When People Rebel 1857 and After

  1. Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
    (a) Meerut
    (b) Agra
    (c) Bareilly
    (d) Delhi

2. ………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
(a) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao II

3. 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

4. Who was given the title of viceroy?
(a) Chief Commissioner
(b) Governor General
(c) Forest Manager
(d) None of these

5. Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?
(a) Mir Zafar
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Bhakt Khan
(d) None of these

6. 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

7. 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

8. The Mutiny started from
(a) Bareilly
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Meerut

9. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815


Fill in the blanks

  1. Tantia Tope was the ……general…………… of Nana Sahib.
  2. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in …………Rangoon
  3. Raja Gangadhar Rao… was the husband of the Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai.
  4. The company began to plan to bring the Mughal dynasty to an end.
  5. Meerut was one of the last territory to be annexed  (True/False)
  6. British were very happy after 1857 Revolt. (True/False)