Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
(a) Meerut
(b) Agra
(c) Bareily
(d) Delhi
Answer
Answer: (c) Bareily
Question 2.
……………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
(a) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao II
Answer
Answer: (b) Tantia Tope
Question 3.
The Mutiny started from
(a) Bareilly
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Meerut
Answer
Answer: (d) Meerut
Question 4.
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
Answer
Answer: (b) Eighty-five
Question 5.
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
Answer
Answer: (b) of the cartridge episode
Question 6.
Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?
(a) Mir Zafar
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Bhakt Khan
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Question 7.
Who was given the title of viceroy?
(a) Chief Commissioner
(b) Governor General
(c) Forest Manager
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Governor General
Question 8.
Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815
Answer
Answer: (b) 1801
Question 9.
When was law making conversion to Christianity made easier?
(a) 1810
(b) 1815
(c) 1850
(d) 1855
Answer
Answer: (c) 1850
Question 10.
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
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
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 |
Answer
Answer:
| 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 |
State whether true or false:
1. Meerut was one of the last territory to be annexed.
Answer
Answer: False
2. The sepoys were angry with the British because the photo of Bahadur Shah Zafar was removed from the coins.
Answer
Answer: False
3. In 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.
Answer
Answer: True
4. British were very happy after 1857 Revolt.
Answer
Answer: False
5. The British passed a new act in 1858 transferring the powers of East India Company to British crown.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in …………………
Answer
Answer: Rangoon
2. ………………… was the husband of the Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai.
Answer
Answer: Raja Gangadhar Rao
3. Nawabs kings felt in the ………………… century that their powers were being eroded.
Answer
Answer: mid-eighteenth
4. The company began to plan to bring the ………………… to an end.
Answer
Answer: Mughal dynasty
5. Rani Lakshmibai was killed in ………………… 1858.
Answer
Answer: June
6. Tantia Tope was the ………………… of Nana Sahib.
Answer
Answer: general
7. In Delhi, a large number of ………………… (religious warriors) came together to wipe out the white people.
Answer
Answer: ghazis