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india wins freedom

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt in ___

a)

Awadh

b)

Jhansi

c)

Delhi

d)

Bareliy

2.

What is the name of the company British established in India ?

a)

North India company

b)

West India Company

c)

East India Company

d)

South-East India Company

3.

The reformers protested against ;

a)

Sati, Educated Boys, Child marriage ,

b)

Sati , Child Marriage , Caste System ,

c)

Sati

d)

None

4.

Who are sepoys ?

a)

Indian solders who worked for British

b)

Indian men that are friends of British

c)

Englishmen that work for Indian

d)

Someone who is rude

5.

Modern education in India was introduced by

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Mughals

d)

Dutch

6.

Tantia Tope led the revolt from

a)

Kanpur

b)

Awadh

c)

Delhi

d)

Jhansi

7.

THE FIRST MEETING OF THE INDIANS NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS HELD AT?

a)

BOMBAY

b)

CALCUTTA

c)

DELHI

d)

BHOPAL

8.

WHAT WAS INDIA EARLIER KNOWN AS ?

a)

NICE COUNTRY

b)

GOLDEN BIRD

9.

THE REVOLT OF 1857 STARTED IN ALLAHABAD?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS FORMED BY GANDHIJI IN 1857?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.
The British forced the farmers to grow Indigo and ________
a)
Cotton
b)
Rubber
c)
Saffron
d)
Coconut
12.
_______________ was the last Mughal Emperor
a)
Aurangazeb
b)
Bhadhur Shah
c)
Jhansi Rani
d)
Begum Hazart Mahal
13.
The president of the first session of the Indian National Congress was _________________.
a)
Kunwar Singh
b)
Bakht Khan
c)
W.C Banerjee
d)
Vascoda Gama
14.
The Indian National Congress was formed by _________
a)
Pandit Jawaharlal
b)
A.O.Hume
c)
RajaRam Mohan Roy
d)
Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar
15.
The British government declared ________________as the Empress of India .
a)
Queen Victoria
b)
IndiraGandhi
c)
Diana
d)
Rani Laxmibai
16.
In ________________,the English East India Company established its first trading centre at Meerut in India.
a)
1887
b)
1600
c)
1948
d)
1885
17.
In 1857 ,a revolt started against the British in Meerut ,which is also known as the_____________________
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Sepoy Mutiny
c)
Indigo War
d)
Swadeshi movement
18.
.___________is a plant from which blue die is made.
a)
Hibiscus
b)
Lotus
c)
Indigo
d)
Rose
19.
There was a lack of _______among the Indian rulers
a)
Unity
b)
oneness
c)
disunity
d)
none of these
20.

to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a boycott

a)

boycott

b)

militia

c)

repealed

d)

tyranny

21.

What is the meaning of a sepoy?

a)

An Indian Soldier

b)

A British Soldier

c)

A Portuguese Soldier

d)

A Chinese Soldier

22.

Indian sepoys were happy to serve in distant land overseas.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Who was the leader of the revolt

a)

Bahadur shah zafar

b)

Gandhiji

c)

Ao hume

24.

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS FORMED BY SOME MERCHANTS?

a)

HOLLAND

b)

SPAIN

c)

ENGLAND

d)

FRANCE

25.

WHO WERE THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH TRADE WITH INDIA?

a)

ARABS

b)

DUTCH

c)

ENGLISH

d)

PORTUGUGUESE

26.

THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS START BY WHO?

a)

A O HUME

b)

NANA SHAHIB

27.

What is Indigo?

a)

a plant from which we cotton

b)

a plan from which we get blue dye

c)

a plant from which we get jute

28.

Who is Rani Lakshmi Bai?

a)

Queen of Kerala

b)

Queen of Jhansi

c)

Queen of Bengal

29.

Identify the woman along with Gandhi?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Putlibai

c)

Lakshmi Gandhi

d)

Kasturba Gandhi

30.

When did the Chauri-Chaura incident occur?

a)

February 4th, 1922

b)

February 5th, 1922

c)

February 12th 1920

d)

March 15th 1921

31.

Which of the following was not a method of non-cooperation movement?

a)

Indians refused to serve in the army and in government jobs.

b)

People refused to cast their votes for elections to elect representatives to the legislature. Lawyers boycotted courts. Strikes and hartals took place all over the country.

c)

Students were asked to boycott foreign goods. Huge bonfires were lit to burn Indian goods. Gandhi ji advocated the spinning and wearing of khadi and boycotting British-made clothes.

d)

A campaign for non-payment of taxes was to start at the last stage of the movement. Bardoli in Gujrat was chosen as the first state where taxes would not be paid.