Assertion (A): The faulty deployment of troops on the eve of the revolt of 1857 may be considered as one of the main causes for the revolt.Reason (R): Those was only an insignificant number of European soldiers compared to that of the sepoys at important military centres like Delhi and Allahabad on the eve of the revolt. Codes:

History of Modern India topics are:

Decline of Mughal and Maratha Empire
Rise of the Regional States and European Power
British Paramountcy and Acts
18th Century Revolts and Reform
Indian National Movement