Match List I with List II.
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Official Source | (I) | Native Opinion |
| (B) | Newspaper Source | (II) | Hill Village in Rajmahal |
| (C) | Painting | (III) | Amar Katha |
| (D) | Diaries/Autobiography/Unofficial Accounts | (IV) | Deccan Riot Report |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(A) Official Source — this matches (IV) Deccan Riot Report. The Government of Bombay set up the Deccan Riots Commission after the revolt of 1875; its report is an official source and reflects official concerns and interpretations of events.
(B) Newspaper Source — this matches (I) Native Opinion. The report ‘The ryot and the moneylender’ appeared in the Native Opinion on 6 June 1876 and was quoted in the Report of the Native Newspapers of Bombay.
(C) Painting — this matches (II) Hill Village in Rajmahal. ‘A view of a hill village in Rajmahal’ was painted by William Hodges in 1782.
(D) Diaries/Autobiography/Unofficial Accounts — this matches (III) Amar Katha. Amar Katha (My Story) is the autobiography of Binodini Dasi, a pioneer of Bengali theatre, serialised between 1910 and 1913.
Note: Amar Katha in item (III) is taken from the chapter ‘Colonial Cities’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (2026-27): “4. The Deccan Riots Commission … When the revolt spread in the Deccan, the Government of Bombay was initially unwilling to see it as anything serious. But the Government of India, worried by the memory of 1857, pressurised the Government of Bombay to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate into the causes of the riots. The commission produced a report that was presented to the British Parliament in 1878. This report, referred to as the Deccan Riots Report, provides historians with a range of sources for the study of the riot. The commission held enquiries in the districts where the riots spread, recorded statements of ryots, sahukars and eyewitnesses, compiled statistical data on revenue rates, prices and interest rates in different regions, and collated the reports sent by district collectors. In looking at such sources we have to again remember that they are official sources and reflect official concerns and interpretations of events.…”
Fig. 9.8 A view of a hill village in Rajmahal, painted by William Hodges, 1782
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Box ‘Amar Katha (My Story)’, chapter ‘Colonial Cities’ |
