Q. After the annexation of Awadh in 1856, the king of Awadh, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, was deported to
(a) Delhi
(b) Calcutta
(c) Barrackpore
(d) Rangoon
Ans: (b) Calcutta
Explanation: 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.
