The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to
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(a)exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states
(b)involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
(c)finally effect the complete political and administrative takeover of all the princely states by the British
(d)use the princes to counterbalance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
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