Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Match the following terms commonly used during the British rule in List 1 with their meaning in List 2:

List 1- Terms

List 2- Meaning

(a) Mutiny

(i) derogatory term for foreigners.

(b) Bell of arms

(ii) rebellion of people against established authority and power.

(c) Revolt

(iii) storeroom in which weapons are kept.

(d) Firangi

(iv) collective disobedience of rules & regulations within the armed forces.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- iv, (b)- iii, (c)- ii, (d) i

(a)- iii, (b)- i, (c)- ii, (d) iv

(a)- iv, (b)- ii, (c)- iii, (d) i

(a)- iii, (b)- iv, (c)- ii, (d) i

Correct Answer:

(a)- iv, (b)- iii, (c)- ii, (d) i

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - (a)- iv, (b)- iii, (c)- ii, (d) i

The correct match is:

List 1- Terms

List 2- Meaning

(a) Mutiny

(iv) collective disobedience of rules & regulations within the armed forces.

(b) Bell of arms

(iii) storeroom in which weapons are kept.

(c) Revolt

(ii) rebellion of people against established authority and power.

(d) Firangi

(i) derogatory term for foreigners.

EXPLANATION:

Mutiny – a collective disobedience of rules and regulations within the armed forces.

Bell of arms is a storeroom in which weapons are kept.

Revolta rebellion of people against established authority and power. The terms ‘revolt’ and ‘rebellion’ can be used synonymously.

Firangi, a term of Persian origin, possibly derived from Frank (from which France gets its name), is used in Urdu and Hindi, often in a derogatory sense, to designate foreigners.