Match the following freedom fighters with their areas of revolution. List-I: 1. Raja Mardan Singh 2. Raja Daulat Singh 3. Raja Bakhatvali 4. Murad Ali List-II (Area): (i) Nemawar (ii) Bhanpur (iii) Shahgarh (iv) Mhow
- (a)(1)-(ii), (2)-(i), (3)-(iii), (4)-(iv)
- (b)(1)-(i), (2)-(ii), (3)-(iii), (4)-(iv)
- (c)(1)-(iii), (2)-(iv), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)
- (d)(1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)
Correct — A: (1)-(ii), (2)-(i), (3)-(iii), (4)-(iv). Per MPPSC's official key, Raja Mardan Singh is paired with Bhanpur, Raja Daulat Singh with Nemawar, Raja Bakhatvali with Shahgarh, and Murad Ali with Mhow. The first two pairs align with well-documented history: Raja Mardan Singh of Banpur (the key's 'Bhanpur') was a princely-state ruler in the Sagar-Bundelkhand belt who coordinated 1857 resistance with Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, and Raja Bakhatvali (Bakht Bali) of Shahgarh fought alongside him — the two rajas jointly held territory before British forces under Sir Hugh Rose drove them back into Bundelkhand. The Daulat Singh–Nemawar and Murad Ali–Mhow pairs follow the same official key.
- (b)(1)-(i), (2)-(ii), (3)-(iii), (4)-(iv) — Swaps items 1 and 2 — puts Mardan Singh at Nemawar and Daulat Singh at Bhanpur, the reverse of the official pairing for those two.
- (c)(1)-(iii), (2)-(iv), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii) — Reassigns all four areas in a different permutation (Mardan Singh–Shahgarh, Daulat Singh–Mhow, Bakhatvali–Nemawar, Murad Ali–Bhanpur) — none of the four pairs matches the official key.
- (d)(1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii) — Pairs Mardan Singh with Mhow and Murad Ali with Bhanpur, among other swaps — again none of the four pairs is correct.
This is a match-the-following on local leaders of the 1857 revolt within present-day Madhya Pradesh. Beyond the nationally famous flashpoints (Jhansi, Gwalior, Indore), the uprising drew in a network of smaller princely rulers across the Sagar-Bundelkhand belt — Banpur (Bhanpur) and Shahgarh among them — plus cantonment-town unrest further south and east, such as at Mhow.
The trap is substituting a general-knowledge shortcut or a plausible-looking swap for MPPSC's exact code. The Mardan Singh–Banpur(Bhanpur) and Bakhatvali–Shahgarh pairs are independently well documented in Bundelkhand's 1857 history, which makes them the safest anchors; the Daulat Singh–Nemawar and Murad Ali–Mhow pairs should simply be learned as MPPSC's stated code.
- Raja Mardan Singh of Banpur (spelt 'Bhanpur' in this key) coordinated 1857 resistance in the Sagar-Bundelkhand belt with Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
- Raja Bakhatvali (Bakht Bali) of Shahgarh jointly resisted alongside Mardan Singh; British forces under Sir Hugh Rose eventually drove both rajas back into Bundelkhand
- Mhow, a British cantonment town near Indore, also saw unrest during the wider 1857 revolt in central India
- Nemawar is the locality MPPSC's key pairs with Raja Daulat Singh
Code (a): 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv — MPPSC's official pairing. Mardan Singh–Bhanpur (Banpur) and Bakhatvali–Shahgarh both match well-documented Bundelkhand history.
- Swapping adjacent pairs (as options b/c/d do) instead of the exact official code
- Confusing Bhanpur (Banpur, Bundelkhand) with other similarly named localities
MPPSC likes match-the-following questions on the geographic spread of 1857 within MP's princely belt; lock the exact exam code, using well-documented leader-locality facts (Mardan Singh–Banpur, Bakhatvali–Shahgarh) as anchors.
Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
- (a) Jhansi
- (b) Chittor
- (c) Jagdishpur
- (d) Lucknow
Answer(b) Chittor
Same broad concept — the specific geographic spread of the Revolt of 1857 to named territories/localities, tested there at the national level and here at the Madhya Pradesh local level.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Raja Mardan Singh of Banpur, a key 1857 rebel leader in the Sagar-Bundelkhand belt, is documented as having coordinated resistance with which other prominent 1857 leader?
- (a)Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
- (b)Nana Saheb
- (c)Begum Hazrat Mahal
- (d)Kunwar Singh
Answer(a) Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi — she is recorded appealing to Mardan Singh for support in the Bundelkhand campaign.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Rajas of Banpur and Shahgarh, who jointly resisted the British in 1857, were eventually driven back into Bundelkhand by British forces under which officer?
- (a)Sir Hugh Rose
- (b)Sir Colin Campbell
- (c)Lord Canning
- (d)General Neill
Answer(a) Sir Hugh Rose — commander of the Central India Field Force.