Read the passage and answer the questions:
The sepoys began their action with a signal; in many places it was the firing of the evening gun or the sounding of the bugle. They first seized the bell of arms and plundered the treasury. They then attacked the government buildings – the jail, treasury, telegraph office, record room, bungalows – burning all records. The mutiny in the sepoy ranks quickly became a rebellion.
The events are related to the Revolt of 1857. Arrange in chronological order:
A. Rising in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857.
B. Shah Mal killed in battle.
C. The British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat.
D. Rani Jhansi killed in battle.
E. The British forces under Havelock and Outram enter Lucknow.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C, B, E, D
(A) Rising in Lucknow — 30 May 1857, soon after the mutiny began in Meerut on 10 May.
(C) The British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat — 30 June 1857.
(B) Shah Mal killed in battle — July 1857; Shah Mal had mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh.
(E) The British forces under Havelock and Outram enter Lucknow — 25 September 1857, when they entered the Residency in Lucknow.
(D) Rani Jhansi killed in battle — June 1858, the only one of the five in 1858.
Tip: All five dates sit in the chapter’s timeline, where Shah Mal’s death in July is printed after the September entry into Lucknow. Read a timeline by its dates, not by the order of its rows.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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| – | – | 19-07 S1* | 31-05 S3 | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 10: Rebels and the Raj (2026-27)
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