Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Who was the famous poet who described Delhi occupied by the British forces in 1857, in the following words: “For two to three days every road in the city, from Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield”.

(1) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(2) Abul Fazl
(3) Mirza Ghalib
(4) Mir Taki Mir

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

The famous poet who described Delhi occupied by the British forces in 1857 with the words "For two to three days every road in the city, from Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield" was Mirza Ghalib.