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REVOLT OF 1857

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Who led the revolt at Lucknow
a)
Tantia Tope 
b)
Begum Hazrat Mahal
c)
Rani Laxmi Bai
d)
Baji Rao
3.

Who introduced Doctrine of Lapse

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Dufferin

c)

Lord Curzon

d)

None of the above

4.

Who is considered as Hero of Revolt of 1857

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Veer Kunavar Singh

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Bakhtar khan

5.

Rani Laxmi bai was related to which state

a)

Awadh

b)

Gwalior

c)

Nagpur

d)

Jhansi

6.
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
7.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

8.

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

9.

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

10.

Who was given the title of viceroy?

a)

Chief Commissioner

b)

Governor general

c)

Forest Manager

d)

Non of these

11.

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

12.
In 1857 ,a revolt started against the British in Meerut ,which is also known as the_____________________
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Sepoy Mutiny
c)
Indigo War
d)
Swadeshi movement