Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Arrange the following events of the Revolt of 1857 in chronological order.

A. Sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah.
B. British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat.
C. Delhi garrison rises in revolt.
D. Rising of sepoys in Lucknow.
E. Muting of the sepoys in Meerut.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

B, D, A, C, E

A, C, E, B, D

E, C, A, D, B

C, E, B, D, A

Correct Answer:

E, C, A, D, B

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → E, C, A, D, B

E. Muting of the sepoys in Meerut: 10 May 1857
C. Delhi garrison rises in revolt: 11-12 May 1857
A. Sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah: 20-27 May 1857
D. Rising of sepoys in Lucknow: 30 May 1857
B. British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat: 30 June 1857

Timeline of important events:

1798: Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley.
1856: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed; Awadh annexed
10 May 1857: Mutiny starts in Meerut
11-12 May 1857: Delhi garrisons revolt; Bahadur Shah accepts nominal leadership
20-27 May 1857: Sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah
30 May 1857: Rising in Lucknow
May-June 1857: Mutiny turns into a general revolt of the people
30 June 1857: British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat
July 1857: Shah Mal killed in battle
25 Sept 1857: British forces under Havelock and Outram enter the Residency in Lucknow
June 1858: Rani Jhansi killed in battle