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When People Rebel

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the East India Company start facing a massive rebellion?

a)

June, 1857

b)

May,1857

c)

June,1867

d)

May,1847

2.

Choose the correct option for this statement- "When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army"

a)

Firangis

b)

mutiny

c)

Both

d)

none

3.

Who pleaded that he/she should be given his father's pension when the latter died?

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

4.

What did the British do to reform the Indian society??

a)

They killed the Hindus

b)

The killed the Muslims

c)

English language education was actively promoted and those who didn’t knew english were considered illiterate

d)

They did not make laws to promote Christianity

5.

Which all ruling leaders were affected by the decisions of the company?

a)

Rani Lakshmibai

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Peshwa Bajirao

d)

Chatrapati Shivaji

e)

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

6.

Who were the people who exchanged news and rumors in the bazaars of North India?

a)

Peasants

b)

Headmen

c)

Local people

d)

Sepoys

7.

Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in ______.

a)

March 1885

b)

June 1858

c)

March 1858

d)

June 1885

8.

In which year did Bahadur Shah Zafar get imprisoned in Rangoon?

a)

1850

b)

1858

c)

1857

d)

1862

9.

Who was Bahadur Shah Zafar's wife ?

a)

Begum Zinat Mahal

b)

Begum Lakshmibai

c)

Begum Avantibai

d)

None

10.

Which of the reform movements was founded by H.L.V Derozio ?

a)

Young Bengal

b)

Brahmo Samaj

c)

Veda Samaj

d)

Aligarh Movement

11.

The British parliament after passing the new act transferred the power of East India Company to whom?

a)

British Crown

b)

Indian Council

c)

British Queen

d)

None

12.

When did the british parliament pass power to the British Crown?

a)

1857

b)

1864

c)

1757

d)

1858

13.

At what year did the British regain the control for the country-

a)

1859

b)

1858

c)

1855

d)

1857

14.

What was the title given for governer general

a)

king

b)

viceroy

c)

governer

d)

none

15.

Birjis' mother _____ also took an active part in organising the uprising against the British

a)

Rani Laxmibai

b)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

c)

Mumtaz Mahal

d)

None of these

16.

Regiments mutinied and took off to join other troops at imp. places like ________, _________ and _________

a)

Delhi, Kanpur and Srinagar

b)

Punjab, Bombay (Present day Mumbai) and Rajasthan

c)

Delhi, Odisha and Ladakh

d)

Delhi, Kanpur and Lucknow

17.

Who proclaimed him/herself governor under Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar?

a)

Rani Laxmibai

b)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Shah Jahan

18.

For how many years were the sepoys sentenced to jail for disobeying orders from their superior officers, and in what year did this take place?

a)

17 years, 1854

b)

4 years, 1851

c)

6 years, 1859

d)

10 years, 1857

19.

Who did the soldiers choose to rule the land instead of the British?

a)

Rani Lakshmibai

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

Wajid Ali Khan

20.

Who was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore?

a)

Tantia Tope

b)

Mangal Pandey

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

Vir Kunwar Singh

21.

_____________ were made to protect landlords and zamindars and give them security of rights over their lands

a)

policies

b)

rights

c)

both

d)

none

22.

From which of these would soldiers NOT be recruited

a)

Gurkhas

b)

Sikhs

c)

Awadh

d)

Pathans

23.

When did a new phase of history began after the making of new policies?

a)

1857

b)

1856

c)

1865

d)

1835

24.

Who was Ahmadullah Shah?

a)

A maulvi from Faizabad

b)

a soldier from Bareilly

c)

a peasant from Awadh

d)

A zamindar from Bihar

25.

Identify this military leader.

a)

tantia tope

b)

veer kunwar singh

c)

mangal pandey

d)

nana saheb

26.

In Mandla region of Madhya Pradesh, ______ of ____ raised & led an army of 4 thousand against the British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai, Jhansi

b)

Ahmadullah Shah, Faizabad

c)

Rani Avantibai Lodhi, Ramgarh

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar, Delhi

27.

British forces attack the rebels who had occupied the ____ and _____ in Delhi.

a)

Kashmere Gate, Red Fort

b)

Qutab Minar, Salimgarh Fort

c)

Red Fort, Salimgarh Fort

d)

Kashmere Gate, Salimgarh Fort

28.

__ took charge of a Large force of fighters who came to Delhi.

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Kunwar Singh

c)

Ahmadullah Shah

d)

Tantia Tope

29.

1857 revolt began from the city of ____

a)

Meerut

b)

Delhi

c)

Cawnpur

d)

Calcutta

30.

One of the last territories to be annexed was:

a)

Nagpur

b)

Patna

c)

Awadh

d)

None

31.

Which Governer General decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king?

a)

Dalhousie

b)

Canning

c)

Lawrence

d)

None

32.

In 1824, when sepoys were told to go to Burma by sea route they refused because they believed that they would:

a)

die

b)

fall sick

c)

lose their religion and caste

d)

drown

33.

In 1856 company passed a new law for employment in army that every person who joins:

a)

none

b)

had to agree to serve overseas

c)

will not be paid

d)

both i) and ii)

34.

"Our men are powered by the numbers opposed to them and the endless fighting. Every village is held against us, the zamindars have risen to oppose." Who said this?

a)

Lieutenant colonel Tytler

b)

Governer-General Canning

c)

Kunwar Singh

d)

Robert Clive

35.

What is depicted in this picture?

a)

British troops blow up Kashmere gate

b)

British forces attack red fort

c)

British soldier valiantly advancing on rebel forces

d)

NONE

36.

On the evening of 3 July 1857, over 3000 rebels came came from ________, crossed the _________, entered _______ & attacked the British cavalry posts.

a)

Bareilly

b)

River Jamuna

c)

Delhi

d)

Lucknow

37.

Who did the British believe were responsible for the rebellion in a big way?

a)

Hindus

b)

Muslims

c)

Sikhs

d)

Christians

38.

Who was the father of Birjis Qadr?

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Mangal Pandey

c)

Wajid Ali Shah

d)

NONE

39.

What is shown in the the given picture?

a)

The seige train reaches Delhi.

b)

British forces who had occupied the Red Fort.

c)

British forces capture the rebels near Kanpur

d)

British Troops blow up Kashmere Gate to enter Delhi

40.

What were the rulers after Bahadur Shah Zafar called?

a)

Kings

b)

Princes

c)

Sepoys

d)

NONE