When the sepoys began their action with a signal, what is the first thing they did during the Revolt of 1857?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Seized the bell of arms
How the mutinies began:
The sepoys began their action with a signal:
- In many places it was the firing of the evening gun or the sounding of the bugle.
- They first seized the bell of arms and plundered the treasury.
- They then attacked government buildings – the jail, treasury, telegraph office, record room, bungalows – burning all records.
Everything and everybody connected with the white man became a target. Proclamations in Hindi, Urdu and Persian were put up in the cities calling upon the population, both Hindus and Muslims, to unite, rise and exterminate the firangis.