It is clear that there was communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments. People were thus planning and talking about the rebellion. But one incident provides clues as to how the mutinies came to be so organised. Captain Hearsey of the Awadh Military Police had been given protection by his Indian subordinates during the mutiny. The 41st Native Infantry, which was stationed in the same place, insisted that since they had killed all their white officers, the Military Police should also kill Hearsey or deliver him as prisoner to the 41st.
Which of the following does the line left out after the first sentence of the passage state?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry refused the cartridges, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th's orders.
Option (1) After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry refused the cartridges, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th's orders. — Correct. The left-out line is the book's example of communication between sepoy lines. The 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry refused the new cartridges and wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that they awaited its orders.
Option (2) After the 48th Native Infantry refused the cartridges, they wrote to the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry that they had acted for the faith and awaited the 7th's orders. — Incorrect. The two regiments are reversed. The 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry wrote the letter, and the 48th Native Infantry received it.
Option (3) After the 41st Native Infantry refused the cartridges, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th's orders. — Incorrect. The 41st Native Infantry appears in the Captain Hearsey incident, where it demanded that Hearsey be killed. The cartridge letter came from the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry.
Option (4) After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry refused the cartridges, they wrote to the Mughal emperor at Delhi that they had acted for the faith and awaited his orders. — Incorrect. The letter went to another regiment, the 48th Native Infantry. It shows links between sepoy lines.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.2 Lines of communication |