Read the passage answer the questions :
The reason for the similarity in the pattern of the revolt in the different places lay partly in its planning and coordination. It is clear that there was communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments. After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry had refused to accept the new cartridges in early May, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that “they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th’s orders”. Sepoys or their emissaries moved from one station to another. People were thus planning and talking about the rebellion.
How did sepoy lines communicate during the rebellion?
A. Sepoy Panchayat
B. Rumours/word of mouth
C. Telegrams
D. Farmans
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B only
The passage talks about the communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments: letters, and sepoys or their emissaries moving from one station to another. The sepoys also took decisions together in panchayats, which were a nightly occurrence in the Kanpur sepoy lines, and rumours spread like wildfire across the sepoy lines of North India and moved people to action.
Hence, the answer is A, B only (Sepoy Panchayat and Rumours/word of mouth).
NCERT (2026-27): “1.2 Lines of communication … The reason for the similarity in the pattern of the revolt in different places lay partly in its planning and coordination. It is clear that there was communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments. After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry had refused to accept the new cartridges in early May, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that ‘they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th’s orders’. Sepoys or their emissaries moved from one station to another. People were thus planning and talking about the rebellion. 1.2 Lines of communication … The Military Police refused to do either, and it was decided that the matter would be settled by a panchayat composed of native officers drawn from each regiment. Charles Ball, who wrote one of the earliest histories of the uprising, noted that panchayats were a nightly occurrence in the Kanpur sepoy lines. What this suggests is that some of the decisions were taken collectively.… 1.4 Rumours and prophecies … Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. As we saw, the sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about bullets coated with the fat of cows and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield rifles which had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour that the new cartridges were greased with the fat of cows and pigs spread like wildfire across the sepoy lines of North India.…” |