Social Science Quiz

In 1824, the Indian sepoys agreed to go to Burma by

• The sea route

• The land route

• They didn't agree to go to Burma

• None of these

On 29 March 1857, a young soldier, ________, was hanged to death for attacking his officers in __________.

• Mangal Pandey, Barrackpore

• Mangal Pandey, Meerut

• Tantia Tope, Barrackpore

• Nana Saheb, Faizabad

In Lucknow, _______, the son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, was proclaimed the new Nawab.

• Birjis Qadr

• Ahmadullah Shah

• Nana Saheb

• Bakht Khan

Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the which jail?

• Rangoon

• Meerut

• Delhi

• Lucknow

The revolt did not spread to all the parts of India instead it was confined to the Northern and ________ India

The land and property of _________ was confiscated on a large scale and they were treated with suspicion and hostility

It was decided that instead of recruiting soldiers from Awadh, Bihar, central India and south India, more soldiers would be recruited from among the ________ .

• Gurkhas

• Sikhs

• Pathans

• Muslims

• Hindus

After the revolt

• The British decided to respect the customary religious and social practices of the people in India

• The ruling chiefs of the country were allowed to pass on their kingdoms to their heirs, including adopted sons

• The Viceroy of India was given the title of Governor-General, that is, a personal representative of the Crown.

• The Indian kings were made to acknowledge the British Queen as their Sovereign Paramount.

There was a clear lack of ________ among the rebels and there was no common purpose among them during the revolt of 1857.

Tantia Tope escaped to the jungles of central India and continued to fight a ___________ war with the support of many tribal and peasant leaders.

• Guerrilla

• Gorilla

• Guerila

• Gurrilla