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.
During the Revolt of 1857, proclamations calling upon the Hindus and Muslims to unite, rise and exterminate the British firangis were issued in:
A. Hindi
B. Persian
C. Urdu
D. Pali
E. Prakrit
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B and C only
A. Hindi Correct. Proclamations in Hindi, Urdu and Persian were put up in the cities, calling upon both Hindus and Muslims to unite, rise and exterminate the firangis.
B. Persian Correct. Persian was one of the three languages of these proclamations.
C. Urdu Correct. Urdu was the third of them.
D. Pali Incorrect. Pali was not a language of the 1857 proclamations. It is the language of some of the oldest Buddhist texts, written many centuries earlier.
E. Prakrit Incorrect. Prakrit was not used either. It was the language of most Asokan inscriptions and of other early inscriptions, a name for languages used by ordinary people in ancient times.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.1 How the mutinies began … 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 government buildings – the jail, treasury, telegraph office, record room, bungalows – burning all records. Everything and everybody connected with the white man became a target. Proclamations in Hindi, Urdu and Persian were put up in the cities calling upon the population, both Hindus and Muslims, to unite, rise and exterminate the firangis.…” |