Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Shah Mal | (I) | Arrah |
| (B) | Kunwar Singh | (II) | Kanpur |
| (C) | Nana Sahib | (III) | Lucknow |
| (D) | Birjis Qadr | (IV) | Barout |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(A) Shah Mal — this matches (IV) Barout. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh.
(B) Kunwar Singh — this matches (I) Arrah. Kunwar Singh was a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar whom popular pressure forced to lead the uprising.
(C) Nana Sahib — this matches (II) Kanpur. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader.
(D) Birjis Qadr — this matches (III) Lucknow. The people of Lucknow hailed Birjis Qadr, the young son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … 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. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of the state were still very fresh in the memory of the people, the populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader.… 1.3 Leaders and followers … 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.” |