Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Regions | List-II Leaders | ||
| (A) | Kanpur | (I) | Kunwar Singh |
| (B) | Jhansi | (II) | Shah Mal |
| (C) | Bihar | (III) | Nana Shahib |
| (D) | Uttar Pradesh | (IV) | Rani Lakshmi Bai |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Kanpur — this matches (III) Nana Shahib. In Kanpur the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice but to join the revolt as their leader.
(B) Jhansi — this matches (IV) Rani Lakshmi Bai. In Jhansi the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to take up the leadership of the uprising.
(C) Bihar — this matches (I) Kunwar Singh. Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, was likewise drawn into leading the revolt.
(D) Uttar Pradesh — this matches (II) Shah Mal. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh.
NCERT (2026-27): “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. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar.… 1.3 Leaders and followers … Not everywhere were the leaders people of the court – ranis, rajas, nawabs and taluqdars. Often the message of rebellion was carried by ordinary men and women and in places by religious men too. From Meerut, there were reports that a fakir had appeared riding on an elephant and that the sepoys were visiting him frequently. In Lucknow, after the annexation of Awadh, there were many religious leaders and self-styled prophets who preached the destruction of British rule. Elsewhere, local leaders emerged, urging peasants, zamindars and tribals to revolt. 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.” |