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When do people rebel

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Awadh was annexed in 1801 under the policy of________.

a)

Doctrine of Lapse

b)

Subsidiary alliance

c)

Misgovernance

2.

Awadh was taken in 1856 under the policy of_________.

a)

Doctrine of Lapse

b)

Subsidiary Alliance

c)

Misgovernance

3.

Governor general _________________ declared that Awadh need to be taken in 1801.

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Richard Wellesley

c)

Lord Hastings

d)

Dalhousie

4.

Governor General ____________ declared that Awadh to be taken in 1856 to ensure proper administration.

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Lord Hastings

c)

Dalhousie

d)

Richard Wellesley

5.

In 1856,Governor -General _____________ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal King.

a)

Dalhousie

b)

Tytler

c)

Canning

6.

Peasants and Zamindars were unhappy:-

a)

Due to rigid methods of revenue collection

b)

High Taxes

c)

Lost their lands which they tilled for generations

d)

All of the above

7.

Many Indians began to feel that the British were destroying their religion because:-

a)

Law was passed to stop the practice of Sati.

b)

Law was passed to encourage widow remarriage.

c)

Law was passed to make conversion to Christianity easier.

d)

All of the above

8.

A young soldier named _______________ was hanged to death for attacking his officers in_________________.

a)

Shaikh Paltu, meerut

b)

Mangal Pandey, Barrackpore

c)

Hugeson and Baugh at Barrackpore

9.

Sepoys forced their way into the Red fort and proclaimed ____________________ as their leader.

a)

Aurangzeb

b)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

c)

Shah Jahan

10.

Nana Saheb declared himself Peshwa ,lived near __________.

a)

Mysore

b)

Pune

c)

Kanpur

d)

Jaipur

11.

Begum Hazrat mahal took an active part in organising the uprising at______________.

a)

Mewar

b)

Awadh

c)

Lucknow

d)

Jhansi

12.

when did this rebellion happen?

a)

1947

b)

1857

c)

2020

d)

I wasn't there, how do i know?

13.

Why did the Meerut Sepoys refuse to use the new cartridges?

a)

They became pacifists

b)

It was rumored to have been coated with pig and cow fat

c)

They got amnesia and forgot how to fight

d)

They were rumored to be working for the Indians and the British threw them in prison.

14.

Who was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

a)

William Hastings

b)

Birjis Qadr

c)

?

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar