1. The first war of Indian Independence started on?
a) May 10, 1857
b) June 10, 1857
c) June 15, 1857
d) July 10, 1857
Answer. a) May 10, 1857, started from Meerut by Sepoy
2. The immediate cause of India's first war of independence was
a) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
b) Suspicion about British interference in religion
c) Military discontent
d) Economic exploitation of India
Answer. b) Suspicion about British interference in religion
3. What was the immediate cause of the revolt of 1857?
a) Policy of greased cartridges
b) Doctrine of Lapse
c) Wages difference
d) Conversion to Christianity
Answer. a) Policy of greased cartridges
4. What was the main cause of the 1857 revolt?
a) Public Outrage
b) Military discontent
c) Management of Christian Missionaries
d) Policy of the British Empire
Answer. d) Policy of the British Empire
5. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
a) Blatantly discriminatory policies
b) Exploitative land revenue policies
c) The policy of greased cartridges
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
6. When was the new Enfield Rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
a) November, 1856
b) December, 1856
c) January, 1857
d) February, 1857
Answer. c) January, 1857
7. The Mangal Pandey incident took place at
a) Meerut
b) Barrackpore
c) Ambala
d) Lucknow
Answer. b) Barrackpore, West Bengal
8. To which regiment did Mangal Pandey belong?
a) 34 Native Infantry
b) 7 Oudh Regiment
c) 19 Native Infantry
d) Madras Regiment
Answer. a) 34 Native Infantry
9. The first War of Independence ( 1857) started from
a) Lucknow
b) Jhansi
c) Meerut
d) Kanpur
Answer. c) Meerut
10. The first event relating to the War of Independence of 1857 was?
a) Kanpur's Revolt and taking over the leadership by Nana Saheb
b) Begum Hazarat Mahal's leadership of Oudh
d) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi's Red Fort
d) Revolt by Rani of Jhansi
Answer. d) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi's Red Fort
11. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is
a) Agra
b) Jhansi
c) Varanasi
d) Vrindaban
Answer. c) Varanasi
12. Where is the Samadhi of Maharani Laxmi Bai situated?
a) Mandla
b) Mandu
c) Jabalpur
d) Gwalior
Answer. d) Gwalior
13. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in the last battle against
a) Hugh Rose
b) Guff
c) Neil
d) Havelock
Answer. a) Hugh Rose
14. At which of the following places was the Rani of Jhansi, Lakshmi Bai defeated finally by the British?
a) Badli Ki Serai
b) Kotah Ki Serai
c) Chinhut
d) Meerut
Answer. b) Kotah Ki Serai
15. Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Bareilly?
a) Khan Bahadur
b) Kunwar Singh
c) Maulvi Ahmad Shah
d) Birzis Qadir
Answer. a) Khan Bahadur Khan
16. The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was
a) Lakshmi Bai
b) Ahilya Bai
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Answer. d) Begum Hazrat Mahal
17. The largest number of soldiers who participated in the struggle of 1857 came from
a) Bengal
b) Awadh
c) Bihar
d) Rajasthan
Answer. b) Awadh
18. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by
a) Begum of Awadh
b) Tatya Tope
c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
d) Nana Saheb
Answer. a) Begum of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal
19. Who amongst the following was the leader of the 1857 uprising at Prayagraj ( Allahabad)?
a) Nana Saheb
b) Azimullah
c) Tatya Tope
d) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
Answer. d) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
20. Who was the "commander-in-chief" of Nana Saheb?
a) Azimullah
b) Birjis Qadir
c) Tatya Tope
d) None of these
Answer. c) Tatya Tope
21. Azimullah Khan was an advisor to
a) Nana Saheb
b) Tatya Tope
c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
d) Kunwar Singh
Answer. a) Nana Saheb
22. Who among the following was bestowed with the title of Sahebe-Alam Bahadur by Bahadur Shah during the uprising of 1857?
a) Azimullah
b) Biris Qadir
c) Bakht Khan
d) Hassan Khan
Answer. c) Bakht Khan
23. Who defeated the joint army of the British and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857?
a) Tatya Tope
b) Nawab Vazeer Khan of tonk
c) Maharaja Ram Singh
d) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
Answer. d) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
24. The revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet
a) Mir Taqi Mir
b) Zauq
c) Ghalib
d) Iqbal
Answer. c) Mirza Ghalib
25. The original residence of Eminent Urdu Poet Mirza Ghalib was
a) Agra
b) Delhi
c) Lahore
d) Lucknow
Answer. a) Agra
26. Concerning the "revolt of 1857" who of the following was betrayed by a "friend" captured and put to death by the British?
a) Nana Saheb
b) Kunwar Singh
c) Khan Bahadur Khan
d) Tatya Tope
Answer. d) Tatya Tope
27. The real name of which one of the following leaders of 1857 was "Ram Chandra Pandurang"?
a) Kunwar Singh
b) Tatya Tope
c) Nana Saheb
d) Mangal Pandey
Answer. b) Tatya Tope
28. Which dynasty supported the British maximum during the 1857 Freedom Movement?
a) Scindias of Gwalior
b) Holkers of Indore
c) Bhonsles of Nagpurr
d) Lodhis of Ramgarh
Answer. a) Scindias of Gwalior
29. Many Indian kings helped the British government during the revolt of 1857. Which of the following did not help?
a) King of Kashmir
b) King of Mewad
c) Sikh
d) Scindias of Gwalior
Answer. b) King of Mewad
30. The educated middle class in India
a) Opposed the revolt of 1857
b) Supported the revolt of 1857
c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
d) Fought against native rulers
Answer. c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
31. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the revolt of 1857?
a) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
b) Maulvi Imadadullah
c) Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
d) Nawab Liaquat Ali
Answer. a) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah ( Faizabad)
32. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam?
a) Diwan Maniram Dutta
b) Kandarpeshwar Singh
c) Purandar Singh
d) Piali Barua
Answer. a) Diwan Maniram Dutta
33. The center of the 1857 revolt in Bihar was
a) Rampur
b) Hamirpur
c) Dheerpur
d) Jagdishpur
Answer. d) Jagdishpur
34. Which person of Jagdishpur took the lead of revolutionaries during the revolt of 1857 AD?
a) Kunwar Singh
b) Chandra Shekhar
c) Tirath Singh
d) Ram Singh
Answer. a) Kunwar Singh
35. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the revolt of 1857?
a) Namdar Khan
b) Babu Kunwar Singh
c) Birsa Munda
d) Shankar Shah
Answer. b) Babu Kunwar Singh
36. Which of the following places was not a center of the revolution of 1857?
a) Ajmer
b) Jaipur
c) Neemuch
d) Auwa
Answer. b) Jaipur
37. Match the following:
List I ( leader of the revolt of 1857)
A. Bakht Khan
B. Maulvi Ahmadullah
C. Kunwar Singh
D. Nana Saheb
List II ( their areas of operation)
1. Awadh
2. Kanpur
3. Arrah
4. Delhi
Codes:
A B C D
a) 3 1 2 4
b) 3 2 4 1
c) 4 1 3 2
d) 4 3 1 2
Answer. c) 4 1 3 2
38. Match the following
List I
A. Jhansi
B. Lucknow
C. Kanpur
D. Faizabad
List II
1. Maulvi Ahmad Shah
2. Azimullah Khan
3. Begum Hazrat Mahal
4. Rani Lakshmi Bai
Codes:
A B C D
a) 4 3 2 1
b) 4 2 3 1
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 1 2 3 4
Answer. a) 4 3 2 1
39. Match the following
List I ( Name of Revolutionaries)
A. Nana Saheb
B. Nawab Hamid Ali Khan
C. Maulvi Ahmad Ullah
D. Mani Ram Diwan
List II ( Place)
1. Delhi
2. Kanpur
3. Lucknow
4. Assam
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 2 1 3 4
Answer. d) 2 1 3 4
40. What was the main cause of the failure of the revolt of 1857?
a) Lack of Hindu-Muslim unity
b) Lack of common strategy and central organization
c) Its effect was within a limited area
d) Non--Participation of landlords
Answer. b) Lack of common strategy and central organization
41. The first freedom struggle of 1857 failed because
a) There was a lack ness of unity of purpose in Indian sepoys
b) Generally, native kings supported British
c) British soldiers were better equipped and organized rather than Indians
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
42. The British were able to suppress the uprising of 1857 in the Rajput state because
a) The local Rajput rulers did not support revolutionary
b) The educated middle class supported the British
c) The soldiers in cantonments were not prepared to accept the leadership of revolution from outside Rajasthan
d) The newspaper could not project the true aim of the revolution
Answer. a) The local Rajput rulers did not support revolutionary
43. Which of the following groups did not participate in the revolt of 1857?
1. Agricultural labour
2. Sahukar
3. Farmers
4. Landlords
Select your answer to the following
Code:
a) only 1
b) only 1 and 2
c) only 2
d) only 2 and 4
Answer. d) only 2 and 4
44. Who was the British Prime Minister during the revolt of 1857?
a) Churchill
b) Palmserston
c) Attlee
d) Gladstone
Answer. b) Palmserston
45. Who was the Governor General of India during the revolt of 1857?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Bentinck
Answer. c) Lord Canning
46. At the time of the 1857 Revolt, who was the British commanding officer at Barrackpore?
a) Henry Lawrence
b) Colonel Finnis
c) Hearsey
d) Sir Hugh Wheeler
Answer. c) Hearsey
47. Which among the following British officers lost their lives at Lucknow?
1. General John Nicholson
2. General Havelock
3. General Neil
4. Sir Henry Lawrence
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
a) 1,2, and 3
b) 1,3, and 4
c) 2,3, and 4
d) All of these
Answer. c) 2,3, and 4
48. When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of the Indian Administration under the British crown?
a) 1 November, 1858
b) 31 December, 1857
c) 6 January, 1858
d) 17 November, 1859
Answer. a) 1 November, 1858
49. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Reorganization after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
a) Public Service Commission
b) Peel Commission
c) Hunter Commission
d) Simon Commission
Answer. b) Peel Commission
50. Which one of the following conceptions is true about the Revolt of 1857?
a) Indian historians have described it as an Indian mutiny
b) British historians have described it as a war of Independence
c) It was for the improvement of the administrative machinery in India
d) It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company's rule in India
Answer. d) It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company's rule in India
51. The symbol of the 1857 independence struggle was
a) Lotus and Chapatis
b) Eagle
c) Scarf
d) Two Swords
Answer. a) Lotus and Chapatis
52. After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited the soldiers from the
a) Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
b) Bengalis and Odisha's from the East
c) Gurkhas, Sikhs, and Punjabi from the North
d) All of the above
Answer. c) Gurkhas, Sikhs, and Punjabi from the North
53. Indians were assured of many things in the declaration of Queen Victoria in 1958. Which among the following assurances was fulfilled by the British Government?
a) The policy of annexation will be abandoned
b) The "Status quo" of the native rules would be maintained
c) Equal treatment would be given to all subjects, Indian, and Europeans
d) There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the India
Answer. a) The policy of annexation will be abandoned
54. The statement "the so-called first national war of Independence was neither first, nor national, nor a war of independence " is associated with
a) RC Majumdar
b) SN Sen
c) Tarachand
d) VD Savarkar
Answer. a) RC Majumdar
55. Modern Historian, who had called the revolt of 1857 " the first Independence War"
a) Dr. RC Mazumdar
b) Dr. SN Sen
c) VD Savarkar
d) Ashok Mehta
Answer. c) VD Savarkar
56. The first Indian to write in Indian language on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was
a) Syed Ahmed Khan
b) VD Savarkar
c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d) None of the above
Answer. a) Syed Ahmed Khan
57. Who called the revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?
a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor
b) Sir John Kennedy
c) Sir John Lawrence
d) T. R. Homes
Answer. a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor
58.
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon