Q. Identify the rebel leader of 1857 who has found a place in Folk literature: (a) Kunwar Singh (b) Nana Sahib (c) Bakht Khan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar Ans: (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar Explanation: Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, is the rebel leader of 1857 who has found a ...

Q. The Revolt of 1857 is described in local traditions, folk-lores, and in popular narratives as (a) the struggle of sepoys and feudal lords against the British (b) as sufferings of people (c) people unified in their resistance to the British (d) mythological tales. Ans: (c) people ...

Q. Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-98) wrote a tract where he tried to examine the underlying causes of 1857. This was titled (a) Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind (b) An Account of the Loyal Mahomedans of India (c) The History of the Indian Mutiny (d) Azizun Nisa San Sattavan ka kissa Ans: (a) ...

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) ...