Identify the incorrect statements in relation to the ‘Revolt of 1857’:
A. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao III, no choice but to join revolt as their leader.
B. In Awadh, Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar assumed the leadership of the uprising.
C. Shah Mal fought the famous Battle of Chinhat in which British forces were defeated.
D. Gonoo, a tribal cultivator in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and C only
The question asks for the incorrect statements, so each statement is checked against the facts of the revolt.
A. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao III, no choice but to join revolt as their leader. Incorrect statement. Nana Sahib was the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, not Baji Rao III. The rest of the statement is true: the sepoys and the people of Kanpur left him no choice but to lead the revolt. One extra ‘I’ after Baji Rao’s name was all NTA needed to spoil this statement. Read names and numbers to the last letter.
B. In Awadh, Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar assumed the leadership of the uprising. Incorrect statement. Kunwar Singh was a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, not in Awadh. In Awadh the people of Lucknow hailed Birjis Qadr, the young son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
C. Shah Mal fought the famous Battle of Chinhat in which British forces were defeated. Incorrect statement. The Battle of Chinhat was fought by Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who defeated the British forces under Henry Lawrence. Shah Mal led the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh.
D. Gonoo, a tribal cultivator in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region. Correct statement. Gonoo was a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, and he led the Kol tribals in the revolt.
NCERT (2025-26): “1.3 Leaders and followers … Elsewhere, similar scenes were enacted though on a minor scale. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader.… …So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar.… …Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh; Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.”
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