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Class 5th Social Studies - The Revolt of 1857

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India was a very rich country, famous for its ______, ______, _______ and _______.

a)

Spices

b)

Gold

c)

Pearls

d)

Silk

2.

The British formed the ________________in 1600 for trading in India.

a)

The East India Company

b)

The English Company

c)

Textile Company

d)

British Company

3.

The _______________started trading with India, mainly in Spices.

a)

British

b)

Dutch

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

4.

The First British conquest of India was __________________in 1757.

a)

Battle of Plassey

b)

The First war of Independence

c)

Revolt of 1857

d)

East India Company

5.

The Unjust rule of the British which made the Indian kings unhappy.

a)

Kingdom will be taken if the Kings had no Children

b)

Kingdom will be taken if the Kings had Children

c)

Kingdom will be taken if the British had no Children

d)

Kingdom will be taken if the Kings had an Army

6.

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

7.

The Farmers in India was forced to grow ____________ and __________

a)

Cotton and Spices

b)

Cotton and Indigo

c)

Indigo and Crops

d)

Spices and Crops

8.

Who was made the Leader of the Revolt of 1857

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Mangal Pandey

c)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

9.

Who led the revolt at Lucknow

a)

Tantia Tope

b)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

c)

Rani Laxmi Bai

d)

Baji Rao

10.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

11.

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

12.

Who created Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Lord Curzon

e)

Tantia Tope

13.

Who cheated Siraj-ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey

a)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Lord Canning

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

14.

Name the famous Portuguese explorer who found the route to India

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Prine Henry

c)

Ferdinand Magellen

d)

Francis Xavier

15.

What is the meaning of a sepoy?

a)

An Indian Soldier

b)

A British Soldier

c)

A Portuguese Soldier

d)

A Chinese Soldier

16.

What is Indigo?

a)

a plant from which we cotton

b)

a plant from which we get jute

c)

a plan from which we get blue dye

d)

a plant from which we get rice