Which of the following pairs of an 1856 image of the rebellion and what it showed is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Burning of Santhal villages - shown in England as a demonstration of British might
Option (1) Burning of Santhal villages - shown in England as a demonstration of British might — Correct. Pictures of the burning villages were shown in England as a demonstration of the might of the British and their power to crush rebellion.
Option (2) Santhals fight the sepoys of the British Raj - rebels in chains being led to jail — Incorrect. Rebels in chains appear in the picture of Santhal prisoners being taken away; the fighting picture shows Santhals battling the sepoys.
Option (3) Santhal prisoners being taken away - suspects picked up as villages are set on fire — Incorrect. The prisoners picture shows rebels in chains led away by Company soldiers; the search and burning belong to the picture of burning villages.
Option (4) Sidhu Manjhi - the leader of the Paharia raids on the settled plains — Incorrect. Sidhu Manjhi led the Santhal rebellion. The Paharias were a different people of the Rajmahal hills who raided the plains.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 The Santhals: Pioneer settlers … “Notice how images like this one seek to convey political messages. At the centre you can see British officials triumphantly riding on an elephant. One officer on a horse is smoking a hookah: a picture that emphasises that the time of trouble was over, the rebellion had been crushed. The rebels are now in chains, being taken away to jail escorted and surrounded by soldiers of the Company.” |