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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who created Doctrine of Lapse?
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Lord Dalhousie
Robert Clive
Lord Curzon
Tantia Tope
Name the famous Portuguese explorer who found the route to India
Vasco Da Gama
Prine Henry
Ferdinand Magellen
Francis Xavier
What is the meaning of a sepoy?
An Indian Soldier
A British Soldier
A Portuguese Soldier
A Chinese Soldier
When did the Revolt of 1857 begin?
9th May 1857
10th May 1757
7th May 1825
10th May 1857
Why wasn't Rani Lakshmi Bai not allowed to adopt a child?
Because of the Divide and Rule Policy
Because of the Swadeshi Movement
Because of the Doctrine of Lapse
What is Indigo?
a plant from which we cotton
a plant from which we get rice
a plan from which we get blue dye
a plant from which we get jute
Who is Rani Lakshmi Bai?
Queen of Kerala
Queen of Jhansi
Queen of Maharashtra
Queen of Bengal
Who was declared the empress of India by the British government?
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Victoria
Lady Jane Grey
Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
Barrackpore: Mangal Pandey
Delhi: Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan
Delhi: Maulavi Ahmadullah
. Lucknow: Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah
Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
Kanpur: Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan
Alahabad : Maulavi Liyakat Ali
Farrukhabad : Tufzal Hasan Khan
All of the above
Which of the following was the impact of 1857 revolt?
Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn
End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule
Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown
All of the above
Who among the following British officer captured Banaras during the revolt of 1857?
General John Nicholson
Sir Hugh Wheeler
Colonel Oncell
William Taylor and Eye
Which of the following act abolished all laws affecting the rights of persons converting to another religion or caste?
Abolition of Sati (1829)
Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1856)
Religious Disabilities Act of 1850
None of the above
The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
Awadh
Jhansi
Nagpur
Satara
Which place is not a center of sepoy mutiny?
Ajmer
Neemuch
Arrah
Jaipur
Indian sepoys were happy to serve in distant land overseas.
true
false
What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?
He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb
He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
Lord Irwin
Lord Willington
Lord Dalhousie
Lord canning
Begum Hazrat mahel was leader of Madhya Pradesh during sepoy mutiny.
True
False
The full form of EEIC is
English east india company
England east india company
england elephant international company
The revolt was led by _________ at Awadh
Tantia tope
Rani lakshmi bai
Bahadur shah zafar
Begum hazrat mahal
The youngest president of INC was
Vijay lakshmi pandit
Debandranath tagore
Abdul kalam azad
W.C bannerjee
Mangal Pandey was the sepoy in which infantry regiment of British India Company?
34th British Native Infantry
36th British Native Infantry
40th British Native Infantry
30th British Native Infantry
Who describe revolt of 1857 as the first war of Independence?
RC Mazumdar
Charles Raikes
VD Savarkar
Karl Marx
After the failure of revolt in Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to which place?
Cellular Jail, Port Blair
Kabul
Allahabad
Rangoon
By whom Rani Laxmi Bai described as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
Sir Huge Rose
Lieutenant Hudson
Charles Raikes
Sir Colin Campbell
Which British officer crushed the revolt in Jhansi?
Lieutenant Hudson
Huge Rose
Sir Colin Campbell
Henry Lawrence
Which British officer played prominent role in recapturing Kanpur and Lucknow?
Lieutenant Hudson
Sir Colin Campbell
Colonel Neil
John Nicholson
The revolt of 1857 started at
Indore
Awadh
Delhi
Meerut
The revolt was led by _________________________ at Awadh
Tantia Tope
Awadh
Meerut
Delhi
