Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Leaders | List-II Regions | ||
| (A) | Shah Mal | (I) | Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh |
| (B) | Gonoo | (II) | Singhbhum in Chotanagpur |
| (C) | Birjis Qadr | (III) | Awadh |
| (D) | Kunwar Singh | (IV) | Arrah in Bihar |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(A) Shah Mal — this matches (I) Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout.
(B) Gonoo — this matches (II) Singhbhum in Chotanagpur. Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.
(C) Birjis Qadr — this matches (III) Awadh. In Awadh, the people of Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the displaced Nawab, as their leader.
(D) Kunwar Singh — this matches (IV) Arrah in Bihar. Kunwar Singh was a local zamindar in Arrah, pushed by popular pressure to lead the revolt.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … Elsewhere, similar scenes were enacted though on a minor scale. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of the state were still very fresh in the memory of the people, the populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader.… 1.3 Leaders and followers … Not everywhere were the leaders people of the court – ranis, rajas, nawabs and taluqdars. Often the message of rebellion was carried by ordinary men and women and in places by religious men too. From Meerut, there were reports that a fakir had appeared riding on an elephant and that the sepoys were visiting him frequently. In Lucknow, after the annexation of Awadh, there were many religious leaders and self-styled prophets who preached the destruction of British rule. Elsewhere, local leaders emerged, urging peasants, zamindars and tribals to revolt. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh; Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.” |