Read the following excerpt carefully and answer any three questions :
Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. The Sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about the bullets coated with the fat of cow and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour of greased cartridge spread like wild fire across the Sepoy lines of North India.
(a) Why did the Sepoys marched to Delhi from Meerut?
(i) The Governor General of East India company lived in Delhi.
(ii) Delhi was the seat and symbol of Mughal authority
(iii) Rani Laxmi Bai urged the Sepoys to move to Delhi.
(iv) The greased cartridges were being made in Delhi.
(b) How did the rumour of greased cartridges spread like wild fire across the cantonments?
(i) The cantonments were connected through the Telegraph Lines.
(ii) The cantonments published their own newspapers, in which this was reported.
(iii) This news was broadcasted on the Television.
(iv) All of the above
(c) Choose the correct option.
Assertion(A) : According to the rumour the cartridges were greased with the fat of cows and pigs.
Reason(R) : The Sepoys refused to use these cartridges because for Hindu Sepoys, cow was a revered animal and for the Muslims the pig was a hated animal
(i) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(ii) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(iii) A is incorrect but R is correct.
(iv) R is incorrect but A is correct.
(d) Consider the following statements :
(a) The greased cartridges were to be used in the new Enfield Rifles.
(b) The British officers tried to explain to the Sepoys that cartridges were not greased. It was just a rumour.
Choose the correct option:
(i) Only (a) is correct
(ii) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
(iii) Only (b) is correct.
(iv) Neither (a) nor (b) is correct
