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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.
Why did the Sepoys march to Delhi from Meerut?
Options
The Governor-General of East India company lived in Delhi.
Delhi was the seat and symbol of Mughal authority.
Rani Laxmi Bai urged the Sepoys to move to Delhi.
The greased cartridges were being made in Delhi.
Solution
Delhi was the seat and symbol of Mughal authority.
