22. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follows: 4
Given here are excerpts from the book Majha Pravaas, written by Vishnubhatt Godse, a Brahman from a
village in Maharashtra. He and his uncle had set out to attend a yajna being organized in Mathura.
Vishnubhatt writes that they met some sepoys on the way who told them that they should not proceed
on the journey because a massive upheaval was going to break out in three days.
The sepoys said : the English were determined to wipe out the religions of the Hindus and Muslims…
they had made a list of eighty – four rules and announced these in a gathering of all big kings and
princes in Calcutta. They said that the kings refused to accept these rules and warned the English of dire
consequences and massive upheaval if these are implemented ….. that the
Kings all returned to their capitals in great anger…. All the big people began making plan. A date was
fixed for the war of religion and the secret plan had been circulated from the cantonment in meerut by
letters sent to different cantonments.
Attempt any four:-
Q1. Who was the Vishnubhatt Godse?
Q2. Where was he going and for what purpose?
Q3. Whom did he meet on the way?
Q4. What did they tell him?
Q5. What futher information did they give to Vishnubhatt?
Answers
Answer:
A2.He was going to Mathura to attend a yajna(यज्ञ).
A3.He met Sepoys on the way.
A4.He said" that you should not proceed on the journey".as a massive upheaval was going to break out in three days.
Explanation:
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Answer:
1)Vishnubhatt Godse was a Brahman from a village in Maharashtra.
2)He was going to Mathura to attend a yajna.
3)He met some sepoys on the way.
4)The sepoys told him that he should not proceed on the journey because a massive upheaval was going to break out in three days.
5) The sepoys further informed Vishnubhatt about the ways the British were destroying the religions of the Hindus and the Muslims and anger that spread due to it among the rulers and the common mass. All the big people had fixed a date for the war of religion and that date would be coming in three days.