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