Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following pairs:

Leader Associated circumstance
1. Nana Saheb Adopted son of Baji Rao II who was denied the family title
2. Begum Hazrat Mahal Her son Birjis Qadir was proclaimed Nawab at Lucknow
3. Kunwar Singh Zamindar of Jagdishpur who had been deprived of his estates
4. Maulvi Ahmadullah Native ruler of Awadh displaced by the Doctrine of Lapse

How many of the above rows are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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