Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Read the following paragraph and snwer the question given below.

Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. The Sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about the bullets coated with the fat of cow and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour of greased cartridge spread like wild fire across the Sepoy lines of North India.

Which of the following events did not occur in 1857?

Options:

Rising in Lucknow

British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat

Shah Mal killed in battle

Rani of Jhansi killed in battle

Correct Answer:

Rani of Jhansi killed in battle

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Rani of Jhansi killed in battle

The Rani of Jhansi was killed in battle in June 1858, not 1857.

 

Timeline of important events related to the Revolt of 1857:

10 May 1857: Mutiny starts in Meerut
11-12 May 1857: Delhi garrisons revolt; Bahadur Shah accepts nominal leadership
20-27 May 1857: Sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah
30 May 1857: Rising in Lucknow
May-June 1857: Mutiny turns into a general revolt of the people
30 June 1857: British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat
July 1857: Shah Mal killed in battle
25 Sept 1857: British forces under Havelock and Outram enter the Residency in Lucknow

June 1858: Rani Jhansi killed in battle (Answer)