HistoryModern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Which of the following pairs about the response to the Deccan revolt…

Which of the following pairs about the response to the Deccan revolt of 1875 is correctly matched?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Fear felt by British officials as the rising spread - The spectre of 1857

Option (1) Fear felt by British officials as the rising spread - The spectre of 1857 — Correct. As the revolt spread, British officials saw the spectre of 1857. They feared another great rising like the revolt of 1857.

Option (2) Number of people arrested when troops were called in - 591 — Incorrect. The figure is reversed. 951 people were arrested, and many were convicted.

Option (3) Time taken to bring the countryside under control - About two weeks — Incorrect. Control came slowly. It took several months to bring the countryside under control.

Option (4) Step taken in villages to frighten rebellious peasants - Army cantonments were built — Incorrect. Troops were called in, but the step taken in villages was the setting up of police posts to frighten peasants into submission.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Account books are burnt …
From Poona the revolt spread to Ahmednagar. Then over the next two months it spread even further, over an area of 6,500 square km. More than thirty villages were affected. Everywhere the pattern was the same: sahukars were attacked, account books burnt and debt bonds destroyed. Terrified of peasant attacks, the sahukars fled the villages, very often leaving their property and belongings behind.”

“As the revolt spread, British officials saw the spectre of 1857 (see Chapter 11). Police posts were established in villages to frighten rebellious peasants into submission. Troops were quickly called in; 951 people were arrested, and many convicted. But it took several months to bring the countryside under control.”