Q. Identify the place from where uprising of 1857 began? (a) Calcutta (b) Meerut (c) Delhi (d) Kanpur Ans: (b) Meerut Explanation: The uprising of 1857, also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 or the First War of Independence, began from (b) Meerut. On May 10, 1857, Indian ...

Q. The British introduced modern weaponry of breech-loading Enfield rifles to use the Indian army more efficiently. From early 1850s trial depots for the use of this new weapon existed at Dum Dum, Sialkot and (a) Ambala (b) Meerut (c) Lucknow (d) Calcutta Ans: (a) Ambala

Q. The Post Office Act 1854 withdrew a very important privilege from the Sepoys. It was related to (a) Sending unedited mail to the family members (b) Getting free postage (c) Courier services (d) the privilege of monetary incentives from the British Government Ans: (b) Getting free ...

Q. One very well known rebel leader who joined the Rani of Jhansi after facing defeat at the hands of the British was (a) Tantia Tope (b) Nana Sahib (c) Peer Ali (d) Khan Bahadur Khan Ans: (a) Tantia Tope Explanation: The correct answer is (a) Tantia Tope. Tantia Tope was a ...

Q. Is it a military mutiny or is it a national revolt? Who declared this? (a) Lord Canning (b) V.D. Savarkar (c) Benjamin Disraeli (d) Lord Dalhousie Ans: (c) Benjamin Disraeli

Q. Just as in Delhi, the Lucknow insurgents set up a Court of Administration in Lucknow. A natural son of the ex-king of Oudh was crowned by them. Who was he? (a) Birjis Qadr (b) Saadat Khan (c) Siraj-ud-daulah (d) None of above Ans: (a) Birjis Qadr Explanation: The natural son ...

Q. The stories of sepoy barbarity became very loud and the Britishers started raising the clamour of punishment for them. Lord Canning tried to curb the hysteria for which he was derisively called (a) Cruel Caning (b) Clemency Canning (c) Lord Canning (d) Coward Clanning Ans: (b) ...

Q. One of the political causes of the Revolt of 1857 was the abolition of regal titles of Carnatic and…........? (a) Tanjore (b) Nagpur (c) Punjab (d) Awadh Ans: (a) Tanjore Explanation: The correct option is Tanjore. One of the political causes of the Revolt of 1857 was the ...

Q. Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, a poet of great repute during 1857, is known to posterity as (a) Zauq  (b) Ghalib (c) Benipuri (d) Mir Taqi Mir Ans: (b) Ghalib Explanation: Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, a poet of great repute during 1857, is known to posterity as Ghalib. Mirza Beg ...

Q. “It was the string that had hanged him…........”. What was the 1857 rebel referring to? (a) Electricity wires (b) Telephone lines (c) Television cable (d) Telegraph Ans: (d) Telegraph Explanation: The correct option is Telegraph. The 1857 rebel was referring to the telegraph ...

Q. The owner and editor of Delhi Urdu Akhbar who became a martyred journalist was (a) Syed Ahmad Khan (b) Maulvi Muhammad Bakr (c) Zulfikar Khan (d) Mirza Asadullah Khan Ans: (b) Maulvi Muhammad Bakr Explanation: The correct option is (b) Maulvi Muhammad Bakr. Maulvi Muhammad ...

Q. Popular folk culture perceived the Ghadar of 1857 as an attempt of the people to free their ‘mulk’ from the rule of the hated (a) Videshi (b) Pardeshi (c) Dushman (d) Firangis Ans: (d) Firangis Explanation: The correct option is (d) Firangis. Popular folk culture perceived the ...