Worksheetsthe great uprising
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
The uprising of 1857 was started by ____
Rani laxmi bai
bahadur shah 1
Mangel Pandey
bahadur shah 2
Who drafted the Hindu widows remarriage act?
Lord canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Warren Hastings
Choose all the answers that apply:
Q. What were the causes of discontent among the sepoys?
Crossing the seas for fighting wars in distant places.
The greased cartridges containing beef and pig fat.
Non payment of full Bhatta
All the above
Who was given the title of Viceroy ?
Lord canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt and select the right one.
A. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers.
B. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers.
C, The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
D. All the above
As far as the growth and economy of India was concerned, the British followed a policy that:
enriched
exploited
improved
recycled
Assertion (A): Lack of coordination and central leadership
Reason (R): Some of the local rulers like Scindia of Gwalior, the Holkar of Indore, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Raja of Jodhpur, the Nawab of Bhopal, the rulers of Patiala, Sindh, and Kashmir and the Rana of Nepal provided active support to the British.
Codes:
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. Both A & R is not true
Consider the following statement (s) related to the causes of failure of 1857 revolt.
I. Lack of unity and coordination
II. Lack of military strategy
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
State true or false:
The new Enfeild rifal was the immediate cause of the Great uprising of 1857
True
False
In awadh the revolt was bravely led by?
Tatya tope
Begum hazrat mahal
Nana saheb
Amar singh
What does Vicoroy mean?
Governs general
A personal representative of the crown
Head of the British administration
None of these
Who led the revolt at Lucknow?
Tantia Tope
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Rani Laxmi Bai
Baji Rao
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.
Term alliances
Subsidiary alliance
Grand alliance
none of the above
Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
None of the above
This was the first time the Indians Revolted against their British masters:
True
False
Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society?
law against the practice of sati
they encouraged the remarriage of widow
English education was actively promoted
all of the above
Who amongst the following leaders of ‘1857’ was the first to lay down his / her life?
Kunwar Singh
Tantiya Tope
Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
Mangal Pandey
Which of these rights for Indian sepoys was discontinued by the British?
Temporary foreign stay permit
Promotion beyond subedar
Rai Bahadur and Khan Bahadur position cancellation
Bhatta
When british captured the residency in lucknow .
14 sep 1857
30 july 1857
14 march 1858
24 march 1858
Name the last nawab of india .
Wajid ali shah
Bakht khan
Kunwar singh
Mangal pandey
When sepoys attacked british army at lucknow .
30 july 1857
26 Sept 1857
12 nov 1857
3 feb 1857
The first soldier who protest against the use of new cartridges .
Tatya tope
Mangal pandey
Lakshmi bai
Lord byron
Assertion (A): Lack of coordination and central leadership
Reason (R): Some of the local rulers like Scindia of Gwalior, the Holkar of Indore, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Raja of Jodhpur, the Nawab of Bhopal, the rulers of Patiala, Sindh, and Kashmir and the Rana of Nepal provided active support to the British.
Codes:
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. Both A & R is not true
