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WHEN PEOPLE REBEL

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________ proclaimed himself as Peshwa

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Bijr Qadr

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Non of them

2.

___________ were unhappy with their allowances ,salaries and conditions of services

a)

Peasants

b)

zamindars

c)

Hindus

d)

Sepoys

3.

Rani Laxmi Bai rebelled because she wanted

a)

Indian rulers to to have their independent armed forces.

b)

the company to recognize her adopted son as the legal heir after her husband’s death

c)

to make sure that all peasants get their land

d)

Tantia Tope to take over Jhansi from her

4.

New law of 1856 was

a)

to enable the converts to inherit their ancestral property.

b)

to prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage

c)

to have Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.

d)

none of the above

5.

On 29th March 1857, a soldier named Mangal Pandey

a)

was proclaimed the new Nawab

b)

was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.

c)

declared a war against firangis.

d)

joined by the regiment of Delhi.

6.
Who led the revolt at Lucknow
a)
Tantia Tope 
b)
Begum Hazrat Mahal
c)
Rani Laxmi Bai
d)
Baji Rao
7.

Zamindars were unhappy with the British because ___

a)

They lost traditional rights over land and village.

b)

The British used to hit them.

c)

revenue was too high.

8.
The Revolt broke out  at Meerut 
a)
10th May 1757
b)
10th May 1857
c)
22nd June 1857
d)
9th may 1857
9.

The main centres of the revolt were

a)

Meerut

b)

Delhi

c)

Lucknow

d)

All of them

10.

Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society?

a)

law against the practice of sati

b)

they encouraged the remarriage of widow

c)

English education was actively promoted

d)

all of the above

11.

Awadh was annexed in 1856 under the policy of________.

a)

Doctrine of Lapse

b)

Subsidiary alliance

c)

Misgovernance

12.

In 1856,Governor -General _____________ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal King.

a)

Dalhousie

b)

Tytler

c)

Canning

13.

Who was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

a)

William Hastings

b)

Birjis Qadr

c)

?

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

14.

This postal stamp was issued in the commemoration of which leader?

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Birjis Qadr

d)

Mangal Pandey

15.

Why did the Meerut Sepoys refuse to use the new cartridges?

a)

They became pacifists

b)

It was rumored to have been coated with pig and cow fat

c)

They got amnesia and forgot how to fight

d)

They were rumored to be working for the Indians and the British threw them in prison.

16.

In 1850 a new law was passed ........

a)

it became easier for Christian missionaries to own land in India.

b)

it made British prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage.

c)

Every Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas.

d)

it enabled the converts to inherit their ancestral property.