After the revolt of 1857, which of the following was not done by the Britishers to reconquer Delhi?

The British made a peace settlement with the local leaders in return for a reduction in taxation and the granting of zamindari.

The correct answer is Option 2 - The British made a peace settlement with the local leaders in return for a reduction in taxation and the granting of zamindari (INCORRECT STATEMENT).

There was no peace settlement made with the local leaders in return for a reduction in taxation in order to reconquer Delhi by the Britishers. They rather mounted a two-pronged attack.  One force moved from Calcutta into North India and the other from Punjab – which was largely peaceful – to reconquer Delhi.

It is clear from all accounts that we have of 1857 that the British did not have an easy time putting down the rebellion. Before sending out troops to reconquer North India, the British passed a series of laws to help them quell the insurgency.
By a number of Acts, passed in May and June 1857, not only was the whole of North India put under martial law (OPTION 1) but military officers and even ordinary Britons were given the power to punish Indians suspected of rebellion.
In other words,  the ordinary processes of law and trial were suspended and it was put out that rebellion would have only one punishment – death (OPTION 3) .
Armed with these newly enacted special laws and the reinforcements brought in from Britain, the British began the task of suppressing the revolt.
They, like the rebels, recognized the symbolic value of Delhi.
The British thus mounted a two-pronged attack. One force moved from Calcutta into North India and the other from Punjab – which was largely peaceful – to reconquer Delhi.
British attempts to recover Delhi began in earnest in early June 1857 but it was only in late September that the city was finally captured.The fighting and losses on both sides were heavy.
One reason for this was the fact that rebels from all over North India had come to Delhi to defend the capital.

The British used military power on a gigantic scale. But this was not the only instrument they used. In large parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh, where big landholders and peasants had offered united resistance, the British tried to break up the unity by promising to give back to the big landholders their estates (OPTION 4) . Rebel landholders were dispossessed and the loyal rewarded. Many landholders died fighting the British or they escaped into Nepal where they died of illness or starvation.