REVOLT OF 1857 [MCQ QUESTIONS

BY-SHUBHAM SIR

1.Who had described the Revolt of 1857 as the first war of independence?

A) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

B) Veer Savarkar

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Aurobindo Ghose.

Answer: A)

2. Who described the Revolt of 1857 as the National Rising?

A) Gladstone

B) Canning

C) Disraeli

D) Palmerstone

Answer: C)

Disraeli was the leader of conservative Party and opposition leader in the House of
Commons. He described the revolt of 1857 as a national rising..

3. Who described the Revolt of 1857 as National Revolt?

A) Gladstone

B) Palmerstone

C) Karl Marx

D) R.C Mazamudar

Answer: C)

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4. Who greatly implemented the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

A) Lord Wellesley

B) Lord Ripon
C) William Bentick

D) Lord Ripon

Answer: A)

5. Who was the first native ruler to enter into subsidiary alliance?

A) Nawab of Oudh

B) Peshwa

C) Bhonsle

D) Nizam of Hyderabad

Answer: D)

6.The Subsidiary Alliance was not accepted by

A) The Nizam of Hyderabad

B) The Holkar state of Indore

C) The Rajput state of Jodhpur

D) The Ruler of Mysore

Answer: B)

7. Which of the following was not one of the terms accepted by the Indian Ruler
entering Subsidiary Alliance?

A) The ruler had to disband his military force.

B) The ruler had to allow the British to station their troops within his kingdom.

C) The ruler had to act in accordance with the advice of the British.

D) The British would not protect the ruler in case of foreign attack.

Answer: D)

8. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?

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A) It was started by Lord Dalhousie.

B) It was in operations between 1848 and 1856.

C) Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule.

D) Satara, Jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule.

Answer: C)

9. What was the policy of “doctrine of lapse”?

A) States were allowed to adopt son as an heir.

B) States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir.

C) According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the
British for the maintenance of British army.

D) None of these

Answer: B)

10. What is the correct order (first to last) of states annexed under the policy of
“Doctrine of Lapse”?

A) Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat

B) Jaipur > Satara > Sambhalpur> Bahat

C) Bahat >Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur>

D) Satara > Jaipur > Bahat> Sambhalpur>

Answer: D)

11. What was the period of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General?

A) 1856-1876

B) 1845-1866

C) 1848-1856

D) 1859-1866
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Answer: C)

12. Which of the following were annexed as per the Doctrine of Lapse?

A) Satara

B) Sambalpur

C) Nagpur and Jhansi

D) All of the above

Answer: (D)

13. Who introduced Telegraph and Postal System in India?

A) William Bentick

B) Cornawallis

C) Lord Hastings

D) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: D)

14. When was Telegraph introduced in India?

A) 1822

B) 1853

C) 1834

D) 1876

Answer: B)

15. The first railway line was laid between-

A) Bombay and Thane

B) Bombay and Hyderabad

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C) Calcutta and Bombay

D) Delhi and Calcutta

Answer: A)

16. The Governor General whose expansionist policy led to the great uprising was?

A) Lord Canning

B) Lord Hastings

C) Lord Dalhousie

D) Lord Wellesly

Answer: C)

17. The Governor General who abolished pension for Nana Saheb who was the
adopted son of Baji Rao II?

A) Lord Hastings

B) Lord Curzon

C) Lord Minto

D) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: D)

18. When was Awadh Annexed?

A) 4 FEB, 1857

B) 7FEB, 1857

C) 7 FEB, 1856

D) 4 FEB, 1856

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Answer: C)

19. Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857?

A) Lord Dalhousie

B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Bentick

D) Lord Canning

Answer: D)

20. Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?

A) Begum Hazrat Mahal

B) Rani Laxmi Bai

C) Kunwar Singh

D) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer: A)

21. Who among the following British Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi?

A) Colin Campbell,

B) Henry Havelock

C) Henry Lawrence

D) Hugh Rose

Answer: C)

22. Which among the following regions was most affected by the Revolution of 1857?

A) Punjab

B) Maharashtra

C) Awadh

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D) Madras

Answer: C)

23. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because-

A) of superior resources of British Empire

B) it was poorly organized and the rebels had no common interest

C) It had very little national sentiment.

D) It was localized, restricted and scattered.

Answer: B)

24. What were the socio- religious causes during this period that caused unrest
among people?

A) Activities of Christian missionaries

B) Attempts to bring social reforms

C) Taxation of mosques and temple lands

D) Racial superiority complex of Britishers

i) A, B and C

ii) All of the above

iii) Only C

iv) C and D

Answer: ii)

25 Why were the sepoys discontent?

A) They had to cross seas to serve

B) Lesser emoluments compared to the British counterpart

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C) Racial discrimination

D) They were allowed to wear sectarian marks, and hence religions were supported in the
army

i) All of the above

ii) A, B and C

iii) Only D
iv) C and D

Answer: ii)

26 Who was the British Prime Minister during the time of Revolt of 1857?

A) Lord John Russel

B) George Hamilton

C) Palmerstone

D) John Temple

Answer: C)

27 Which among the following was not the military cause behind the Revolt of 1857?

A) Because all the high ranks in the army were reserved for the British only.

B) Provisions of General Service Enlistment Act which provided that all recruits to the
Bengal Army should be ready for service everywhere whether within or outside India.

C) Faulty distribution of Troops between the Indian and British soldiers.

D) Indian Soldiers wanted modern weapons and technology.

Answer: D)

28 General Service Enlistment Act was passed in----------

A) 1856

B) 1857

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C) 1858

D) 1859

Answer: A)

The General Service Enlistment Act passed in the year 1856 contained the provision that
mandated soldiers or recruits of the Bengal Army to serve within or outside India when
ordered. It meant that they were to sent overseas and sea voyages to serve. The Bengal
Army mainly consisted of High Castes Hindus like Brahmins who according to their faith
believed that they could lose their caste, religion, and faith if they cross the seas. This leads
the sepoys to think that the Company was trying to defame their religion.

29 What was the role of Tatia Tope in the 1857 mutiny?

A) He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb

B) He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer: C)

30 Who was the Nawab of Awadh when it was annexed in the year 1856?

A) Nawab Wazid Ali Shah

B) Bahadur Shah Zaffar

C) Shuja-ud-daula

D) Asif Jah Mirza

Answer: A)

31 What were the reasons for insecurity in the minds of Pandits and Maulvis?

A) Shifting of focus from oriental learning to Western Education.

B) Growing no of schools in India by the Christian Missionaries.

C) Prisoners in the jail were began to instructed in Christianity.

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D) All of the above.

Answer: D)

32 The simmering discontent among the masses in India culminated in a violent

outburst in 1857. The most important causes of the popular discontent was-

A) The British land revenue policies

B) The British System of law administration

C) The economic exploitation of India by the British.
D) The foreignness of the British Rule.

Answer: C)

The most important cause of popular discontent was the British policy of economically
exploiting India. This hurt all sections of society. The peasants suffered due to high revenue
demands and the strict revenue collection policy. Artisans and craftsmen were ruined by
the large scale influx of cheap British Manufactured goods into India which in turn made
their hand made goods uneconomical to produce.

33 Who was the last Mughal King?

A) Shah Alam II

B) Akbar II

C) Bahadur Shah Zaffar

D) None of the above.

Answer: C)

34 What was the name of the official residence of Mughal Emperor?

A) Red Fort

B) Purana Qila

C) Fatehpur Shikri

D) None of the above.

Answer: A)

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35 What were the causes behind the active participation of Muslims in the Revolt of
1857?

A) Introduction of Enfield Rifle

B) Disrespect shown to Bahadur Shah

C) Annexation of Awadh

Options- Only A
Only A and B
Only B and C
All of the above.

Answer: All of the above.

36 Annexation of which among the following states was the case of high handedness
on the part of the company?

A) Meerut

B) Satara

C) Jhansi

D) Awadh

Answer: C)

37 Who was the first to protest against the Enfield Rifle?

A) Mangal Pandey

B) Kunwar Singh

C) Nana Saheb

D) Tantia Tope

Answer: A)

38 Who among the following was neither captured nor killed by the British?

A) Nana Saheb

B) Tantia Tope
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C) Rani Lakshmi Bai

D) Kunwar Singh

Answer: A)

39 Who of the following was the adopted son of the last peshwa Baji Rao II?

A) Damodar Rao

B) Tantia Tope
C) Anand Rao

D) Nana Saheb

Answer: D)

40 Which place witnessed the incident of Mangal Pandey firing upon the British
Officers?

A) Barrackpore

B) Manicktalla

C) Burdwan

D) Durgapur

Answer: A)

41 Who became the first Viceroy after the revolt?

A) Lord Wellesley

B) Lord Canning

C) Warren Hastings

D) Lord Elgin I

Answer: B)

42 Where was Bahadur Shah Exiled?

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A) Rangoon

B) Ahmednagar

C) Raxaul

D) Sasaram

Answer: A)

43 Who led the Revolt at Meerut?

A) Kadam Singh

B) Bakht Khan

C) Begum Hazrat Mahal

D) None of the above

Answer: A)

44 Who led the Revolt at Kanpur?

A) Baji Rao II

B) Nana Saheb

C) Begum Zinat Mahal

D) Lakshmi Bai

Answer: B)

45 Who led the Revolt at Gwalior?

A) Baji Rao II

B) Nana Saheb

C) Begum Zinat Mahal

D) Tantia Tope

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Answer: D)

46 Who captured Lucknow at the Revolt of 1857- Sir Colin Campbell

47 Who was the British Commissioner at Lucknow during the revolt of 1857? Sir
Henry Lawrence.

48 On what ground Awadh was annexed? On the pretext of misgovernance.

49 Who introduced General Service Enlistment Act? Lord Canning

50 When did the Revolt of 1857 began? 31st May 1857.

51 Who killed the two sons and one grandson of Bahadur Shah? Lt. Hodson.
52 Name the Britishers who captured Kanpur? General Havelock and Colin Campbell.

53 Which European officer defeated Rani Lakshmi Bai at the revolt of 1857? Sir Huge
Rose.

54 What was the name of Bahadur Shah’s wife? Begum Zinat Mahal.

55 Which states were the major producers of export crops such as jute,opium and
indigo? Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.

56 Who was the adopted son of Rani Lakshmi Bai? Anand Rao.

BY SHUBHAM SIR-6291840061

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