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1. Birjis Qadr was the younger son of
A. Nawab Shaukat Ali
B. Nawab Siraj-ud-daula
C. Nawab Mir Ali
D. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
2. Indicate which of the following is not correct:
A. Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope.
B. Tantya Tope was the general of Nana Saheb.
C. Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta.
D. Lord Dalhousie captured 7 states with the Doctrine of Lapse.
3. Which of the following is an incorrect match for the Centre of the revolt and their leaders?
A. Gonoo-Kol tribals
B. Kanpur-Nana Sahib
C. Jhansi-Rani Lakshmi Bai
D. Awadh-Shah Mai
4. Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857?
A. Mixing of bone dust of cow in the atta
B. Banning the practice of Sati
C. Cartridges of Enfield rifle
D. Allowing widow remarriage
5. Awadh was one of the few Indian kingdoms that was not annexed by the British by the
A. 1830s.
B. 1840s.
C. 1850s.
D. 1860s.
6. Consider the following statements: (i) Rumours played a great role in the revolt of 1857 A.D. (ii) Peshwa Baji Rao II adopted Nana Saheb as his son. (iii) The British had no answer to the action of the rebels during the months of May and June in 1857 A.D. (iv) Awadh was a major centre of revolt in 1857 A.D.
A. i, ii, iii
B. i, ii, iii, iv
C. ii, iii, iv
D. i, ii, iv
7. Which of these was the reason for Nana Saheb’s joining the revolt of 1857?
A. The British refused him the pension of Peshwa Baji Rao II.
B. The British captured Awadh
C. The British captured Jhansi under the doctrine of Lapse
D. Nana Saheb refused to accept Subsidiary Alliance
8. The artist of the painting “Relief of Lucknow” was:
A. Thomas Jones Barker
B. Henry Lawrance
C. Henry Havelock
D. Joseph Noel
9. What do you understand by the term ‘Firangi’?
A. Outcaste
B. A type of drink
C. Foreigner
D. Mirror work
10. Delhi was finally captured by the British in
A. June 1857
B. July 1857
C. August 1857
D. September 1857
11. Awadh and Satara were captured under ________
A. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Subsidiary Alliance
C. Issue of Misgovernance
D. Mahalwari System
12. Who was the last Nawab of Awadh?
A. Muhammad Ali Shah
B. Muhammad Muqim
C. Birjis Qadr
D. Wajid Ali Shah
13. Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of
A. Awadh
B. Bengal
C. Hyderabad
D. Karnataka
14. Villages whose headmen and cultivators were mobilised against the British rule by Shah Mal were
A. Chaurasee Des.
B. 24 parganas.
C. Faizabad.
D. Meerut.
15. Who among the following mobilised the villages of Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh in the Revolt of 1857?
A. Maulvi Ahmadullh Shah
B. Kunwar Singh
C. Shah Mai
D. Manvant Singh
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