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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Awadh was called the "nursery of the Bengal Army".
Reasoning: Bengal Army was recruited mainly from the villages of Awadh and Western UP.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Assertion: Awadh was called the "nursery of the Bengal Army".  This is correct.


Reasoning: Bengal Army was recruited mainly from the villages of Awadh and Western UP. This is partially wrong. The large majority of the sepoys of the Bengal Army were recruited from the villages of Awadh and eastern Uttar Pradesh (not western UP).

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