Worksheetsrevolt of 1857
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Mangal Pandey belonged to which one of the following place.
Jhansi
Hyderabad
Gwalior
Barrackpore
The Sepoys were angry with the British because ?
Of their policy of divide and rule
Of the cartridge episode
Of their in-tolerating behavior
Non of these
The Hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to loss of ______.
A) religion
B) ancestral property
C) caste
D) ancestral title
Which of the following was not a social religious causes?
Introduction of sati act, 1829
Widow remarriage act 1856
General service Enlistment act 1856
Law of inheritance, 1856
Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt in western Bihar.
Nana Sahib
Tantiya Tope
Kunwar Singh
Bahadur Saha
______ was one of the last territories that the British had annexed in 1856.
Jhansi
Kanpur
Awadh
Lahore
As revolt got over, Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to jail in
Kathmandu
Rangoon
Lahore
Calcutta
Who led the rebellion against the British at Lucknow?
Zeenat Mahal
Tantiya Tope
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Nana Saheb
What happened to the sepoys of the regiment of Meerut who refused to use new cartridge's?
Suspension from service
Ten years imprisonment
Fined for disobedience
Five years exile
After the revolt of the 1857 was crushed, India came under the direct rule of _____.
The British Parliament and Viceroy
The Queen of England and Viceroy
The British Parliament and the Queen of England
The viceroy and the Governor General
Who was the Mughal Emperor at the time of the revolt?
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Identify the person who declared that Awadh was being misgoverned and that British rule was needed to ensure proper adminstration
Canning
Lord Wellesley
Dalhousi
Warren Hastings
What would you as an Indian citizen call the revolt?
Sepoy mutiny
First War of Independence
Name the person who took leadership of 1857 revolt at Jhansi
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Nana Saheb
Begam Hazrat Mahal
Tantiya Tope
the British decided to raise the number of ........... and reduce the number of ............ soldiers in the army
Indians, Europeans
Indians, Americans
Europeans, Indians
None of these
After the revolt of 1857, the British wanted to win the support of Indian Rulers
true
False
In ____, a major revolt broke out which was started by the _____ Soldiers serving in the British army in India.
1987, Indian
1857, Indian
1967, Indian
1857, British
____ is disobeying of soldier groups against officers of the Army.
Rebellion
Mutiny
Revolt
Resistance
After 1857 revolt, the British decided to recruit more ____ instead of those from North & Central India
Sikhs
South Indian
Muslim
Awadhis
