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WorksheetsThe Great Uprising- 8C
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who drafted the Hindu widows remarriage act?
Lord canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Warren Hastings
State true or false:
The new Enfeild rifal was the immediate cause of the Great uprising of 1857
True
False
Choose all the answers that apply:
Q. What were the causes of discontent among the sepoys?
Crossing the seas for fighting wars in distant places.
The greased cartridges containing beef and pig fat.
Non payment of full Bhatta
All the above
What does Vicoroy mean?
Governs general
A personal representative of the crown
Head of the British administration
None of these
In awadh the revolt was bravely led by?
Tatya tope
Begum hazrat mahal
Nana saheb
Amar singh
Who lead the uprising in Kanpur?
Tatya tope
Nana saheb
Rani laxmibai
The Great Uprising of 1857 is also known as:
The Revolt of 1857
the first war of India’s Independence
The Sepoy Mutiny
all of the above
Who led the revolt at Lucknow?
Tantia Tope
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Rani Laxmi Bai
Baji Rao
Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
None of the above
An Indian ruler entering into an alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance.
Term alliances
Subsidiary alliance
Grand alliance
none of the above
He rebelled against the introduction of new cartridges.
Major Bhakt Khan
Kunwar Singh
Mangal Pandey
Nana Sahib
Who was the first viceroy of india .
Maulvi ahmadullah shah
Lord canning
Victoria the queen
Henry havelock
When was french label louis Vuitton found
1857
1855
1856
1854
The first soldier who protest against the use of new cartridges .
Tatya tope
Mangal pandey
Lakshmi bai
Lord byron
__________ continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Tantia Tope
Nana Saheb
Peshwa Baji Rao II
The Mutiny started from
Bareilly
Delhi
Agra
Meerut
Mangal Pandey belonged to which one of the following place.
Jhansi
Hyderabad
Gwalior
Barrackpore
Who took over the governance of India from the East India Company after 1857 revolt?
The British Parliament
The Queen
The Viceroy
The Governor general
The British army was reorganised after the revolt of 1857 to -
annex the Indian states
conqure indian rulers
Ggve more powers to British
prevent future revolt
The practice of looking down upon the Blacks is known as-
religions
racial law
racial discrimination
imperialism
Bahadur Saha Zafar was exiled to (a) .
At Kanpur, the revolt was led by Begam Hazrat Mahal.
True
False
The British followed a policy of Racial Discrimination.
True
False
A secretary of state was appointed to look after the governance of England.
True
False
Bakht Khan was a soldier from
Meerut
Agra
Bareily
Delhi
What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?
A) He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb.
B) He organised Bhils of Panchamahal region against the Brtish.
C) Both A & B
D) Neither A nor B
Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
A) Lord Canning
B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Lytton
D) Lord Willington
Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
A) Begum Hazrat Mahal
B) Rani Laxmi Bai
C) Kuar Singh
D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Which of the following was not the social and religious reason for the Revolt of 1857?
A) Adoption of free trade imperialism from 1800, de-industrialization and drain of wealth.
B) Abolition of Sati in 1829
C) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856
D) Doctrine of Lapse
Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
A) Barrackpore : Mangal Pandey
B) Delhi : Bahadur Sha II
C) Delhi : Maulavi Ahmadullah
D) Lucknow : Begum Hazar Mahal
Consider the following statement(s) related to the causes of failure of 1857 revolt.
- Lack of unity and coordination
- Lack of military strategy
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 & 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
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
The Hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to loss of ______.
A) religion
B) ancestral property
C) caste
D) ancestral title
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 1657
10th May 1757
7th May 1825
10th May 1857
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
In which country was Bahadur Shah II exiled by the British after the end of war of independence?
Nepal
Afghanistan
Iran
Burma
Who led the rebellion against the British at Lucknow?
Zeenat Mahal
Tantiya Tope
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Nana Saheb
What was the punishment given by the moneylender to a peasant who did not repay his loan?
Burnt down his farming field
Took away his land
Exploited completely of money in form of an unfair tax
Pay the revenue by working under the British
The strict enforcement of ______________ upon Jhansi in 1854 turned the Rani of Jhansi against the British.
Subsidiary Alliance
Divide-and-Rule
Doctrine Of Lapse
Dual Government
In Subsidiary Alliance, the British officer called the '______' would be stationed at the rulers court.
Resident
Officer
Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
Akbar
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Babur
Aurangzeb
_____ was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II.
Peshwa Baji Rao I
Nana Saheb
Rao Saheb
Mahadij Shinde
________ was declared leader of the 1857 revolt.
Nana Saheb
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Rani Lakshmibai
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Vir Kunwar Singh was an old Zamindar from
Bihar
Central Province
Lahore
Merrut
Bahadur Saha Zafar II was exiled to ____________
Nepal
Taiwan
Rangoon
Myanmar
Company rule officially came to an end in-
1859
1856
1858
1885
The Uprising was not widespread. It was limited to-
North and Central India
North and West India
North and South India
North India and Deccan
