Match List I with List II

List I	List II
[A] Acharnians	[I] Government by women
[B] Clouds	[II] Attack on parties involved in war
[C] Lysistrata	[III] Criticism of the new ‘spirit of philosophical inquiry’
[D] Wasps	[IV] An attack on demagogues

The correct option is A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV.

To understand why this match is correct, let us analyze the themes and subjects of each of the famous comedies by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes:

[A] Acharnians matches with [II] Attack on parties involved in war:
First produced in 425 BCE, The Acharnians is the earliest of Aristophanes' surviving plays. It is a brilliant anti-war comedy that serves as a direct commentary on the Peloponnesian War, criticizing and satirizing the Athenian war party and general militarism of the era.

[B] Clouds matches with [III] Criticism of the new ‘spirit of philosophical inquiry’:
Produced in 423 BCE, The Clouds famously caricatures and satirizes Socrates and the Sophists. Aristophanes uses this play to mock the intellectual trends of contemporary Athens, depicting the new methods of education and philosophical rhetoric as deceptive and socially corruptive.

[C] Lysistrata matches with [I] Government by women:
First performed in 411 BCE, Lysistrata depicts a comical, feminist-led insurrection where women from warring Greek states seize the Athenian treasury and go on a sex strike to force a peace treaty, establishing temporary female control over the affairs of state.

[D] Wasps matches with [IV] An attack on demagogues:
Staged in 422 BCE, The Wasps satirizes the Athenian court system and citizens' obsession with litigation. It is a sharp political satire directed at Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, exposing how demagogues manipulated the populace through the jury system.