Q. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following in context to the failure of the revolt of 1857.
i. The weapons used by the rebels were outdated and could not compete with the sophisticated weapons of the British.
ii. The middle class supported the rebels as they were against Britishers.
iii. There was lack of common ideals among revolutionaries.
iv. According to the government of the Indian Act 1858 powers of the East India Company were transferred to the British Crown.
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The British changed their policies as a result of rebellion of 1857 in these ways. 1) British queen Elizabeth I took charge of administration and British Parliament passed an act in 1859. The powers of the East India Company were taken back and transferred to the British crownThe army of Emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by General Bakht Khan. 5. Shahzada Firoz Shah and Kunwar Singh were the leaders of the revolt from Rohilkhand and Bihar respectively.The main political cause for the great revolt of 1857 was the policy of Doctrine of Lapse. It was an annexation policy purportedly used by Lord Dalhousie as per which any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler died without a male heir.