With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List I (Person) with List II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

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Q: 81 (IAS/2002)
With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List I (Person) with List II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
(Person)(Event)
A. MacDonald1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie3. August Offer
D. Chelmsford4. Dyarchy

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,178,51,39,6,178,6

keywords: 

{'indian history': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'colonial period': [1, 0, 4, 1], 'event': [1, 0, 7, 2]}

The correct answer is option 3 for the following reasons:

A. MacDonald - 2. Communal Award: British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald proposed the Communal Award in 1932, which provided separate electorates for minority communities in India.

B. Linlithgow - 3. August Offer: Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943, put forth the August Offer in 1940 as an attempt to gain Indian cooperation during World War II.

C. Dalhousie - 1. Doctrine of Lapse: Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856. He introduced the Doctrine of Lapse, a policy that allowed the British to take over any princely state where the ruler died without a male heir.

D. Chelmsford - 4. Dyarchy: During Lord Chelmsford`s viceroyalty (1916–1921), the Government of India Act in 1919, also known as the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, introduced Dyarchy, a system of dual governance in India.

Option 1, 2, and 4 does not indicate the correct matching compared to the