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L-15 Towards Freedom

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who came to India first for Trade?

a)

Dutch

b)

Arabs

c)

Portuguese

d)

British

2.

The British traded through which Company?

a)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Company

b)

Eastern India Trading Company

c)

English East India Company

d)

British- Indian Trading Company

3.

The British forced the farmers to grow:-

a)

Indigo

b)

Cotton

c)

Indigo and Cotton

d)

Cotton and Wheat

4.

True or False:

The farmers had to pay low taxes to the British.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Cheaper mill-made cloth was imported into India from ....................

a)

England

b)

Britain

c)

Japan

d)

USA

6.

The Revolt of 1857 was also known as:-

a)

The Great War

b)

The First Struggle War

c)

Mutiny Sepoy

d)

The First War of Independence

7.

The grease used in the bullets was mad from __________

a)

Goats and Buffaloes

b)

Sheep and Birds

c)

Cows and Pigs

d)

Pigs and Sheep

8.

Identify the personality:-

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Mumtaz Mahal

c)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

d)

Sarojini Naidu

9.

The Cheaper cloth from England made the Indian weavers

a)

Poor

b)

Rich

c)

Prosperous

d)

Powerful

10.

Who was the last emperor of Mughal Empire?

a)

Akbar

b)

Arungzeb

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

Humayun

11.

Which of these leaders are are not present in the Sepoy Mutiny?

a)

Nana Sahib

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

All of these

e)

None of these

12.

Bahadur Shah Zafar exiled to which country?

a)

Rangoon

b)

Yangon

c)

All of these

d)

None of these

13.

True or False. Indian soldiers were well equipped with modern weapons and were very organized.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

The rule of English East India Company ended in ............

a)

1862

b)

1857

c)

1858

d)

None of these

15.

True or False. The administration of India was taken over by the Government of England. However the Indian princes were allowed to rule over their territories.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Identify the Reformer

a)

Allan Octavian Hume

b)

Raja Rammohun Ray

c)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d)

WC Bonnerjee

17.

Who was the founder of INC ?

a)

Subhas Chandra Bose

b)

Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

c)

Allan Octavian Hume

d)

None of these

18.

Educated Indians realized that the British wanted to keep India poor and backward.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

True or False. With the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1861, the three centuries of Mughal Empire came to an end

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which rifle was introduced by the British?

a)

a) Lee Enfield rifle

b)

b) Bullet rifle

c)

c) Enfield rifle

d)

Both b & c

e)

Both a & c

21.

The Revolt of 1857 was first held at _____________

a)

Awadh

b)

Amritsar

c)

Kanpur

d)

Meerut