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The phrase take pride in means to feel satisfaction or pleasure about something you have or have achieved.

Structure: take pride in + noun/pronoun/gerund

<b>Explanation</b> <ul> <li><b>Correct: Lord Hastings</b> — The Governor-General Warren Hastings initiated and popularized the policy of <em>Paramountcy</em>, establishing that the British Crown had supremacy over Indian princely states and guiding future relations and treaties.</li> <li><b>Option A: Lord Richardson</b> — Not the proponent of this policy; not associated with the Paramountcy doctrine.</li> <li><b>Option C: Lord Clive</b> — Earlier phase of British expansion, but Paramountcy as a formal doctrine was not attributed to him.</li> <li><b>Option D: Lord Williamson</b> — Not connected with the Paramountcy policy.</li> </ul>

<b>Explanation:</b> <ul> <li><b>Correct answer: D (to)</b> — Use <i>confide something to someone</i> when you reveal or entrust a secret to a person.</li> <li>Using <i>in</i> would mean <i>confide in someone</i>, i.e., have trust in them, not reveal it.</li> <li>Using <i>with</i> or <i>on</i> is incorrect in this context.</li> </ul>