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WHEN PEOPLE REBEL

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of the revolt of 1857 rebellion?

a)

Akbar

b)

Shah Jahan

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

2.

The main centres of the revolt were

a)

Meerut

b)

Delhi

c)

Lucknow

d)

All of them

3.

______________ proclaimed himself as Peshwa

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Bijr Qadr

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Non of them

4.

___________ were unhappy with their allowances ,salaries and conditions of services

a)

Peasants

b)

zamindars

c)

Hindus

d)

Sepoys

5.

Rani Laxmi Bai rebelled because she wanted

a)

Indian rulers to to have their independent armed forces.

b)

the company to recognize her adopted son as the legal heir after her husband’s death

c)

to make sure that all peasants get their land

d)

Tantia Tope to take over Jhansi from her

6.

New law of 1856 was

a)

to enable the converts to inherit their ancestral property.

b)

to prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage

c)

to have Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.

d)

none of the above

7.

On 29th March 1857, a soldier named Mangal Pandey

a)

was proclaimed the new Nawab

b)

was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.

c)

declared a war against firangis.

d)

joined by the regiment of Delhi.

8.

Governor-General was now known

a)

the crown

b)

Viceroy of India.

c)

A secretary of state of India

d)

all of the above

9.

In 1850 a new law was passed ........

a)

it became easier for Christian missionaries to own land in India.

b)

it made British prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage.

c)

Every Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.

d)

it enabled the converts to inherit their ancestral property.

10.
The Revolt broke out  at Meerut 
a)
10th May 1757
b)
10th May 1857
c)
22nd June 1857
d)
9th may 1857
11.
who was declared as the emperor of India during the rebel of 1857
a)
Shah Alam II
b)
Bahadur Shah II
c)
Bahadur Singh
d)
Farukh Siyar
12.
Who led the revolt at Lucknow
a)
Tantia Tope 
b)
Begum Hazrat Mahal
c)
Rani Laxmi Bai
d)
Baji Rao
13.
Who introduction of Doctrine of Lapse 
a)
Lord Dalhousie 
b)
Lord Dufferin
c)
Lord Curzon
d)
None of the above
14.
An Indian ruler entering into a alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance.
a)
Term alliances 
b)
Subsidiary alliance 
c)
Grand alliance
d)
none of the above
15.
The results of the Revolt of 1857
a)
East India Company's rule came to an end
b)
The policy of imperial expansion will be abandoned.
c)
The Viceroy post was created instead of the earlier Governor General.
d)
All of the above
16.

Bakht Khan was a soldier from

a)

Meerut

b)

Agra

c)

Bareily

d)

Delhi

17.

__________ continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

18.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

19.

How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9th May 1857?

a)

80

b)

85

c)

90

d)

95

20.

The Sepoys were angry with the British because ?

a)

Of their policy of divide and rule

b)

Of the cartridge episode

c)

Of their in-tolerating behavior

d)

Non of these

21.

Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?

a)

Mir Zafar

b)

B.S Zafar

c)

Bhakt Khan

d)

Non of these

22.

Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society?

a)

law against the practice of sati

b)

they encouraged the remarriage of widow

c)

English education was actively promoted

d)

all of the above

23.
There was a lack of _______among the Indian rulers
a)
Unity
b)
oneness
c)
disunity
d)
none of these
24.

Who were the rulers who joined the rebel forces and fought against the British rule? …

a)

Mangal pandey

b)

Nana Saheb, BirjisQadr, Rani Laxmi Bai. …

c)

Governor General Dalhousie

25.

The Rebellion is also known as India's ----------

a)

First war of Independence

b)

The Indian Mutiny

c)

The sepoy mutiny

d)

All of these

26.

To which regiment did Mangal Pandey belong?

a)

Meerut

b)

Delhi

c)

Jhansi

d)

Barrackpore