WorksheetsWHEN PEOPLE REBEL
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
______________ proclaimed himself as Peshwa
Nana Saheb
Bijr Qadr
Mangal Pandey
Non of them
___________ were unhappy with their allowances ,salaries and conditions of services
Peasants
zamindars
Hindus
Sepoys
Rani Laxmi Bai rebelled because she wanted
Indian rulers to to have their independent armed forces.
the company to recognize her adopted son as the legal heir after her husband’s death
to make sure that all peasants get their land
Tantia Tope to take over Jhansi from her
New law of 1856 was
to enable the converts to inherit their ancestral property.
to prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage
to have Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.
none of the above
On 29th March 1857, a soldier named Mangal Pandey
was proclaimed the new Nawab
was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.
declared a war against firangis.
joined by the regiment of Delhi.
Zamindars were unhappy with the British because ___
They lost traditional rights over land and village.
The British used to hit them.
revenue was too high.
The main centres of the revolt were
Meerut
Delhi
Lucknow
All of them
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
Awadh was annexed in 1856 under the policy of________.
Doctrine of Lapse
Subsidiary alliance
Misgovernance
In 1856,Governor -General _____________ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal King.
Dalhousie
Tytler
Canning
Who was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
William Hastings
Birjis Qadr
?
Bahadur Shah Zafar
This postal stamp was issued in the commemoration of which leader?
Nana Saheb
Tantia Tope
Birjis Qadr
Mangal Pandey
Why did the Meerut Sepoys refuse to use the new cartridges?
They became pacifists
It was rumored to have been coated with pig and cow fat
They got amnesia and forgot how to fight
They were rumored to be working for the Indians and the British threw them in prison.
In 1850 a new law was passed ........
it became easier for Christian missionaries to own land in India.
it made British prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage.
Every Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.
it enabled the converts to inherit their ancestral property.
