Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Calcutta(I) Place whose co…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Calcutta	(I) Place whose conquest had begun the process of territorial annexation almost a century before 1856
(B) Kanpur	(II) Place to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled
(C) Lucknow	(III) Place up to which many people followed the exiled Nawab, singing songs of lament
(D) Bengal	(IV) Place the Nawab loved and had to leave behind

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Calcutta	(II) Place to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled	Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta, on the plea that Awadh was misgoverned.
(B) Kanpur	(III) Place up to which many people followed the exiled Nawab, singing songs of lament	The Nawab was widely loved, and many people followed him all the way to Kanpur singing songs of lament.
(C) Lucknow	(IV) Place the Nawab loved and had to leave behind	Lucknow was the Nawab's capital, his beloved Lucknow, which he had to leave when he was sent away.
(D) Bengal	(I) Place whose conquest had begun the process of territorial annexation almost a century before 1856	The takeover of Awadh was to complete a process of annexation that began with the conquest of Bengal almost a century earlier.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 “A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day” …
In the meantime the British became increasingly interested in acquiring the territory of Awadh. They felt that the soil there was good for producing indigo and cotton, and the region was ideally located to be developed into the principal market of Upper India. By the early 1850s, moreover, all the major areas of India had been conquered: the Maratha lands, the Doab, the Carnatic, the Punjab and Bengal. The takeover of Awadh in 1856 was expected to complete a process of territorial annexation that had begun with the conquest of Bengal almost a century earlier.”

“Lord Dalhousie’s annexations created disaffection in all the areas and principalities that were annexed but nowhere more so than in the kingdom of Awadh in the heart of North India. 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.”

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Calcutta	(I) Place whose conquest had begun the process of territorial annexation almost a century before 1856
(B) Kanpur	(II) Place to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled
(C) Lucknow	(III) Place up to which many people followed the exiled Nawab, singing songs of lament
(D) Bengal	(IV) Place the Nawab loved and had to leave behind

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Calcutta	(II) Place to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled	Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta, on the plea that Awadh was misgoverned.
(B) Kanpur	(III) Place up to which many people followed the exiled Nawab, singing songs of lament	The Nawab was widely loved, and many people followed him all the way to Kanpur singing songs of lament.
(C) Lucknow	(IV) Place the Nawab loved and had to leave behind	Lucknow was the Nawab's capital, his beloved Lucknow, which he had to leave when he was sent away.
(D) Bengal	(I) Place whose conquest had begun the process of territorial annexation almost a century before 1856	The takeover of Awadh was to complete a process of annexation that began with the conquest of Bengal almost a century earlier.