In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.
Assertion: Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh when it was annexed by the British in 1856.
Reasoning: Wajid Ali Shah was an unpopular ruler of Awadh.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
Here, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was being misgoverned. The British government also wrongly assumed that Wajid Ali Shah was an unpopular ruler. On the contrary, he was widely loved, and when he left his beloved Lucknow, there were many who followed him all the way to Kanpur singing songs of lament