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Q.1 The personal grievance of Nana Saheb, on account of which he became staunch anti-British and raised the banner of Revolt in 1857, was :
(A)His claim to Peshwaship was abolished
(B) The British refused to pay him the pension earlier paid to his father Peshwa Baji Rao-II
(C) The British humiliated him by declaring that he was not a natural son of Bajirao-II
(D) The British forced him to abandon his ancestral palace and to reduce his entourage
Q.2 Who announced that ·after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the family of the king would be shifted out of the Red Fort ?
(A) King George V (B) Queen Victoria
(C) Canning (D) Dalhousie
Q.3 Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining glory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II by
(A) Reducing his pension
(B) Forcing him to disarm his bodyguards
(C) Derecognising his imperial title
(D) Asking him to vacate the Red Fort
Q.4 The first serious mutiny of the Indian soldiers in the British Army took place at:
(A) Patna (B) Barrackpore
(C) Vellore (D) Meerut
Q.5 Lord Dalhousie's single measure, which went a long way in spreading the Revolt of 1857, was
(A) Annexation of native states on the plea of mismanagement
(B) Introduction of railway, post and telegraph
(C) Stopping or reducing the pensions of former Indian rulers
(D) Indiscriminate application of the Doctrine of Lapse
Q.6 Where did the first signs of unrest appear early in 1857?
(A) Awadh (B) Bengal
(C) Meerut (D) Upper Provinces
Q.7 At Barrackpore Mangal Pandey was hanged on March 29, 1857 and became a martyr His crime was that he
(A) Refused to obey his officers
(B) Refused to use the greased cartridges
(C) Incited his fellow sepoys not to use the greased cartridges
(D) Revolted and attacked his superior officers
Q.8 Where did the sepoys break out in open revolt on May 10, 1857 ?
(A) Kanpur (B) Barrackpore
(C) Berhampore (D) Meerut
Q.9 The political significance of proclaiming the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah as 'King Emperor of Hindustan' was that:
(A) It signified the end of the British rule from India
(B) It signified the revival of the Mughal rule in India.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Emperor Bahadur Shah II became the rallying point for the rebels
Q.10 Which of the following was not one of the storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Bareilly (B) Jhansi
(C) Madras (D) Arrah
Q.11 Which of the following was / were responsible for the massacre at Kanpur ?
(A) Nana Saheb (B) Tantia Tope
(C) Azimullah (D) Nana's troops
Q.12 Who incited the sepoys in Jhansi to hurl defiance at their officers and to commit violence and murder ?
(A) Rani Lakshmibai (B) Tantia tope
(C) Lachman Rao (D) Damodar Rao
Q.13 The main centre of revolt, first recaptured by the British was
(A) Delhi (B) Lucknow
(C) Kanpur (D) Jhansi
Q.14 With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 could the revolt be said to have ended ?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Nana Saheb
(C) Tantia Tope
(D) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Q.15 Which of he following was the chief organizer of the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar ?
(A) Amar Singh (B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Pir Ali (D) Imaduddin
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