Identify the correct statements:
A. 'Relief of Lucknow' painted by Felice Beato.
B. Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley in Awadh.
C. Summary Revenue Settlements introduced in Awadh by British.
D. 'In Memoriam' was painted by Joseph Noel Paton.
E. 'Khoob Lari Mardani woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi' (like a man she fought, she was the Rani of Jhansi) was written by Shobha Kumari Chauhan.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, C, D only
A. ‘Relief of Lucknow’ painted by Felice Beato. Incorrect statement. “Relief of Lucknow” was painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859. Felice Beato was a photographer, whose photographs recorded the desolation and ruin after 1857.
B. Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley in Awadh. Correct statement. The Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley in 1798, and it was imposed on Awadh in 1801.
C. Summary Revenue Settlements introduced in Awadh by British. Correct statement. After the annexation, the first British revenue settlement in Awadh was the Summary Settlement of 1856, which removed the taluqdars wherever possible.
D. ‘In Memoriam’ was painted by Joseph Noel Paton. Correct statement. “In Memoriam” was painted by Joseph Noel Paton two years after the mutiny.
E. ‘Khoob Lari Mardani woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi’ (like a man she fought, she was the Rani of Jhansi) was written by Shobha Kumari Chauhan. Incorrect statement. The lines were written by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, not “Shobha Kumari” Chauhan.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.1 Celebrating the saviours … Some of them commemorate the British heroes who saved the English and repressed the rebels. ‘Relief of Lucknow’, painted by Thomas Jones Barker in 1859, is an example of this type.… 2.1 ‘A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day’ … The Subsidiary Alliance had been imposed on Awadh in 1801. By the terms of this alliance the Nawab had to disband his military force, allow the British to position their troops within the kingdom, and act in accordance with the advice of the British Resident who was now to be attached to the court.… 2.3 Firangi raj and the end of a world … After annexation, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856, was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud. The Summary Settlement proceeded to remove the taluqdars wherever possible.… 5.2 English women and the honour of Britain … ‘In Memoriam’ (Fig. 10.11) was painted by Joseph Noel Paton two years after the mutiny.… 5.6 Nationalist imageries … Children in many parts of India grow up reading the lines of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan: ‘Khoob lari mardani woh to Jhansi wali rani thi’ (Like a man she fought, she was the Rani of Jhansi).…”
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