above the post of Subedar.Therefore, Option C and D are not correct.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note:The rank was introduced in east India companies presidency armies to make it easier for British officers to communicate with Indian troops.It was this important for Subedars to have some competence in English.Before the partition of India Subedars were known as Viceroy's commissioned officers.