The store-room in which the arms and ammunition were stored by the British authorities came to be known as:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bell of Arms
The bell of arms is a storeroom in which weapons are kept; at Meerut the sepoys first captured the bell of arms, where the arms and ammunition were kept.
NCERT (2026-27): “Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857, the sepoys in the cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny. It began in the lines of the native infantry, spread very swiftly to the cavalry and then to the city. The ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys. The sepoys captured the bell of arms where the arms and ammunition were kept and proceeded to attack white people, and to ransack and burn their bungalows and property.… …Bell of arms is a storeroom in which weapons are kept.” |