When People Rebel

When People Rebel

Fill in the Blank

Since the mid-eighteenth century, ________ and ______ had seen their power erode.

Multiple Select

In 1849, Governor -General _____________announced that after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the family of the king would be shifted out of the Red Fort and given another place in Delhi to reside in.

• Dalhousie

• Canning

• Cornwallis

• Thomas Munro

Fill in the Blank

Many ruling families tried to negotiate with the Company to protect their interests. For example, ____________________of Jhansi wanted the Company to recognise her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom after the death of her husband.

Multiple Choice

Nana Saheb, the adopted son of ____________ pleaded that he be given his father’s pension when the latter died.

• Peshwa Baji Rao I

• Peshwa Baji Rao II

• Tantia Tope

• Prithviraj Chauhan

Multiple Select

________________was one of the last territories to be annexed. In 1801.

• Mathura

• Awadh

• Delhi

• Jaipur

Poll

Do you think the English East India Company had complete control on the nawabs and their kingdoms by early 19th Century?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What year was the great revolt started?

• 1900

• 1856-57

• 1880-81

• 1756-57