HistoryModern India: Rebels and the Raj

A rebel proclamation of 1857 urges people to come together and fight…

A rebel proclamation of 1857 urges people to come together and fight to save certain things. Which one of the following is the odd one out?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Their freedom

Option (1) Their livelihood — Incorrect. Livelihood is one of the things people were urged to fight to save.

Option (2) Their honour — Incorrect. Honour is also on that list of things to be saved.

Option (3) Their freedom — Correct. Freedom is not on the list. People were urged to save their livelihood, faith, honour and identity, a fight for the greater public good.

Option (4) Their identity — Incorrect. Identity closes the list of things people were asked to save.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 Against the symbols of oppression …
The proclamations expressed the widespread fear that the British were bent on destroying the caste and religions of Hindus and Muslims and converting them to Christianity – a fear that led people to believe many of the rumours that circulated at the time. People were urged to come together and fight to save their livelihood, their faith, their honour, their identity – a fight which was for the “greater public good”.”