History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2020 History
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
AColonial sources cited the Rebellion of 1857 as a 'sepoy mutiny'.
BSyed Ahmad Khan focused on the loyalty of Muslims towards the British rulers in the 1857 Rebellion.
CThe English 'Free Traders' supported the East India Company's monopoly in India and condemned the Indian chieftains for rebelling against the Company. ✓ Correct
DR.C. Majumdar refused to accept the 1857 Rebellion as the 'First War of Independence'.
Correct answer: (C) The English 'Free Traders' supported the East India Company's monopoly in India and condemned the Indian chieftains for rebelling against the Company. — The statement about the Free Traders is not correct, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement about the Free Traders is not correct, so that is the answer.
★The English Free Traders in fact opposed the monopoly of the East India Company.
★The Company's monopoly ended with the Charter Act of 1833.
★So the claim that the Free Traders supported the monopoly is wrong.
★Colonial sources did call the rebellion a sepoy mutiny, and Syed Ahmad Khan stressed Muslim loyalty.
★R.C. Majumdar refused to accept it as the First War of Independence, so the incorrect statement is the one about the Free Traders.
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