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revolt of 1857

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mangal Pandey belonged to which one of the following place.

a)

Jhansi

b)

Hyderabad

c)

Gwalior

d)

Barrackpore

2.

The Sepoys were angry with the British because ?

a)

Of their policy of divide and rule

b)

Of the cartridge episode

c)

Of their in-tolerating behavior

d)

Non of these

3.
An Indian ruler entering into a alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance.
a)
Term alliances 
b)
Subsidiary alliance 
c)
Grand alliance
d)
none of the above
4.

The Hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to loss of ______.

a)

A) religion

b)

B) ancestral property

c)

C) caste

d)

D) ancestral title

5.

Which of the following was not a social religious causes?

a)

Introduction of sati act, 1829

b)

Widow remarriage act 1856

c)

General service Enlistment act 1856

d)

Law of inheritance, 1856

6.

Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt in western Bihar.

a)

Nana Sahib

b)

Tantiya Tope

c)

Kunwar Singh

d)

Bahadur Saha

7.

______ was one of the last territories that the British had annexed in 1856.

a)

Jhansi

b)

Kanpur

c)

Awadh

d)

Lahore

8.

As revolt got over, Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to jail in

a)

Kathmandu

b)

Rangoon

c)

Lahore

d)

Calcutta

9.

Who led the rebellion against the British at Lucknow?

a)

Zeenat Mahal

b)

Tantiya Tope

c)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

d)

Nana Saheb

10.

What happened to the sepoys of the regiment of Meerut who refused to use new cartridge's?

a)

Suspension from service

b)

Ten years imprisonment

c)

Fined for disobedience

d)

Five years exile

11.

After the revolt of the 1857 was crushed, India came under the direct rule of _____.

a)

The British Parliament and Viceroy

b)

The Queen of England and Viceroy

c)

The British Parliament and the Queen of England

d)

The viceroy and the Governor General

12.

Who was the Mughal Emperor at the time of the revolt?

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

13.

Identify the person who declared that Awadh was being misgoverned and that British rule was needed to ensure proper adminstration

a)

Canning

b)

Lord Wellesley

c)

Dalhousi

d)

Warren Hastings

14.

What would you as an Indian citizen call the revolt?

a)

Sepoy mutiny

b)

First War of Independence

15.

Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt at Jhansi

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Nana Saheb

c)

Begam Hazrat Mahal

d)

Tantiya Tope

16.

the British decided to raise the number of ........... and reduce the number of ............ soldiers in the army

a)

Indians, Europeans

b)

Indians, Americans

c)

Europeans, Indians

d)

None of these

17.

After the revolt of 1857, the British wanted to win the support of Indian Rulers

a)

true

b)

False

18.

In ____, a major revolt broke out which was started by the _____ Soldiers serving in the British army in India.

a)

1987, Indian

b)

1857, Indian

c)

1967, Indian

d)

1857, British

19.

____ is disobeying of soldier groups against officers of the Army.

a)

Rebellion

b)

Mutiny

c)

Revolt

d)

Resistance

20.

After 1857 revolt, the British decided to recruit more ____ instead of those from North & Central India

a)

Sikhs

b)

South Indian

c)

Muslim

d)

Awadhis