Which of the following statements about the Freedom Movement in Madhya Pradesh is incorrect?

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Correct — C and D (both accepted). The question asks which statement is INCORRECT, and MPPSC's final key accepted two: (d) is verifiably wrong — the rebel-sepoy government 'Sipahi Bahadur Sarkar' of 1857 was proclaimed at Sehore (about 40 km from Bhopal) by mutineers of the Bhopal Contingent under leaders such as Wali Shah and Havildar Mahavir, not at Indore. (c) was also accepted as incorrect — the genealogy it asserts ('son of Jhujar Singh, Devnath Singh of Ramgarh') does not match the documented history of Ramgarh state near Mandla, whose known 1857 leader was Rani Avantibai Lodhi, widow of Raja Vikramaditya Singh; no reliable source corroborates a Ramgarh ruler named Jhujar Singh or a son Devnath Singh (the name 'Jhujhar Singh' instead belongs to an unrelated 17th-century Bundela king of Orchha, over two centuries earlier).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This statement is TRUE, so it is not the answer — Bhima Naik and his associate Khaja (Khajya) Naik were real Bhil leaders of the Nimar region (around Barwani) who led tribal resistance against the British during and after 1857.  (b) This statement is TRUE, so it is not the answer — Raja Shankar Shah, the last ruler of the Garha-Mandla (Gondwana) kingdom, and his son Raghunath Shah were executed by being blown from a cannon at Jabalpur on 18 September 1857 for inciting rebellion through patriotic verse.

Concept: MPPSC prelims frequently tests region-specific facts about the 1857 revolt and the wider freedom movement within Madhya Pradesh — Bhil tribal resistance in Nimar, the Gond royal house of Garha-Mandla, and the rebel sepoy government at Sehore are recurring names. These are drawn from MP-specific local history rather than the national NCERT narrative, so precise names and places matter.

State PCS 2021 Q68 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q68 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer