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SST revolt of 1857 and Rise of Mahatma

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which year did the Battle of Buxar start?

a)

1757

b)

1764

c)

1850

d)

1857

2.

Which year did the battle of Plassey happen?

a)

1757

b)

1764

c)

1850

d)

1857

3.

In which states of India did the British set up trading centers?

a)

Surat

b)

Bombay

c)

Jammu & Kashmir

d)

Calcutta

e)

Madras

4.

Name the company of the British.

a)

British West India company

b)

British East India company

c)

British North India country

d)

British South India country

5.

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

6.

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

7.

The revolt of 1857 started on ______

a)

May 10, 1857

b)

May 11 1857

c)

May 12 1857

d)

May 13 1857

8.

The Sepoys were angry with the British because ?

a)

Of their policy of divide and rule

b)

Of the cartridge episode

c)

Of their in-tolerating behavior

d)

Non of these

9.

What is the meaning of a sepoy?

a)

An Indian Soldier

b)

A British Soldier

c)

A Portuguese Soldier

d)

A Chinese Soldier

10.

When Did The Revolt Start

a)

1865

b)

1845

c)

1857

d)

1234

11.

What is The Parks Name In Punjab,Indian Which Has A samll Eenterence.

a)

Shaheedi Park

b)

Tiger Safari

c)

jallianwala bagh

d)

Nehru Rose Garden

12.

What is Ganhdi Ji's Full Name

a)

Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

c)

both

d)

No answer from above

13.

What Dose Revolt mean

a)

take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

b)

War against british

c)

Not Scsesfull

d)

All

14.

Gandhi Ji Was A

a)

Fredom Fighter

b)

British Army

c)

Both

d)

All

15.

Who among them are leaders of Revolt of 1857?

a)

Tantia Tope

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Allan Octavian Hume

16.

Where did the Revolt start from?

(a)  

17.

Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt at Jhansi

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Begam Hazrat Mahal

d)

Tantiya Tope

18.

Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt in Kanpur.

a)

Nana Sahib

b)

Rani LAkshmi Bai

c)

Begam Hazrat Mahal

d)

Kanwar Singh

19.

Name the British governor general of India during the revolt of 1857.

a)

Lord Canning

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Duffrin

d)

Lord Clive

20.
The Revolt broke out  at Meerut 
a)
10th May 1757
b)
10th May 1857
c)
22nd June 1857
d)
9th may 1857
21.
What was Mohandas Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience?
a)
Refusing to follow laws that were seen as unjust or unfair
b)
Violence aimed to frighten the British
c)
Following all British laws
d)
Ignoring the problems of the Untouchables
22.
Which product did Gandhi boycott?
a)
Tea
b)
Salt
c)
Wool
d)
Sugar
23.
When did India gain Independence?
a)
15 August 1947
b)
21 February 1965
c)
31 January 1978
d)
11 October 1956
24.

Gandhi's method was based on...

a)

Satyagraha, Non-violence

b)

Violence

c)

Only truth

d)

Dishonesty

25.

Gandhiji was against...

a)

violence

b)

marriage

c)

rich people

d)

poor people

26.

Gandhi spent all his life working to help?

a)

Poor people

b)

Indians

c)

Soldiers

27.

When was Mahatma Gandhi born?

a)

2nd Oct 1869

b)

2nd Oct 1879

c)

2nd Oct 1879

28.

Why did Mahatma Gandhi march 390 miles to the sea?

a)

To protest attacks by the British Navy

b)

To protest for the World War 1

c)

To protest the Salt Act

29.

Identify the event -

a)

Quit India movement

b)

Non Cooperation Movement

c)

Dandi March

30.

India wanted ______ from the British.

a)

Independence

b)

Diamonds

c)

Crops

d)

Money

31.

Gandhi told the Indian people to ______ British goods.

a)

Buy

b)

Sell

c)

Boycott

32.

From which station in South Africa Gandhi was thrown out of the train?

a)

Natal

b)

Johannesburg

c)

Pietermaritzburg

d)

Durban

33.

Satyagraha means, literally:

a)

Non-cooperation

b)

Peace

c)

Truth force

d)

Justice

34.

In what African country did Mohandas Gandhi practice law and begin his work in civil rights?

a)

Egypt

b)

Kenya

c)

South Africa

d)

Somalia

35.

Gandhi fought for the independence of India from what empire?

a)

Chinese Empire

b)

British Empire

c)

Spanish Empire

d)

French Empire

36.

Ghandi's protests were

a)

violent

b)

peaceful

c)

small

37.

India became independent in

a)

2000

b)

1945

c)

1849

38.

Choose a right sentence about M. Ghandi:

a)

M.Ghandi was a soldier of peace.

b)

He was never treated badly because of his skin colour.

c)

He did not respect other religions except hinduism.