Which of the following statements about the rebel administration of 1…

Which of the following statements about the rebel administration of 1857 are correct?

(A) The rebel leaders went back to the culture of the court.
(B) Appointments were made by the rebels to various posts.
(C) The rebels issued orders to encourage loot and plunder.
(D) Chains of command were laid down in the rebel army.
(E) The rebel administrative structures were primarily aimed at meeting the demands of trade.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B and D only

(A) The rebel leaders went back to the culture of the court. — Correct. The rebels tried to bring back older ways of ruling, so their leaders turned to the culture of the court.

(B) Appointments were made by the rebels to various posts. — Correct. Rebel rule needed officials, so appointments were made to various posts.

(C) The rebels issued orders to encourage loot and plunder. — Incorrect. The orders went the other way. They were issued to stop loot and plunder, so that rebel areas stayed in order.

(D) Chains of command were laid down in the rebel army. — Correct. Battles against the British were planned side by side, and chains of command were laid down in the army.

(E) The rebel administrative structures were primarily aimed at meeting the demands of trade. — Incorrect. One word is changed. These structures were mainly meant to meet the demands of war.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.3 The search for alternative power
Once British rule had collapsed, the rebels in places like Delhi, Lucknow and Kanpur tried to establish some kind of structure of authority and administration. This was, of course, short-lived but the attempts show that the rebel leadership wanted to restore the pre-British world of the eighteenth century. The leaders went back to the culture of the court. Appointments were made to various posts, arrangements made for the collection of land revenue and the payment of troops, orders issued to stop loot and plunder. Side by side plans were made to fight battles against the British. Chains of command were laid down in the army. In all this the rebels harked back to the eighteenth-century Mughal world – a world that became a symbol of all that had been lost. The administrative structures established by the rebels were primarily aimed at meeting the demands of war. …”