This process is known as a involuntary reflex.
Adding large amounts of salt into your body causes your cells to become hypoglycemic (net movement into the cell outweighs net movement out) and causes the cells to boost. Via negative feedback loops, your body feels thirsty to dilute the salt in your cells to return them back to normal concentrations.
Probably B would be the right answer
The empress of India during this period; the so called Sepoy Rebellion was Queen Victoria of the British Empire, who was now also consequently the queen of India.
Her reign was a very specific and characteristic rule where she enforced different rules and made different changes to the everyday life of people.