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QI Answer the following questions: 1hr

1) What was the demand of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
2) What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
3) What objections did the sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
4) How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
5) What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in
India before May 1857?
6) What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar’s support to the rebellion have on the people and the
ruling families?
7) How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
8) In what ways did the British change their policies as a result of the rebellion of 1857?
9)  In what ways would she have been an unusual woman for her times?
10) Under what pretext did the company take over awadh?
11) What was the fate of the rebels or "firangis"?
12) How did the british control the rebel forces?

Section B (10-15mins)

QII] Multiple choice questions:

1) (i) The new law passed in 1850 made

(a) conversion into Christianity easier
(b) people of India Christians
(c) the life of the Indians difficult
(d) none of the above
2) (ii) The Revolt of 1857 began from:
(a) Lucknow
(b) Kanpur
(c) Awadh
(d) Meerut
3) (iii) Mangal Pandey, a young soldier, was hanged to death for
(a) killing an Englishman
(b) attacking his officers in Barrackpore
(c) telling lies
(d) attacking English factories
4) (iv) The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar died in-
(a) the Rangoon jail
(b) the Royal palace
(c) the Mosque
(d) the Audience Hall
5) Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
(a) Meerut
(b) Agra
(c) Bareily
(d) Delhi

6) ……………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.

(a) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao II

7) The Mutiny started from

(a) Bareilly
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Meerut

8) 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

9) 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

10) Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?

(a) Mir Zafar
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Bhakt Khan
(d) None of these

11) Who was given the title of viceroy?

(a) Chief Commissioner
(b) Governor General
 (c) Forest Manager
(d) None of these

12) Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in

(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815

13) Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in

(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815

14) 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

QIII Fill in the blanks:

Bahadur Shah Zafar died in …………………

 ………………… was the husband of the Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai.

 Nawabs kings felt in the ………………… century that their powers were being eroded.

The company began to plan to bring the ………………… to an end.

Rani Lakshmibai was killed in ………………… 1858.

Tantia Tope was the ………………… of Nana Sahib.

 In Delhi, a large number of ………………… (religious warriors) came together to wipe out the
white people.

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