Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List – I A) Indian Arms Act B) Royal Titles Act C) Indian High Court Act D) Indian Divorce Act List – II 1) 1876 2) 1878 3) 1869 4) 1861

Correct answer: D, meaning A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3.

The core idea is that all four are colonial-era statutes, and you need to pin each to its year. The Indian Arms Act was passed in 1878, under Lord Lytton, to regulate possession of arms and ammunition, so A matches 2. The Royal Titles Act of 1876 gave Queen Victoria the title Empress of India, so B matches 1.

• Option A is wrong because the Indian Arms Act is 1878, not 1869 or 1876.
• Option B is wrong because the Royal Titles Act is 1876, not 1878.
• Option C is wrong because the Indian High Courts Act, which empowered the Crown to set up High Courts, is 1861, not 1876.
• Option D is wrong because the Indian Divorce Act is 1869, not 1861.

Mains angle: these laws show how the Crown used legislation to consolidate control after 1857, a useful theme for answers on colonial legal and administrative structures.

Trap: mixing up 1861 (High Courts Act) and 1869 (Divorce Act), or assuming the Arms Act is 1876 because it sits close to the Royal Titles Act in time.