Match the List-I with List-II LIST I — Forerunner college LIST II — University…

Concept

Most universities of the British-Indian period were not raised on empty ground. An existing degree-teaching college in a city was taken as the nucleus, and a university was later constituted around it, normally in that same city. So the dependable way to link a forerunner college to a university is to fix the city in which the college was founded: the university seated in that city is the one that grew out of it.

Application

1. Muir Central College was founded at Allahabad in 1872 and named after Sir William Muir. The University of Allahabad was constituted around it in 1887, so the college is that university's teaching nucleus, giving the pair A–II.

2. The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, the Oriental College of the list, was founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan at Aligarh in 1875 and was raised into Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, giving the pair B–III.

3. University College, that is the Panjab University College opened at Lahore in 1869, was the institution out of which the University of the Panjab was constituted in 1882; its Indian successor is Panjab University, giving the pair C–IV.

4. Canning College was founded at Lucknow in 1864 and named after Lord Canning; the University of Lucknow was established around it in 1920, giving the pair D–I.

Cross-check

Read together, the four pairs give A–II, B–III, C–IV, D–I. Two anchors settle the match quickly: Muir Central College belongs to Allahabad and Canning College belongs to Lucknow, and only one of the given arrangements carries both of those pairs.