Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Region | List-II Leader | ||
| (A) | Kanpur | (I) | Kunwar Singh |
| (B) | Bihar | (II) | Nana Sahib |
| (C) | Jhansi | (III) | Birjis Qadr |
| (D) | Lucknow | (IV) | Rani Lakshmi Bai |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
(A) Kanpur — this matches (II) Nana Sahib. 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.
(B) Bihar — this matches (I) Kunwar Singh. Kunwar Singh was a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, who took up the leadership of the uprising there.
(C) Jhansi — this matches (IV) Rani Lakshmi Bai. In Jhansi the rani was forced by popular pressure to lead the uprising.
(D) Lucknow — this matches (III) Birjis Qadr. In Lucknow the people hailed Birjis Qadr, the young son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
NCERT (2025-26): “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.…” |