Comprehension Check
1. Look at picture 1 and recall the opening lines of the original song in Hindi. Who is the singer? Who else do you see in this picture?
Ans: The singer is Lata Mangeshkar.
Ther are Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Lal bahadur shashtri.
2. In picture 2 what do you understand by the Company’s “superior weapons”?
Ans: Company had latest weapons and guns whereas Indians soldiers used to fight with swords.
3. Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered? (picture 3)
Ans: An artisan is the person who is an expert in making various artistic things. He may be a painter, sculpture, handcraft man etc. The thumbs of expert artisans were chopped of so that they could not make good things anymore and thus Indians to buy foreign products.
4. Which picture, according to you, reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt?
Ans: Picture 7, reveals the first sparks of the fire revolt. Although all the past circumstances led to the revolt but the outburst of sepoy Mangal Pandey led to the revolt.
