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WHEN PEOPLE REBEL - 1857 and after

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bakht Khan was a soldier from

a)

Meerut

b)

Agra

c)

Bareily

d)

Delhi

2.

……………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against the British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Peshwa Bajirao II

3.

How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9 May 1857?

a)

Eighty

b)

Eighty-five

c)

Ninety

d)

Ninety-five

4.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareily

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

5.

The sepoys were angry with the British because

a)

of their policy of divide and rule

b)

of the cartridge episode

c)

of their intolerating behavior

d)

none of these

6.

Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?

a)

Mir Jafar

b)

Bakht Khan

c)

Bhadur Shah Zafar

d)

None of these

7.

Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in

a)

1800

b)

1801

c)

1810

d)

1815

8.

When was the law making the conversion to Christianity made it easier?

a)

1810

b)

1850

c)

1815

d)

1855

9.

Which of the following is the decision taken by the British to reform the Indian Society?

a)

Law against the practice of Sati

b)

They encouraged the remarriage of a widow

c)

English education was actively promoted

d)

All of the above

10.

Match column A with column B and choose the correct match below.

a)

(i)-(a), (ii(-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(e), (v)-(b)

b)

(i)-(e), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c), (v)-(b)

c)

(i)-(d), (ii)-(e), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(b), (v)-(a)

d)

(i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b), (v)-(e)

11.

Meerut was one of the last territory to be annexed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

British were very happy after the 1857 Revolt.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

5. The British passed a new act in 1858 transferring the powers of East India Company to the British crown.

a)

FALSE

b)

TEUE

14.

Bahadur Shah Zafar died in …………………(place)

(a)  

15.

Tantia Tope was the ………………… of Nana Sahib.(position)

(a)