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IFS (Indian Forest Service) Awards — practice questions — page 2

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Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the spread of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Who took part?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the chapterRead the answer and worked solution →Order the spread within MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →

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Assertion and reason

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  1. Reason
    It slowed word of the rising reaching Delhi and the wider administration.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Cutting the telegraph line was a deliberate act.
  2. Reason
    Ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    The revolt was more than an army mutiny.
  3. Reason
    The sepoys reached the Red Fort on 11 May.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    The rising began in Delhi.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Two are true, one is not

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  1. False statement
    It began at Delhi
    Statements
    1. The mutiny began at Meerut
    2. It began on 10 May 1857
    3. It began at Delhi
  2. False statement
    Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 10 May
    Statements
    1. Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 10 May
    2. Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 11 May
    3. Bahadur Shah was the Mughal emperor
  3. False statement
    The revolt stayed within the barracks
    Statements
    1. Townspeople joined the sepoys
    2. The revolt stayed within the barracks
    3. Government buildings were destroyed
The false line moves a place or a date. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.

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  1. Question
    Three of these statements about the start of the revolt are false.
    Choices
    1. Item
      It began at Meerut on 10 May 1857
      Correct
      Yes
    2. Explanation
      Delhi was reached the next morning.
      Item
      It began at Delhi on 10 May 1857
    3. Explanation
      It began among the native infantry sepoys.
      Item
      It began among British officers
    4. Explanation
      Townspeople and villagers joined in.
      Item
      It never spread beyond the army
Each trap shifts the place, the date or the scope. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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