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Revolt of 1857

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bakht Khan was a soldier from

a)

Meerut

b)

Agra

c)

Bareily

d)

Delhi

2.

__________ continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

3.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in

a)

1800

b)

1801

c)

1810

d)

1815

7.

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

8.

Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?

a)

A) Lord Canning

b)

B) Lord Irwin

c)

C) Lord Lytton

d)

D) Lord Willington

9.

Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?

a)

A) Begum Hazrat Mahal

b)

B) Rani Laxmi Bai

c)

C) Kuar Singh

d)

D) Bahadur Shah Zafar

10.

Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

a)

A) Barrackpore : Mangal Pandey

b)

B) Delhi : Bahadur Sha II

c)

C) Delhi : Maulavi Ahmadullah

d)

D) Lucknow : Begum Hazar Mahal

11.

Which of the following was the impact of 1857 revolt?

a)

A) Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn

b)

B) End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule

c)

C) Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown

d)

D) All of the above

12.

Mangal Pandey was from the _________.

a)

A) Bengal Regiment

b)

B) Bihar Regiment

c)

C) Assam Regiment

d)

D) Orissa Regiment

13.
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
14.
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
15.

Who introduced 'Doctrine of Lapse'?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Dufferin

c)

Lord Curzon

d)

None of the above

16.

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

17.

Who is considered as Hero of Revolt of 1857

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Veer Kunavar Singh

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Bakhtar khan

18.

Who led the revolt in 1857 in Bihar

a)

Ahmdullah

b)

Bakhta Khan

c)

Kunvar Veer Singh

d)

Zalim Singh

19.

Rani Laxmi bai was related to which state

a)

Awadh

b)

Gwalior

c)

Nagpur

d)

Jhansi

20.
The British government declared ________________as the Empress of India .
a)
Queen Victoria
b)
IndiraGandhi
c)
Diana
d)
Rani Laxmibai