In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Britishers were highly interested in acquiring the territory of Awadh.
Reason: Soil there was good for producing indigo and cotton, and the region was ideally located to be developed into the principal market of Upper India.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Subsidiary Alliance had been imposed on Awadh in 1801. The British became increasingly interested in acquiring the territory of Awadh. They felt that the soil there was good for producing indigo and cotton, and the region was ideally located to be developed into the principal market of Upper India.