Consider the following statements about the photograph "Execution of Mutinous Sepoys in Peshawar". Which out of these are correct?
(A) In this scene of execution 12 rebels hang in a row.
(B) It shows a routine punishment.
(C) It was to instil fear among people.
(D) Punishment was discreetly met in enclosed spaces.
(E) It reflects performance of terror.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C), (E) Only
(A) In this scene of execution 12 rebels hang in a row. Correct. The picture shows 12 rebels hanging in a row, with cannons all around them.
(B) It shows a routine punishment. Incorrect. What the picture shows is not routine punishment; the brutal public executions were meant to express the British urge for vengeance and retribution.
(C) It was to instil fear among people. Correct. The executions were staged so that they would instil fear among people, and images of them were widely circulated.
(D) Punishment was discreetly met in enclosed spaces. Incorrect. To instil fear, punishment could not be discreetly meted out in enclosed spaces; it had to be theatrically performed in the open.
(E) It reflects performance of terror. Correct. What the picture shows is not routine punishment: it is the performance of terror.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.4 The performance of terror … The urge for vengeance and retribution was expressed in the brutal way in which the rebels were executed. They were blown from guns, or hanged from the gallows. Images of these executions were widely circulated through popular journals.”
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