Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Which of the following statements is correct?

A) We have an abundance of records on the rebels’ point of view.
B) There are numerous rebel proclamations and notifications, as also some letters that rebel leaders wrote.
C) Historians till now have continued to discuss rebel actions primarily through accounts written by the British.
D) Official accounts abound: colonial administrators and military men left their versions in letters and diaries, autobiographies and official histories.
E) One important record of the mutiny is the pictorial images produced by the British and Indians: paintings, pencil drawings, etchings, posters, cartoons, bazaar prints.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

A, B, and C

B, C, and D

C, D, and E

A, C, and E

Correct Answer:

C, D, and E

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - C, D and E

The correct statements are:

C) Historians till now have continued to discuss rebel actions primarily through accounts written by the British.
D) Official accounts abound: colonial administrators and military men left their versions in letters and diaries, autobiographies and official histories.
E) One important record of the mutiny is the pictorial images produced by the British and Indians: paintings, pencil drawings, etchings, posters, cartoons, bazaar prints.

 

Incorrect statements with correction:

Statement A) We have an abundance of records on the rebels’ point of view is incorrect as we have VERY FEW RECORDS on the rebels’ point of view.

Statement B) There are numerous rebel proclamations and notifications, as also some letters that rebel leaders wrote is incorrect as there were A FEW rebel proclamations and notifications, as also some letters that rebel leaders wrote.

 

We have very few records on the rebels’ point of view. There are a few rebel proclamations and notifications, as also some letters that rebel leaders wrote.

But Official accounts, of course, abound: colonial administrators and military men left their versions in letters and diaries, autobiographies and official histories (STATEMENT D). We can also gauge the official mindset and the changing British attitudes through the innumerable memos and notes, assessments of situations, and reports that were produced. Many of these have now been collected in a set of volumes on mutiny records. These tell us about the fears and anxieties of officials and their perception of the rebels. The stories of the revolt that were published in British newspapers and magazines narrated in gory detail the violence of the mutineers – and these stories inflamed public feelings and provoked demands of retribution and revenge. One important record of the mutiny is the pictorial images produced by the British and Indians: paintings, pencil drawings, etchings, posters, cartoons, bazaar prints (STATEMENT E).