Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Calcutta(I) Kingdom annexe…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Calcutta	(I) Kingdom annexed by the British, besides Awadh, on a variety of pleas
(B) Kanpur	(II) City to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled
(C) Lucknow	(III) Beloved city of the Nawab, said to be left lifeless after his exile
(D) Jhansi	(IV) City up to which many people followed the Nawab singing songs of lament

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Calcutta	(II) City to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled	Calcutta was the British capital. The dethroned Nawab was <strong>exiled to Calcutta</strong>.
(B) Kanpur	(IV) City up to which many people followed the Nawab singing songs of lament	Kanpur lay on his way out of Awadh. Many people <strong>followed him all the way to Kanpur</strong> singing songs of lament.
(C) Lucknow	(III) Beloved city of the Nawab, said to be left lifeless after his exile	Lucknow was the Nawab's capital. An observer wrote that the <strong>town had been left lifeless</strong> after he left.
(D) Jhansi	(I) Kingdom annexed by the British, besides Awadh, on a variety of pleas	Jhansi was a kingdom the British <strong>annexed besides Awadh</strong>, along with Satara.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 “The life was gone out of the body”
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.”

“The widespread sense of grief and loss at the Nawab’s exile was recorded by many contemporary observers. One of them wrote: “The life was gone out of the body, and the body of this town had been left lifeless … there was no street or market and house”

“On a variety of pleas, like misgovernment and the refusal to recognise adoption, the British annexed not only Awadh, but many other kingdoms and principalities like Jhansi and Satara. …”

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Calcutta	(I) Kingdom annexed by the British, besides Awadh, on a variety of pleas
(B) Kanpur	(II) City to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled
(C) Lucknow	(III) Beloved city of the Nawab, said to be left lifeless after his exile
(D) Jhansi	(IV) City up to which many people followed the Nawab singing songs of lament

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Calcutta	(II) City to which Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled	Calcutta was the British capital. The dethroned Nawab was <strong>exiled to Calcutta</strong>.
(B) Kanpur	(IV) City up to which many people followed the Nawab singing songs of lament	Kanpur lay on his way out of Awadh. Many people <strong>followed him all the way to Kanpur</strong> singing songs of lament.
(C) Lucknow	(III) Beloved city of the Nawab, said to be left lifeless after his exile	Lucknow was the Nawab's capital. An observer wrote that the <strong>town had been left lifeless</strong> after he left.
(D) Jhansi	(I) Kingdom annexed by the British, besides Awadh, on a variety of pleas	Jhansi was a kingdom the British <strong>annexed besides Awadh</strong>, along with Satara.

“On a variety of pleas, like misgovernment and the refusal to recognise adoption, the British annexed not only Awadh, but many other kingdoms and principalities like Jhansi and Satara. …”