The Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824 broke out because the sepoys of the 47th Native Infantry refused to
- A.Wear a leather cockade on the turban
- B.Use the new Enfield cartridge
- C.March to Burma across the sea
- D.Serve under Indian officers
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, march to Burma across the sea. During the First Anglo-Burmese War the 47th Regiment of Native Infantry at Barrackpore was ordered to Burma. The sepoys objected because crossing the sea meant loss of caste, and because no allowance had been granted for the carriage of their baggage as service custom required. The regiment was fired upon and destroyed as a unit. A is wrong because the leather cockade on the turban was the grievance at Vellore in 1806. B is wrong because the greased Enfield cartridge was the immediate cause of the revolt of 1857, thirty-three years later. D is wrong because Indian officers held no such command in the Company's army at this time, so the question never arose.
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Practice Questions
View allBankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Anandamath is based on which of the following uprisings?
- A.The Santhal Hul
- B.The Sanyasi Rebellion
- C.The Paika Rebellion
- D.The Kol Uprising
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Anandamath, published in 1882, draws on the rebellion of wandering monks and fakirs in Bengal and Bihar that ran from about 1763 to 1800, and the song Vande Mataram first appeared in this novel.
Read the full explanation →The Vellore Mutiny, the first large mutiny of the Company's Indian sepoys, broke out in which year?
- A.1801
- B.1806
- C.1824
- D.1844
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The Vellore Mutiny broke out on 10 July 1806 when sepoys of the Madras army in Vellore fort turned on their officers.
Read the full explanation →The Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha was led by
- A.Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar
- B.Buddho Bhagat
- C.Durjan Singh
- D.Gomdhar Konwar
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The paikas were a hereditary militia who held rent-free jagir land for their military service; the Company took that land, raised the revenue demand and abolished the cowrie currency, forcing payment in silver.
Read the full explanation →The Santhal Hul of 1855-56 was led by which pair of brothers?
- A.Sidhu and Kanhu
- B.Tipu Shah and Karam Shah
- C.Chittur Singh and Umaji Naik
- D.Majnu Shah and Bhawani Pathak
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The rising spread through the Damin-i-Koh in the Rajmahal hills against zamindars, mahajans and the Company's police, and the Santhals declared Company rule at an end.
Read the full explanation →The Kol Uprising of 1831-32 took place mainly in which region?
- A.Khandesh
- B.Chhotanagpur
- C.Malabar
- D.The Jungle Mahals
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The Kol Uprising of 1831-32 spread over Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Palamau, Manbhum and Singhbhum in the Chhotanagpur plateau, and was led by Buddho Bhagat.
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