HistoryModern India: Rebels and the Raj

Match List-I (Group) with List-II (Fate during the British repression…

Match List-I (Group) with List-II (Fate during the British repression of 1857-58).

List-I	List-II
(A) Rebel landholders	(I) Were rewarded by the British
(B) Loyal landholders	(II) Many died of illness or starvation
(C) Peasants of present-day Uttar Pradesh	(III) Were dispossessed of their estates
(D) Landholders who escaped into Nepal	(IV) Offered united resistance with big landholders

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Rebel landholders	(III) Were dispossessed of their estates	Landholders who rebelled were punished: the British took away their estates.
(B) Loyal landholders	(I) Were rewarded by the British	Landholders who stayed loyal were rewarded, part of the British plan to divide the rebels.
(C) Peasants of present-day Uttar Pradesh	(IV) Offered united resistance with big landholders	In large parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh, peasants and big landholders had offered united resistance.
(D) Landholders who escaped into Nepal	(II) Many died of illness or starvation	Many landholders fled to Nepal, where they died of illness or starvation.

NCERT (2026-27): “4. Repression …
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. 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.”

Match List-I (Group) with List-II (Fate during the British repression of 1857-58).

List-I	List-II
(A) Rebel landholders	(I) Were rewarded by the British
(B) Loyal landholders	(II) Many died of illness or starvation
(C) Peasants of present-day Uttar Pradesh	(III) Were dispossessed of their estates
(D) Landholders who escaped into Nepal	(IV) Offered united resistance with big landholders

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Rebel landholders	(III) Were dispossessed of their estates	Landholders who rebelled were punished: the British took away their estates.
(B) Loyal landholders	(I) Were rewarded by the British	Landholders who stayed loyal were rewarded, part of the British plan to divide the rebels.
(C) Peasants of present-day Uttar Pradesh	(IV) Offered united resistance with big landholders	In large parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh, peasants and big landholders had offered united resistance.
(D) Landholders who escaped into Nepal	(II) Many died of illness or starvation	Many landholders fled to Nepal, where they died of illness or starvation.