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The Great Uprising- 8C

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who drafted the Hindu widows remarriage act?

a)

Lord canning

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Warren Hastings

2.

State true or false:

The new Enfeild rifal was the immediate cause of the Great uprising of 1857

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Choose all the answers that apply:

Q. What were the causes of discontent among the sepoys?

a)

Crossing the seas for fighting wars in distant places.

b)

The greased cartridges containing beef and pig fat.

c)

Non payment of full Bhatta

d)

All the above

4.

What does Vicoroy mean?

a)

Governs general

b)

A personal representative of the crown

c)

Head of the British administration

d)

None of these

5.

In awadh the revolt was bravely led by?

a)

Tatya tope

b)

Begum hazrat mahal

c)

Nana saheb

d)

Amar singh

6.

Who lead the uprising in Kanpur?

a)

Tatya tope

b)

Nana saheb

c)

Rani laxmibai

7.

The Great Uprising of 1857 is also known as:

a)

The Revolt of 1857

b)

the first war of India’s Independence

c)

The Sepoy Mutiny

d)

all of the above

8.
who was declared as the emperor of India during the rebel of 1857
a)
Shah Alam II
b)
Bahadur Shah II
c)
Bahadur Singh
d)
Farukh Siyar
9.

Who led the revolt at Lucknow?

a)

Tantia Tope

b)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

c)

Rani Laxmi Bai

d)

Baji Rao

10.

Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Dufferin

c)

Lord Curzon

d)

None of the above

11.

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.

a)

Term alliances

b)

Subsidiary alliance

c)

Grand alliance

d)

none of the above

12.

He rebelled against the introduction of new cartridges.

a)

Major Bhakt Khan

b)

Kunwar Singh

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Nana Sahib

13.

Who was the first viceroy of india .

a)

Maulvi ahmadullah shah

b)

Lord canning

c)

Victoria the queen

d)

Henry havelock

14.

When was french label louis Vuitton found

a)

1857

b)

1855

c)

1856

d)

1854

15.

The first soldier who protest against the use of new cartridges .

a)

Tatya tope

b)

Mangal pandey

c)

Lakshmi bai

d)

Lord byron

16.

__________ continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

17.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

18.

Mangal Pandey belonged to which one of the following place.

a)

Jhansi

b)

Hyderabad

c)

Gwalior

d)

Barrackpore

19.

Who took over the governance of India from the East India Company after 1857 revolt?

a)

The British Parliament

b)

The Queen

c)

The Viceroy

d)

The Governor general

20.

The British army was reorganised after the revolt of 1857 to -

a)

annex the Indian states

b)

conqure indian rulers

c)

Ggve more powers to British

d)

prevent future revolt

21.

The practice of looking down upon the Blacks is known as-

a)

religions

b)

racial law

c)

racial discrimination

d)

imperialism

22.

Bahadur Saha Zafar was exiled to (a)   .

23.

At Kanpur, the revolt was led by Begam Hazrat Mahal.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The British followed a policy of Racial Discrimination.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

A secretary of state was appointed to look after the governance of England.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Bakht Khan was a soldier from

a)

Meerut

b)

Agra

c)

Bareily

d)

Delhi

27.

What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?

a)

A) He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb.

b)

B) He organised Bhils of Panchamahal region against the Brtish.

c)

C) Both A & B

d)

D) Neither A nor B

28.

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

a)

A) Lord Canning

b)

B) Lord Irwin

c)

C) Lord Lytton

d)

D) Lord Willington

29.

Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?

a)

A) Begum Hazrat Mahal

b)

B) Rani Laxmi Bai

c)

C) Kuar Singh

d)

D) Bahadur Shah Zafar

30.

Which of the following was not the social and religious reason for the Revolt of 1857?

a)

A) Adoption of free trade imperialism from 1800, de-industrialization and drain of wealth.

b)

B) Abolition of Sati in 1829

c)

C) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856

d)

D) Doctrine of Lapse

31.

Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

a)

A) Barrackpore : Mangal Pandey

b)

B) Delhi : Bahadur Sha II

c)

C) Delhi : Maulavi Ahmadullah

d)

D) Lucknow : Begum Hazar Mahal

32.

Consider the following statement(s) related to the causes of failure of 1857 revolt.

  1. Lack of unity and coordination
  2. Lack of military strategy
a)

A) Only 1

b)

B) Only 2

c)

C) Both 1 & 2

d)

D) Neither 1 nor 2

33.

Which of the following was the impact of 1857 revolt?

a)

A) Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn

b)

B) End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule

c)

C) Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown

d)

D) All of the above

34.

The Hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to loss of ______.

a)

A) religion

b)

B) ancestral property

c)

C) caste

d)

D) ancestral title

35.

What is the meaning of a sepoy?

a)

An Indian Soldier

b)

A British Soldier

c)

A Portuguese Soldier

d)

A Chinese Soldier

36.

When did the Revolt of 1857 begin?

a)

9th May 1657

b)

10th May 1757

c)

7th May 1825

d)

10th May 1857

37.

Who is Rani Lakshmi Bai?

a)

Queen of Kerala

b)

Queen of Jhansi

c)

Queen of Maharashtra

d)

Queen of Bengal

38.

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

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Lady Jane Grey

39.

In which country was Bahadur Shah II exiled by the British after the end of war of independence?

a)

Nepal

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Iran

d)

Burma

40.

Who led the rebellion against the British at Lucknow?

a)

Zeenat Mahal

b)

Tantiya Tope

c)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

d)

Nana Saheb

41.

What was the punishment given by the moneylender to a peasant who did not repay his loan?

a)

Burnt down his farming field

b)

Took away his land

c)

Exploited completely of money in form of an unfair tax

d)

Pay the revenue by working under the British

42.

The strict enforcement of ______________ upon Jhansi in 1854 turned the Rani of Jhansi against the British.

a)

Subsidiary Alliance

b)

Divide-and-Rule

c)

Doctrine Of Lapse

d)

Dual Government

43.

In Subsidiary Alliance, the British officer called the '______' would be stationed at the rulers court.

a)

Resident

b)

Officer

44.

Who was the last Mughal Emperor?

a)

Akbar

b)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

c)

Babur

d)

Aurangzeb

45.

_____ was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II.

a)

Peshwa Baji Rao I

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Rao Saheb

d)

Mahadij Shinde

46.

________ was declared leader of the 1857 revolt.

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

c)

Rani Lakshmibai

d)

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

47.

Vir Kunwar Singh was an old Zamindar from

a)

Bihar

b)

Central Province

c)

Lahore

d)

Merrut

48.

Bahadur Saha Zafar II was exiled to ____________

a)

Nepal

b)

Taiwan

c)

Rangoon

d)

Myanmar

49.

Company rule officially came to an end in-

a)

1859

b)

1856

c)

1858

d)

1885

50.

The Uprising was not widespread. It was limited to-

a)

North and Central India

b)

North and West India

c)

North and South India

d)

North India and Deccan