Question

The revolt of 1857 which began in Meerut spread to the other part of the _______ India.
A) South
B) West
C) North
D) East

Answer 1

Hint: In 1857–59, the Indian Mutiny, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Independence, was a massive but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against British control in India. It began in Meerut and spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow, with Indian troops (sepoys) serving in the British East India Company.

Complete answer:
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a large, although ultimately unsuccessful, rebellion in India in 1857–58 against the control of the British East India Company, which acted as the British Crown's sovereign power. The uprising began on May 10, 1857, with a mutiny of Company army sepoys in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 miles (64 kilometres) northeast of Delhi.

From Barrackpore to Meerut and eventually to Delhi, the sepoy insurrection spread. When the Sepoys arrived in Delhi, they declared Bahadur Shah II to be the Emperor of Hindustan. The sepoys killed Europeans everywhere they came across in both Meerut and Delhi, and they also joined the insurrection.

After the revolt at Meerut, the rebels rushed to Delhi(which is in north india), where Bahadur Shah Zafar, an 81-year-old Mughal monarch, was proclaimed Emperor of Hindustan. The rebels quickly took over huge swaths of the North-Western Provinces and Awadh (Oudh). The East India Company reacted quickly as well. Kanpur was retaken by mid-July 1857, and Delhi by the end of September, with reinforcements. However, the insurrection in Jhansi, Lucknow, and notably the Awadh countryside took the rest of 1857 and the first half of 1858 to put down.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘C’ i.e, North india.

Note: Indian hostility was fueled by a variety of perceptions, including invasive British-style social reforms, punitive land taxes, summary treatment of some wealthy landowners and princes, and scepticism about the benefits of British rule.