Read the following paragraph and snwer the question given below.

Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. The Sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about the bullets coated with the fat of cow and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour of greased cartridge spread like wild fire across the Sepoy lines of North India.

Consider the following statements :

Statement A) The greased cartridges were to be used in the old Enfield Rifles that the soldiers were using earlier.

Statement B) The British officers tried to explain to the Sepoys that cartridges were not greased with the fat of cows and pigs and it was just a rumour.

Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct?

Only statement (B) is correct.

The correct answer is option 3  - Only statement (B) is correct.

Statement B) The British officers tried to explain to the Sepoys that cartridges were not greased with the fat of cows and pigs and it was just a rumour.

Statement A) The greased cartridges were to be used in the old Enfield Rifles that the soldiers were using earlier is incorrect as it is clearly mentioned in the passage that the sepoys were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them.

As per the passage:

They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case, but the rumour of greased cartridge with the fat of cow and pigs spread like wild fire across the Sepoy lines of North India.