The Great Mutiny Was Touched Off by the Rumor That

question 32

Multiple Choice

The Great Mutiny was touched off by the rumor that the British intended to:

• A) Kill leading Muslim officials and convert key Muslim communities to Christianity.
• B) Restore the hated and deposed Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to his throne.
• C) Introduce opium into India, after it had proven so successful in China.
• D) Introduce a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat.

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