They wanted political influence over a weakened japan as well as establish a puppet government while there was a power vaccume
The answer is C. New research regarding the sequence of events that led Hari Singh signing the Instrument of accession has raised doubts about the legitimacy of India's claims to the territory
Way for the british to have access to the items that america had and also make sure that they could regulate what was going in and out of america (trade wise)
A and C because those are the right answers , hope this helps