Choose the correct statements about the Revolt of 1857:

(A) The rebels have not left any records on their point of view.
(B) The British official accounts abound in the form of letters, diaries, autobiographies and official histories.
(C) British newspapers and magazines narrate in gory detail the violence of the mutineers.
(D) Pictorial images produced by the British and Indians constitute an important record of the mutiny.
(E) British newspapers and magazine stories did not inflame public feelings and provoked demands of retribution and revenge.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B), (C), (D) only

The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (D) only

Given statements:

(A) The rebels have not left any records on their point of view. (INCORRECT as we have very few records on the rebels’ point of view. )
(B) The British official accounts abound in the form of letters, diaries, autobiographies and official histories. (CORRECT)
(C) British newspapers and magazines narrate in gory detail the violence of the mutineers. (CORRECT)
(D) Pictorial images produced by the British and Indians constitute an important record of the mutiny. (CORRECT)
(E) British newspapers and magazine stories did not inflame public feelings and provoked demands of retribution and revenge. (INCORRECT)

We have very few records on the rebels’ point of view. There are a few rebel proclamations and notifications, as also some letters that rebel leaders wrote. But historians till now have continued to discuss rebel actions primarily through accounts written by the British. Official accounts, of course, abound: colonial administrators and military men left their versions in letters and diaries, autobiographies and official histories. We can also gauge the official mindset and the changing British attitudes through the innumerable memos and notes, assessments of situations, and reports that were produced. Many of these have now been collected in a set of volumes on mutiny records. These tell us about the fears and anxieties of officials and their perception of the rebels. The stories of the revolt that were published in British newspapers and magazines narrated in gory detail the violence of the mutineers– and these stories inflamed public feelings and provoked demands of retribution and revenge. One important record of the mutiny is the pictorial images produced by the British and Indians: paintings, pencil drawings, etchings, posters, cartoons, bazaar prints.