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How many Meerut sepoys were dismissed and jailed?
ASixty-five
BForty-five
CNinety-five
DEighty-five
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Eighty-five
1. The sepoys had refused the drill with the new cartridges.
2. Their officers treated the refusal as disobedience.
3. Eighty-five sepoys were dismissed and jailed.
4. So the answer is eighty-five.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 5 'When People Rebel'_
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