Solution:Home charges referred to the expenditure incurred n England by the Secretary of State for India on behalf of Indian Government.Home charges consisted of:
Purchases of military stores:
Expenditure on India office establishment.
Interest on railway capital investment.
Non-effective charges of the army.
Pensions and gratuities payable in England to retired civil servants of the company.
Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British were not included in home charges. So desirable option will be (b).