LESSON NO 4: REVOLT OF 1857.

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION

1) Who called the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First War of Independence’?

1. Robert Clive

2. Lord Canning

3. V D Savarkar

4. Ashoka Mehta

2) Who called 1857 as a ‘Great Revolution’?

1. Ashoka Mehta

2. Warren Hastings

3. V D Savarkar

4. Queen of England

3) Who said the revolt of 1857 as ‘National Revolt’?

1. Annie Besant

2. Lord Canning

3. V D Savarkar

4. Robert clive

4) What was the immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857?

1. Racial arrogance

2. Doctrine of lapse

3. Spread of Christianity

4. Enfield rifles
5) Which incident was responsible for outbreak of Revolt of 1857?

1. Meerut incident

2. Mangal Pandey incident

3. Discontinuance of pensions

4. Mis governance

6) Which incident worked like a spark or outbreak of Revolt of 1857?

1. Barrakpore incident

2. Enfield rifles

3. Merrut incident

4. Spread of Christianity

7) Who was declared as the leader of the 1857 revolt?

1. Mangal Pandey

2. Rani Laxmibai

3. Nana Sahib

4. Bahadur shah Jafar II

8) Which one of the Indian kingdom is not associated with the Revolt of 1857?

1. Rajputana

2. Kanpur

3. Hyderabad

4. Awadh
9) Important cause of discontent among the Indian kings?

1. Subsidiary alliance

2. Doctrine of lapse

3. Greased cartridges

4. Economic problems

10) Sepoys of East India company were not happy with the British because British
Introduced:

1. Doctrine of lapse

2. subsidiary alliance

3. Enfield rifles

4. Abolishion of sati

11) The 1st city captured by the sepoys and declared independent was:

1. Delhi

2. Calcutta

3. Hyderabad

4. Chennai

12) At Kanpur the fight against British was led by:

1. Tatya Tope

2. Rani Laxmibai

3. Kunwar singh

4. Nana sahib
13) Who said “I will not give my Jhansi”:

1. Tatya tope

2. Rani Jindan

3. Rani laxmibai

4. Begum Hazrat mahal

14) The first explosion of 1857 uprising was held on:

1. 21 March 1877

2. 22 April 1857

3. 29 MAY 1857

4. 29 MARCH 1857

15) Who led the revolt of 1857 in Bihar?

1. Mangal Pandey

2. Kunwar Singh

3. Rani Laxmibai

4. Nana sahib

16) Who led the revolt of 1857 at Jhansi?

1. Nana sahib

2. Begum Hazrat mahal

3. Rani Jindan

4. Rani Laxmibai
17) Name the able general of Nana Sahib?

1. Kunwar singh

2. Mangal Pandey

3. Bahadur shah Jafar II

4. Tatya Tope

18) In 1857 the revolt took place in mostly:

1. Eastern and Western parts of India

2. Northern and Southern parts of India

3. Central and Eastern parts of India

4. Northern and Central parts of India

19) Which rifles were responsible for the outbreak of Revolt of1857?

1. AK 47

2. Enfield Rifles

3. Revolver

4. Semi Automat guns

20) Immediate result of the revolt of 1857?

1. Queen’s proclamation

2. Transfer of power

3. Doctrine of lapse

4. Creation of new post

 21) Who issued the proclamation in 1858?

1. Bahadur shah JafarII

2. Lord Canning

3. Queen of England

4. Lord Dalhousie

22) Who read out the Queen’s proclamation?

1. Warren Hastings

2. Lord Dalhousie

3. Lord Lyon

4. Lord Canning

23) In which city queen’s proclamation was read?

1. Allahabad

2. Calcutta

3. Bombay

4. Madras

24) Name the new post created according to the Queen’s proclamation?

1. Governer

2. Governer general

3. Bishop

4. Viceroy
25) Who was the first viceroy?

1. Lord Dalhousie

2. Robert Clive

3. Lord Ripon

4. Lord Canning