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Towards Freedom

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Lord Curzon

e)

Tantia Tope

2.

Name the famous Portuguese explorer who found the route to India

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Prine Henry

c)

Ferdinand Magellen

d)

Francis Xavier

3.

What is the meaning of a sepoy?

a)

An Indian Soldier

b)

A British Soldier

c)

A Portuguese Soldier

d)

A Chinese Soldier

4.

When did the Revolt of 1857 begin?

a)

9th May 1857

b)

10th May 1757

c)

7th May 1825

d)

10th May 1857

5.

Why wasn't Rani Lakshmi Bai not allowed to adopt a child?

a)

Because of the Divide and Rule Policy

b)

Because of the Swadeshi Movement

c)

Because of the Doctrine of Lapse

6.

What is Indigo?

a)

a plant from which we cotton

b)

a plant from which we get rice

c)

a plan from which we get blue dye

d)

a plant from which we get jute

7.

Who is Rani Lakshmi Bai?

a)

Queen of Kerala

b)

Queen of Jhansi

c)

Queen of Maharashtra

d)

Queen of Bengal

8.

Who was declared the empress of India by the British government?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Lady Jane Grey

9.

Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

a)

Barrackpore: Mangal Pandey

b)

Delhi: Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan

c)

Delhi: Maulavi Ahmadullah

d)

. Lucknow: Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah

10.

Which of the following pair is correctly matched?

a)

Kanpur: Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan

b)

Alahabad : Maulavi Liyakat Ali

c)

Farrukhabad : Tufzal Hasan Khan

d)

All of the above

11.

Which of the following was the impact of 1857 revolt?

a)

Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn

b)

End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule

c)

Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown

d)

All of the above

12.

Who among the following British officer captured Banaras during the revolt of 1857?

a)

General John Nicholson

b)

Sir Hugh Wheeler

c)

Colonel Oncell

d)

William Taylor and Eye

13.

Which of the following act abolished all laws affecting the rights of persons converting to another religion or caste?

a)

Abolition of Sati (1829)

b)

Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1856)

c)

Religious Disabilities Act of 1850

d)

None of the above

14.

The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

a)

Awadh

b)

Jhansi

c)

Nagpur

d)

Satara

15.

Which place is not a center of sepoy mutiny?

a)

Ajmer

b)

Neemuch

c)

Arrah

d)

Jaipur

16.

Indian sepoys were happy to serve in distant land overseas.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?

a)

He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb

b)

He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British

c)

Both A and B

d)

Neither A nor B

18.

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

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Willington

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

Lord canning

19.

Begum Hazrat mahel was leader of Madhya Pradesh during sepoy mutiny.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The full form of EEIC is

a)

English east india company

b)

England east india company

c)

england elephant international company

21.

The revolt was led by _________ at Awadh

a)

Tantia tope

b)

Rani lakshmi bai

c)

Bahadur shah zafar

d)

Begum hazrat mahal

22.

The youngest president of INC was

a)

Vijay lakshmi pandit

b)

Debandranath tagore

c)

Abdul kalam azad

d)

W.C bannerjee

23.

Mangal Pandey was the sepoy in which infantry regiment of British India Company?

a)

34th British Native Infantry

b)

36th British Native Infantry

c)

40th British Native Infantry

d)

30th British Native Infantry

24.

Who describe revolt of 1857 as the first war of Independence?

a)

RC Mazumdar

b)

Charles Raikes

c)

VD Savarkar

d)

Karl Marx

25.

After the failure of revolt in Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to which place?

a)

Cellular Jail, Port Blair

b)

Kabul

c)

Allahabad

d)

Rangoon

26.

By whom Rani Laxmi Bai described as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?

a)

Sir Huge Rose

b)

Lieutenant Hudson

c)

Charles Raikes

d)

Sir Colin Campbell

27.

Which British officer crushed the revolt in Jhansi?

a)

Lieutenant Hudson

b)

Huge Rose

c)

Sir Colin Campbell

d)

Henry Lawrence

28.

Which British officer played prominent role in recapturing Kanpur and Lucknow?

a)

Lieutenant Hudson

b)

Sir Colin Campbell

c)

Colonel Neil

d)

John Nicholson

29.

The revolt of 1857 started at

a)

Indore

b)

Awadh

c)

Delhi

d)

Meerut

30.

The revolt was led by _________________________ at Awadh

a)

Tantia Tope

b)

Awadh

c)

Meerut

d)

Delhi