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Meerut or Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the opening of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →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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Meerut or Delhi?

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Items
  1. Item
    Where the mutiny broke out
    Category
    Meerut
  2. Item
    The cantonment of 10 May
    Category
    Meerut
  3. Item
    Where the bell of arms was seized
    Category
    Meerut
  4. Item
    Where the Red Fort stands
    Category
    Delhi
  5. Item
    Reached early on 11 May
    Category
    Delhi
  6. Item
    Where Bahadur Shah was
    Category
    Delhi
Categories
  1. Item
    Meerut
  2. Item
    Delhi
Two cities, one day apart. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Complete the opening of the revolt

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    Meerut
    Choices
    1. Meerut
    2. Delhi
    3. Kanpur
  2. Answer
    native
    Choices
    1. native
    2. British
    3. royal
  3. Answer
    city
    Choices
    1. city
    2. sea
    3. hills
Complete the statement
Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857 the sepoys in the cantonment of {0} broke out in mutiny. It began in the lines of the {1} infantry and spread to the cavalry and then the {2}.
Place, date and the unit it started in. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Assertion and reason

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Questions
  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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