Revolt of 1857 questions and answers The Great Revolt of 1857 MCQ [Objective-Questions] ☞ Modern History MCQ Index Q1.Who was the Governo...
Revolt of 1857 questions and answers
The Great Revolt of 1857 MCQ [Objective-Questions]
Q1.Who was the Governor of Bombay during
the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Elphinstone
(b) Watson
(c) Ripley
(d) Campbell
Q2.Who was the most trusted adviser of
Emperor Bahadur Shah during the Revolt
of 1857?
(a) Hakim Ahsanullah
(b) Prince Jawan Bakht
(c) Queen Zeenat Mahal
(d) Prince Bakht Khan
Q3. What was the most fundamental weakness
of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) It lacked planning, program, and
funds
(b) The rebels failed to understand the
significance of contemporary scientific ad enhancements
(c) The entire movement lacked a modern, unified, and forward-looking
program
(d) There was no understanding of the
character of the enemy’s political
organization among the rebels
Q4.Who was the head of the East India
Company in 1857?
(a) Charles Peterson
(b) Thomas Patterson
(c) R.D. Mangles
(d) James Duff
Q5. Which popular movement of the nineteenth
century was much better planned, organized, and well-knit than the Revolt of 1857?
(a) The Munda rebellion
(b) The Deccan riots
(c) The Sanyasi rebellion
(d) The Wahabi movement
Q6. The leader of 1857 mutineers who was
caught and hanged was
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
(d) Kunwar Singh
Q7. Where was an agitation launched over the
Income Tax Act in 1860?
(a) Surat
(b) Patna
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Calcutta
Q8. Which tribal leader was regarded as an
incarnation of God and Father of the
World (Dharti Aba)?
(a) Kanhu Santha
(b) Rupa Naik
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Joria Bhaga
Q9. Which point relating to Oudh contributed
to the Oudh Sepoy’s Mutiny in 1857?
(a) Its annexation contrary to the pledge
(b) The sepoys had to pay higher taxes to
the new rulers in Oudh
(c) a Large number of Oudh sepoys in the
British army
(d) Dispossession of taluqdars and others
who were thrown out of jobs
Q10. Why it is not correct to call the Revolt of
1857 a purely ‘military mutiny’ because it
was
(a) inspired by national sentiments
(b) a movement of peasants and artisans
comprising the masses
(c) Not confined to the army and its causes
were more profound than those involved in
usual breaches of military discipline
(d) Led by leaders from the upper classes
Q11. One of the following cases was not responsible for the people's discontent Identify
(a) General Service Enlistment Act
(b) Introduction of Railways
(c) Introduction of Telegraph
(d) Christian Missionaries
Q12. Who among the following was the author
of Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies
1857–89?
(a) B.C. Majumdar
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) S.B. Chaudhary
(d) V.D. Savarkar
Q13. The wrath of the indigo agitations of the
nineteenth century was mainly directed
against the oppression of
(a) the government
(b) the foreign planters
(c) the zamindars
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Q14.The mutineers are said to have proclaimed
one leader of the revolt as the Peshwa at
Kanpur on the 30th of June 1857. He was
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Bala Rao
Q15. Which of the rebellions or uprisings
established a government before it was
crushed?
(a) Santhal Uprising
(b) Kutch Rebellion
(c) Kol Rebellion
(d) Jat Rebellion
Q16.The Kharwar Movement was launched by
which tribal group
(a) Mundas
(b) Santhals
(c) Kolis
(d) Rampa
Q17. The great revolt of 1857 can be regarded
as the culmination of the traditional opposition to the British rule except for one point
and that is
(a) in all the popular revolts, zamindars, disposed chiefs, and taluqdars
participated
(b) in some of the popular revolts even
rebellious monks provided leadership,
as for example, in the Sanyasi rebellion
(c) Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers joined the rising of 1857
(d) The rebels resented the Christian values which the British tried to thrust
down their throats.
Q18.The first British officer to be informed
of Mangal Pandey firing at the Sergeant
Major was
(a) Col. Mitchell
(b) Lieutenant Saugh
(c) General Hearsey
(d) Col. Smith
Q19. Which was the first tribal group to rise
against the British
(a) Khasi
(b) Kolarian
(c) Mundas
(d) Santhala
Q20. At which of the places, the sepoys’ mutiny
was provoked by women’s taunts?
(a) Banaras
(b) Meerut
(c) Lucknow
(d) Agra
Q21.Which was the most famous and the longest of the rebellions or uprisings which
lasted from 1815 to 1832?
(a) Santhal Uprising
(b) Kutch Rebellion
(c) Kol Rebellion
(d) Jat Rebellion
Q22.Which of the following was/were the
leader(s) of the uprising of Odisha zamindars (1804–1817) against British rule?
(a) Raja of Khurda
(b) Jagatbandhu, the leader of the Paiks
(the landed militia)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Rupchand Konar
Q23. In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad lost his life?
(a) The Battle of Amritsar
(b) The Battle of Charsadda
(c) The Battle of Batekot
(d) The Battle of Attock
Q24. Why did the uprising of the Bhils take
place during the first half of the nineteenth
century?
(a) The devastation of the region by
Marathawars
(b) The Pindari depredations
(c) The famine in the Deccan
(d) All of these
Q25. Who were the Chuars?
(a) Zamindars of Bihar and Bengal
(b) Peasants of West Bengal
(c) They meld lands of Chotanagpur and
West Bengal in lieu of para-military
services to the zamindars.
(d) They held zamindari rights in Odisha
and Central India
Q26.The rebellions of the Moplah peasants of
Malabar (north Kerala) during 1836–to 1854
were directed against the oppression of
(a) revenue officials of the British
government
(b) money lenders
(c) landlords
(d) All of these
Q27.Which of the following statements about
the planning and organization of the Revolt
of 1857 is perhaps the most accurate?
(a) There was no conspiracy since not a
single witness came forward to make
such a claim
(b) There was an organized conspiracy
to revolt but the organization had
not progressed sufficient y when the
Revolt broke out accidentally
(c) In the absence of a leader of requisite
organizing ability no planning could
have taken place
(d) None of these
Q28. It has been stated that the British authority
was overthrown in many cities of the United
Provinces between 10 May and 31 May
1857. The city which remained immune
from the mutineer’s influence during this
period was
(a) Agra
(b) Mathura
(c) Kanpur
(d) Lucknow
Q29. Dr. R.C. Majumdar states that in Eastern
Punjab, the mutineers were joined by the
civil population in many places. What was
the unpleasant and unpatriotic action the
people indulged?
(a) They drove out the government
officials
(b) They burnt government buildings.
(c) They committed robberies and
murders.
(d) None of these
Q30.Which of the following tribal rebelled in
1831–1832 since their villages were being
transferred from their headmen (Mundas)
to Sikh and Muslim revenue farmers?
(a) Chuars of the Jungle Mahals
(b) Hos of Singhbhum
(c) Kols of Chotanagpur
(d) None of these
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