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When People Rebel

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army then it is called a __________

a)

(a) Cartridge

b)

(b) Sepoy

c)

(c) Mutiny

d)

(d) Barracks

2.

What did Lord Dalhousie announce after the death of King Bahadur Shah Zafar?

a)

(a) The British set fire to the royal palace and killed all the family members.

b)

(b) The family of the king would be shifted out of the Red Fort and given another place to live in.

c)

(c) The family members were imprisoned and Company annexed the state of Delhi

d)

(d) The family can continue staying in Red Fort and his son would be crowned as the next king

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.

Meerut was one of the last territory to be annexed.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The sepoys were angry with the British because the photo of Bahadur Shah Zafar was removed from the coins.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In 1856, which Governor General decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal King and none of his descendants would be recognized as Kings hereafter?

a)

(a) Lord Cornwallis

b)

(b) Lord Canning

c)

(c) Warren Hastings

d)

(d) William Bentick

7.

______________ proclaimed himself as Peshwa

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Bijr Qadr

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Non of them

8.

______ was the leader of Mandla region in the revolt of 1857

a)

Avantibai Lodhi

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Kunwar Singh

d)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

9.

Bakht Khan belonged to (a)  

10.

(a)   was given the title of Viceroy after the revolt of 1857