UPSC Prelims · 1979 · GS Paper I · Q112
The cause for the immediate precipitation of the Sepoy Mutiny was
- (A)Use of cartridges greased with cow fat
- (B)Doctrine of Lapse
- (C)The disparity between salaries of Native Sepoys and the British Soldiers
- (D)The Spread of Christianity
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Answer: (A) Use of cartridges greased with cow fat
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Revolt of 1857
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