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Railways PYQCBT 1 2020

RRB NTPC · Question 8

The exile of the ruler of which kingdom was termed as "The life has gone out of the body"?

  1. Punjab

  2. Maratha lands

  3. Bengal

  4. Awadh

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Answer: (D) Awadh

Explanation

When the British deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh in 1856 and exiled him to Calcutta, the people said 'the life has gone out of the body' – one cause of the 1857 revolt there.