Q 1. Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
(a) Meerut
(b) Agra
(c) Bareilly
(d) Delhi
Ans. (c) Bareilly
Q 2. In what way did the Christian missionaries help the British East India Company? From the statements given below, choose the one that is not TRUE with respect to the missionaries.
(a) The Christian missionaries functioned freely and even owned land and property.
(b) The Christian missionaries did not encourage the education of women.
(c) An Indian converted to Christianity could inherit the property of ancestors
(d) The Christian missionaries converted the people as Christians
Ans. (b) The Christian missionaries did not encourage the education of women.
Q 3. Continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
(a) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao I
Ans. (b) Tantia Tope
Q 4. Which one of the following options is derived from the Persian word Sipah meaning infantry soldier?
(a) Soldier
(b) Commander in chief
(c) Warrior
(d) Sepoy
Ans. (d) Sepoy
Q 5. The Mutiny started from
(a) Bareilly
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Meerut
Ans. (d) Meerut
Q 6. How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9 May 1857?
(a) Eighty
(b) Eighty-five
(c) Ninety
(d) Ninety-five
Ans. (b) Eighty-five
Q 7. Which one of the following best describes a Resident with respect to British India?
(a) An official who administers oath to the soldiers.
(b) A local money lender collecting revenue
(c) A senior British Government administrative official positioned in a local place and controlling the happenings of the kingdom.
(d) A local landlord to keep a check on the land revenue
Ans. (c) A senior British Government administrative official positioned in a local place and controlling the happenings of the
kingdom.
Q 8. The sepoys were angry with the British because
(a) of their policy of divide and rule
(b) of the cartridge episode
(c) of their intolerating behaviour
(d) none of these
Ans. (b) of the cartridge episode
Q 9. Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?
(a) Mir Zafar
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Bhakt Khan
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Q 10. Name the Indian soldier who tried to rebel against the British at Barrackpore, but was arrested and hanged to death on 8th
April 1857.
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Tantia Tope
(d) Mangal Pandey
Ans. (d) Mangal Pandey
Q 11. Who was given the title of viceroy?
(a) Chief Commissioner
(b) Governor-General
(c) Forest Manager
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Governor-General
Q 12. What were the effects of the revolt of 1857 on India?
(a) End of Mughal Empire
(b) Beginning of Mughal Empire
(c) End of British Empire
(d) All of these
Ans. (a) End of Mughal Empire
Q 13. Who was Subedar Sitaram Pande ?
(a) Sitaram Pande was a sepoy who attacked Lieutenant Baugh with a sword and almost killed him
(b) Sitaram Pande was a Resident appointed by the British in the Bengal region.
(c) Sitaram Pande was the self-proclaimed ruler who pleaded with the British to give his fathers a pension when the latter died.
(d) Sitaram Pande was a sepoy who helped the British to suppress the rebellion even though his own son was killed by the British
in front of his eyes.
Ans. (d) Sitaram Pande was a sepoy who helped the British to suppress the rebellion even though his own son was killed by the British in front of his eyes.
Q 14. Who were the leaders of the revolt who actively took part in it?
(a) Nana Sahib
(b) Tantiya Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmibai
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 15. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815
Ans. (b) 1801
Q 16. What did the East India Company do from the coins minted by the Company?
(a) The name of the Mughal emperor was removed from the coins.
(b) The name India was removed from the coins
(c) The name of the Governor-general was removed from the coins
(d) The name of the British King was removed from the coins
Ans. (a) The name of the Mughal emperor was removed from the coins.
Q 17. When was Gwalior recaptured by British?
(a) 1863
(b) 1842
(c) 1825
(d) 1858
Ans. (d) 1858
Q 18. When was lawmaking conversion to Christianity made easier?
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1850
(d) 1855
Ans. (c) 1850
Q 19. Name the able commander- in chief of Nana Saheb who led the revolt in Kanpur.
(a) Maulvi Ahmadullah
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Mangal Pandey
Ans. (b) Tantia Tope
Q 20. Which of the following is the decision taken by the British to reform the Indian Society?
(a) Law against the practice of Sati
(b) They encouraged the remarriage of a widow
(c) English education was actively promoted
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
Q 21. Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Firangis | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
| (ii) Sepoy | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
| (iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (c) An Indian name given to British |
| (iv) Nana Saheb | (d) Soldier |
| (v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
Ans.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Firangis | (c) An Indian name given to British |
| (ii) Sepoy | (d) Soldier |
| (iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
| (iv) Nana Saheb | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
| (v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
Q 22. State whether true or false:
1. Meerut was one of the last territories to be annexed. False
2. The sepoys were angry with the British because the photo of Bahadur Shah Zafar was removed from the coins. False
3. In 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore. True
4. British were very happy after the 1857 Revolt. False
5. The British passed a new act in 1858 transferring the powers of East India Company to the British crown. True
Q 23. In 1824, when the sepoys were asked to go to Burma by sea route to fight for the Company, they refused to follow the order. Why ?
(a) It was widely believed that if they crossed the sea they would lose their religion and caste.
(b) There was a belief that the sepoys will not be paid if they go to Burma.
(c) It was believed that Burma was a non-friendly country and hence did not welcome foreigners.
(d) It was widely believed that they were taken as prisoners and will be put in jail there.
Ans. (a) It was widely believed that if they crossed the sea they would lose their religion and caste.
Q 24. Name the son of Begum Hazrat Mahal from Lucknow
(a) Birjis Qadr
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Kunwar Singh
(d) Baji Rao
Ans. (a) Birjis Qadr
Q 25. Fill in the blanks:
1. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in Rangoon
2. Raja Gangadhar Rao was the husband of the Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai.
3. Nawabs kings felt in the mid-eighteenth century that their powers were being eroded.
4. The company began to plan to bring the Mughal dynasty to an end.
5. Rani Lakshmibai was killed in June 1858.
6. Tantia Tope was the general of Nana Sahib.
7. In Delhi, a large number of ghazis (religious warriors) came together to wipe out the white people.
Q 26. Who wanted to recognize his/her adopted son as the heir of his/her Jhansi kingdom?
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Birjis Qadr
(d) Rani Lakshmibai
Ans. (d) Rani Lakshmibai
Q 27. A sequence of events that happened on 9 May 1857 are given below in a jumbled-up order. Pick up the correct order from the given set of statements.
(i) Other soldiers stationed at Meerut revolted and British officers release the imprisoned soldiers.
(ii) A group of soldiers mutinied and walked out of their military barracks
(iii) The released soldiers kill the British officers and after marching to Delhi proclaim the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as the emperor of India
(iv) The soldiers were dismissed and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for refusing to use the greased cartridges
(a) (ii), (iv),(iii),(i)
(b) (i),(ii), (iv),(iii)
(c) (iii), (iv),(i),(iii)
(d) (ii), (iv),(i),(iii)
Ans. (d) (ii), (iv),(i),(iii)
Q 28. Who was proclaimed leader of the Revolt of 1857 from the Mughal Empire?
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Nana Saheb
Ans. (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Q 29. Who helped Colin Campbell to rescue the British holed up in the residency of Lucknow?
(a) Kunwar Singh
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Gurkha regiment
Ans. (d) Gurkha regiment
Q 30. Who was Nana Saheb?
(a) Son of Peshwa Baji Rao II
(b) Son of Rani Lakshmi Bai
(c) Son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Son of Peshwa Baji Rao II
Q 31. Who wrote the book Majhe Pravaas?
(a) Lalu Bakshi
(b) Bayjabai Shinde
(c) Vishnubhatt Godse
(d) Moropant Tambe
Ans. (c) Vishnubhatt Godse
Q 32. Which revolt is led by Nana Saheb the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Awadh
(c) Jagdishpur
(d) Bithur
Ans, (a) Kanpur
Q 33. 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) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) William Bentick
Ans. (b) Lord Canning
Q 34. The greased cartridges given to the Indian soldiers was made of what?
(a) Fat of the hen
(b) Fat of the dog
(c) Fat of the goat and the sheep
(d) Fat of cow and pig
Ans. (d) Fat of cow and pig
Q 35. Among the following Residents of British India, who was forced to take refuge in a residency and killed by the forces of Begum
Hazrat Mahal?
(a) John Nicholson
(b) Sir Henry Lawrence
(c) John Lawrence
(d) Henry Havelock
Ans. (b) Sir Henry Lawrence
Q 36. Who was the Indian rulers under the Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie?
(a) They are not allowed to go out of their states.
(b) They could not have relations with foreign powers.
(c) They are not allowed to adopt an heir to the throne.
(d) could not keep an army
Ans. (c) They are not allowed to adopt an heir to the throne.
Q 37. When did the revolt of Meerut break out?
(a) 1863
(b) 1825
(c) 1874
(d) 1857
Ans. (d) 1857
Q 38. Who was Gangadhar Rao?
(a) king of Banaras
(b) King of Jhansi
(c) King of Mewar
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) King of Jhansi