दुष्काळाचे वर्ष आणि त्यांच्या चौकशीसाठी नेमलेला आयोग यांच्या योग्य जोड्या लावा :
(a) इ.स. 1860 चा दुष्काळ (i) ल्यॉल आयोग
(b) इ.स. 1866-67 चा दुष्काळ (ii) स्ट्रॅची आयोग
(c) इ.स. 1876-78 चा दुष्काळ (iii) कॅम्पबेल आयोग
(d) इ.स. 1896-97 चा दुष्काळ (iv) कर्नल स्मिथ आयोग
(1) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(2) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(3) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
(4) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

The correct answer is Option A ((a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)).

Key Points:
• British Economic History - Famine Commissions in India:
• Chronological matching of British Famine Commissions:
• (a) 1860 Famine (Delhi/North-West Provinces) → Colonel Baird Smith Commission (1861), the first famine inquiry commission appointed under the British Crown → (iv).
• (b) 1866–67 Orissa Famine → Sir George Campbell Commission (1866–67) → (iii).
• (c) 1876–78 Great Madras/Bombay Famine → Sir Richard Strachey Commission (1878–80), which formulated the famous Famine Code of 1883 → (ii).
• (d) 1896–97 Famine → Sir James Lyall Commission (1897), which recommended revisions to the Famine Code → (i).
• Note: The 1899–1900 famine was probed by the MacDonnell Commission (1900).
• Key Takeaway: Famine Commissions: 1860 Colonel Smith, 1866 Campbell, 1878 Strachey, and 1897 Lyall.