1. The Deccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.
2. The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.
3. The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.
4. The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoverishment of the peasants.

[CDS II 2016]

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

• (a) 1 only
• (b) 1 and 3
• (c) 2 and 4 only
• (d) 1, 2 and 4