Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Rani Laxmi Bai | (I) | Lucknow |
| (B) | Nana Sahib | (II) | Jhansi |
| (C) | Kunwar Singh | (III) | Kanpur |
| (D) | Birjis Qadr | (IV) | Bihar |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(A) Rani Laxmi Bai — this matches (II) Jhansi. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by popular pressure to lead the uprising.
(B) Nana Sahib — this matches (III) Kanpur. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice but to lead the revolt.
(C) Kunwar Singh — this matches (IV) Bihar. He was a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar who took up the leadership in the same way.
(D) Birjis Qadr — this matches (I) Lucknow. In Lucknow, the people celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
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.…” |