Question

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the question :

Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. The Sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about the bullets coated with the fat of cow and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour of greased cartridge spread like wildfire across the Sepoy lines of North India.

Choose the correct option.

Assertion(A): According to the rumour the cartridges were greased with the fat of cows and pigs.

Reason(R): The Sepoys refused to use these cartridges because for Hindu Sepoys, the cow was a revered animal and for the Muslims, the pig was a hated animal.

Options

• Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is incorrect but R is correct.

• R is incorrect but A is correct.

Answer 1

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.