Consider the following statements about images of the revolt of 1857:
(A) Pencil drawings and etchings were among the pictorial images of the mutiny.
(B) Posters, cartoons and bazaar prints were also among these images.
(C) British pictures offered a variety of images meant to provoke a range of different emotions.
(D) In British accounts the siege of Lucknow became a story of defeat and retreat.
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
(A) Pencil drawings and etchings were among the pictorial images of the mutiny. — Correct. Pencil drawings and etchings were among the pictorial images produced by the British and Indians.
(B) Posters, cartoons and bazaar prints were also among these images. — Correct. Posters, cartoons and bazaar prints also appear among these pictorial records of the mutiny.
(C) British pictures offered a variety of images meant to provoke a range of different emotions. — Correct. British pictures were meant to provoke a range of different emotions and reactions, so they were varied.
(D) In British accounts the siege of Lucknow became a story of defeat and retreat. — Incorrect. In British accounts the siege of Lucknow became a story of survival, heroic resistance and the ultimate triumph of British power.
NCERT (2026-27): “5. Images of the Revolt … “British pictures offer a variety of images that were meant to provoke a range of different emotions and reactions. Some of them commemorate the British heroes who saved the English and repressed the rebels. “Relief of Lucknow”, painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859, is an example of this type. When the rebel forces besieged Lucknow, Henry Lawrence, the Commissioner of Lucknow, collected the Christian population and took refuge in the heavily fortified Residency. Lawrence was killed but the Residency continued to be defended under the command of Colonel Inglis. On 25 September James Outram and Henry Havelock arrived, cut through the rebel forces, and reinforced the British garrisons. Twenty days later Colin Campbell, who was appointed as the new Commander of British forces in India, came with his forces and rescued the besieged British garrison. In British accounts the siege of Lucknow became a story of survival, heroic resistance and the ultimate triumph of British power.” |