Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I (Expressions) | List-II (Words) |
|---|---|
| (A) The flooding of a large area of land by water | (I) Remission |
| (B) The act of taking control of a territory and making it part of one’s own country | (II) Inundation |
| (C) The act of exploring an area to collect information about an enemy’s position | (III) Reconnaissance |
| (D) A period during which a serious illness becomes less severe or seems to disappear | (IV) Annexation |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) The flooding of a large area of land by water | (II) Inundation | Inundation is the flooding of land by a large amount of water. | The inundation of low-lying parts of Assam left thousands of families without homes. |
| (B) The act of taking control of a territory and making it part of one’s own country | (IV) Annexation | In annexation, one country takes over an area and adds it to its own land. | The annexation of Awadh by the British in 1856 brought the kingdom under Company rule. |
| (C) The act of exploring an area to collect information about an enemy’s position | (III) Reconnaissance | Reconnaissance is exploring an area to collect information, especially about an enemy. | The army sent a drone on a reconnaissance flight to find out where the enemy camps were. |
| (D) A period during which a serious illness becomes less severe or seems to disappear | (I) Remission | Remission is a period when a serious illness becomes weaker or its signs go away for a time. | After a year of treatment, the doctors told Kavya that her cancer was in remission. |