Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Delhi | (I) | Birjis Qadr |
| (B) | Kanpur | (II) | Kunwar Singh |
| (C) | Arrah | (III) | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| (D) | Lucknow | (IV) | Nana Sahib |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Delhi — this matches (III) Bahadur Shah Zafar. The sepoys of Meerut rushed to Delhi and appealed to the old Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah, to accept the leadership of the revolt.
(B) Kanpur — this matches (IV) Nana Sahib. 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.
(C) Arrah — this matches (II) Kunwar Singh. Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, was forced by popular pressure to lead the uprising.
(D) Lucknow — this matches (I) Birjis Qadr. The populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … One of the first acts of the sepoys of Meerut, as we saw, was to rush to Delhi and appeal to the old Mughal emperor to accept the leadership of the revolt. This acceptance of leadership took its time in coming. Bahadur Shah’s first reaction was one of horror and rejection. It was only when some sepoys had moved into the Mughal court within the Red Fort, in defiance of normal court etiquette, that the old emperor, realising he had very few options, agreed to be the nominal leader of the rebellion. 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. 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.…” |