1. Mangal Pandey incident took place at
(a) Meerut
(b) Barrackpore
(c) Ambala
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (b) Barrackpore
2. The immediate cause of India’s first war of Independence was
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Dalhousie suspicion about British interference in religion
(c) Military discontent
(d) Economic exploitation of India
Answer: (b) Dalhousie suspicion about British interference in religion
3. When was the new Enfield Rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
(a) November 1856
(b) December 1856
(c) January 1857
(d) February 1857
Answer: (b) December 1856
4. With which uprising is Mangal Pandey associated?
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Meerut
(c) Delhi
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Barrackpore
5. Which one of the following conceptions is true about the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Indian historians have described it as an Indian mutiny
(b) British historians have described it as a war of independence
(c) It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company’s rule in India
(d) It was for the improvement of the administrative machinery in India
Answer: (c) It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company’s rule in India
6. Who among the following was bestowed with the title of Sahib-e-Alam Bahadur by Bahadur Shah during the uprising of 1857?
(a) Azimullah
(b) Birjis qadir
(c) Bakht Khan
(d) Hasan Khan
Answer: (c) Bakht Khan
7. What was the main cause of 1857 Revolt?
(a) public outrage
(b) military discontent
(c) management of Christian missionaries
(d) policy of British Empire
Answer: (d) policy of British Empire
8. The first war of independence started from
(a) Lucknow
(b) Jhansi
(c) Meerut
(d) Kanpur
Answer: (c) Meerut
9. The first event related to the war of Independence 1857 was
(a) Kanpur’s Revolt and taking over the leadership by Nanasaheb
(b) Begum Hazrat Mahal’s leadership of Oudh
(c) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red Fort
(d) Revolt by Rani of Jhansi
Answer: (c) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red Fort
10. Symbol of 1857 Independence struggle was
(a) Lotus and Chapattis
(b) Eagle
(c) Scarf
(d) Two swords
Answer: (a) Lotus and Chapattis
11. Which one of the following centres of the uprising of 1857 was recaptured by the English?
(a) Ranchi
(b) Meerut
(c) Delhi
(d) Kanpur
Answer: (c) Delhi
12. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle, is
(a) Agra
(b) Jhansi
(c) Varanasi
(d) Vrindavan
Answer: (c) Varanasi
13. Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Bareilly?
(a) Khan Bahadur
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Maulvi Ahmad Shah
(d) Virzis Qadir
Answer: (a) Khan Bahadur
14. Where is the samadhi of Maharani Lakshmi Bai situated?
(a) Mandla
(b) Mandu
(c) Jabalpur
(d) Gwalior
Answer: (d) Gwalior
15. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in last Battle against
(a) Hugh Rose
(b) Guff
(c) Neil
(d) Havlock
Answer: (a) Hugh Rose
16. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by
(a) Begum of Awadh
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d) Nana Sahib
Answer: (a) Begum of Awadh
17. The Revolutionary woman who led the Revolution of 1857 in Oudh was
(a) Lakshmi Bai
(b) Ahilya Bai
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Answer: (d) Begum Hazrat Mahal
18. The largest number of soldiers participated in the struggle of 1857 came from
(a) Bengal
(b) Avadh
(c) Bihar
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: (b) Avadh
19. Who among the following was the leader of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad?
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Azimullah
(c) Tatya Tope
(d) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
Answer: (d) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
20. Who was the leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?
(a) Zeenat Mahal
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Hazrat Mahal
(d) Tatya Tope
Answer: (c) Hazrat Mahal
21. Who was the commander in chief of Nana Saheb?
(a) Azimullah
(b) Birjis qadir
(c) Tatya Tope
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Tatya Tope
22. Azimullah Khan was an advisor to
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d) Kunwar Singh
Answer: (a) Nana Saheb
23. With reference to the ‘revolt of 1857’ who of the following was betrayed by ‘friend’ captured and put to death by the British?
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Khan bahadur khan
(d) Tatya Tope
Answer: (d) Tatya Tope
24. The real name of which one of the following leaders of 1857 was Ramchandra Pandurang?
(a) Kunwar Singh
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Mangal Pandey
Answer: (b) Tatya Tope
25. Who called the revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?
(a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor
(b) Sir John K
(c) Sir John Lawrence
(d) T.R Homes
Answer: (a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor
26. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Namdar Khan
(b) Babu Kunwar Singh
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Shankar Shah
Answer: (b) Babu Kunwar Singh
27. Which one of the following commission is associated with the army reorganization after the suppression of the revolt of 1857?
(a) Public Service Commission
(b) Peel Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Simon Commission
Answer: (b) Peel Commission
28. Modern Historian, who called the revolt of 1857 as the first Independence War was?
(a) Dr R C Majumdar
(b) Dr S N Sensation
(c) V D Savarkar
(d) Ashok Mehta
Answer: (c) V D Savarkar
29. When did Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian administration under British crown?
(a) 1st November 1858
(b) 31st December 1857
(c) 6th January 1958
(d) 17th November 1859
Answer: (c) 6th January 1958
30. Who among the following was the leader of the Revolution of 1857 in Assam?
(a) Diwan Maniram Dutta
(b) Kandarpeshwar Singh
(c) Purandar Singh
(d) Piali Barua
Answer: (a) Diwan Maniram Dutta
31. The centre of 1857 Revolt in Bihar from 15 July, 1857 to 20th January, 1858 was
(a) Rampur
(b) Hamirpur
(c) Dheerpur
(d) Jagdishpur
Answer: (d) Jagdishpur
32. Which person of Jagdishpur took the lead of revolutionaries during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Kunwar Singh
(b) Chandra Shekhar
(c) Tirath Singh
(d) Ram Singh
Answer: (a) Kunwar Singh
33. The king of Jagdishpur was
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d) Kunwar Singh
Answer: (d) Kunwar Singh
34. Who defeated the joint Army of British and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Tatya Tope
(b) Nawab Vazeer Khan of Tonk
(c) Maharaja Ram Singh
(d) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
Answer: (d) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
35. Which amongst the following place was not a centre of the Revolution of 1857?
(a) Ajmer
(b) Jaipur
(c) Neemuch
(d) Auwa
Answer: (b) Jaipur
36. Who of the following had struggled against Britishers in 1857?
(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(b) Ramprasad Bismil
(c) Shahadat Khan
(d) Makhan Lal Chaturvedi
Answer: (c) Shahadat Khan
37. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
(b) Maulvi Imadadullah
(c) Maulana Faiz-i- Haq Khairabadi
(d) Nawab Liyakat Ali
Answer: (a) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
38. The revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet
(a) Mir taqi Mir
(b) Zauq
(c) Ghalib
(d) Iqbal
Answer: (c) Ghalib
39. Original residence of eminent Urdu Poet Mirza Ghalib was
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Lahore
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (a) Agra
40. Who among the following was not associated with the revolt of 1857?
(a) Tatya Tope
(b) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: (d) Bhagat Singh
41. Who among the following was not related with the revolt of 1857?
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Udham Singh
(d) Maulvi Ahmadullah
Answer: (c) Udham Singh
42. Which dynasty supported British Maxim during 1857 freedom movement?
(a) Scindias of Gwalior
(b) Holkers of Indore
(c) Bhonsles of Nagpur
(d) Lodhis of Ramgarh
Answer: (a) Scindias of Gwalior
43. The educated middle class in India
(a) opposed the revolt of 1857
(b) supported the revolt of 1857
(c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
(d) fought against native rulers
Answer: (c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
44. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Chittor
(c) Jagdishpur
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (b) Chittor
45. Who was the Governor General of India during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer: (c) Lord Canning
46. Who was the Governor General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Lytton
Answer: (a) Lord Canning
47. At the time of revolt of 1857 who was the British Commanding Officer at Barrackpore?
(a) Henry Lawrence
(b) Colonel Finnis
(c) Hearsey
(d) Sir Hugh Wheeler
Answer: (c) Hearsey
48. Who has made Allahabad the emergency headquarters in 1857?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer: (a) Lord Canning
49. Who was the British Prime Minister during the revolt of 1857?
(a) Churchill
(b) Palmerston
(c) Atlee
(d) Gladstone
Answer: (b) Palmerston
50. What was the main cause of the failure of the revolt of 1857?
(a) lack of Hindu-Muslim unity
(b) lack of common strategy and central organisation
(c) its effect was within limited area
(d) non-participation of the landlords
Answer: (b) lack of common strategy and central organisation
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