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Freedom Struggle (The Revolt of 1857) MCQ

24 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. The First Governor General and Viceroy of British India eas-

  1. ALord Dalhousie
  2. BJohn Lawrence
  3. CWarren Hastings
  4. DLord Canning
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Answer: D) Lord Canning

Q2. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from-

  1. AEast India Company to the British Crown
  2. BBritish Crown to the East India Company
  3. CEast India Company to the Governor General
  4. DBritish Crown to the Board of Directors
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Answer: A) East India Company to the British Crown

Q3. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at

  1. ABarrackpore
  2. BMeerut
  3. CKanpur
  4. DJhansi
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Answer: A) Barrackpore

Q4. Who among the following was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857 ?

  1. AMaharaja Ranjit Singh
  2. BNana Sahib
  3. CBegum Hazrat Mahal
  4. DKhan Bahadur
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Answer: A) Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Q5. One of the India's first freedom fighters against British is.

  1. AMahatma Gandhi
  2. BKittur Rani Chennamma
  3. CRani Laxmi Bai
  4. DNone of these
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Answer: C) Rani Laxmi Bai

Q6. The sepoy mutiny took place in the year :

  1. A1757
  2. B1761
  3. C1836
  4. D1857
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Answer: D) 1857

Q7. Consider the following native rulers-n1. Kunwar Singh 2. Nana Sahibn3. Scindhia of Gwalior 4. Nizam of HyderabadnWho among these native rulers did NOT participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?

  1. A1, 2 and 4
  2. B2 and 3
  3. C3 and 4
  4. D1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: C) 3 and 4

Q8. During India's freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of the following places ?

  1. AAgra
  2. BGwalior
  3. CJhansi
  4. DMeerut
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Answer: D) Meerut

Q9. Who is the author of the book 'The Last Mughal : The fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 ?

  1. AJohn Kirkland
  2. BWilliam Dalrymple
  3. CThomas Wilson
  4. DSimon Digby
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Answer: B) William Dalrymple

Q10. Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in-

  1. APunjab
  2. BBengal
  3. CBihar
  4. DMaharashtra
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Answer: C) Bihar

Q11. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet-

  1. AMir Taqi Mir
  2. BZauq
  3. CGhalib
  4. DIqbal
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Answer: C) Ghalib

Q12. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857 ?

  1. AMaulavi Ahmdullah Shah
  2. BMaulavi Imadulah
  3. CNawab Liaquat Ali
  4. DMaulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
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Answer: A) Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah

Q13. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857 ?

  1. APublic Service Commission
  2. BPeal Commission
  3. CHunter Commission
  4. DSimon Commission
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Answer: B) Peal Commission

Q14. After the revolt of 1857 the British recruited the soldiers from the-

  1. ABrahmins of UP and Bihar
  2. BBengalis and Orrias from the East
  3. CGurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North
  4. DMadras Presidency and Marathas
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Answer: C) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North

Q15. When did Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian Administration under British Crown ?

  1. A1 November, 1858
  2. B31 December, 1857
  3. C6 January, 1958
  4. D17 November, 1859
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Answer: A) 1 November, 1858

Q16. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by-

  1. ABegum Hazarat Mahal
  2. BTantia Tope
  3. CRani Laxmi Bai
  4. DNana Sahib
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Answer: A) Begum Hazarat Mahal

Q17. India war of Independence 1857' is written by-

  1. AS.N. Sen
  2. BR.C. Majumdar
  3. CV.D. Savarkar
  4. DS.B. Chaudhari
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Answer: C) V.D. Savarkar

Q18. The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is-

  1. AAgra
  2. BJhansi
  3. CVaranasi
  4. DVrindaban
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Answer: C) Varanasi

Q19. The modern historian who called the rebvolt of 1857 as the 'first war of independence' was-

  1. AR.C Majumdar
  2. BS.N. Sen
  3. CV.D. Savarkar
  4. DAshok Mehta
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Answer: C) V.D. Savarkar

Q20. In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus'. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

  1. ARevolt of 1857
  2. BChamparan Satyagraha (1917)
  3. CKhilafat and Non-Cooperation
  4. DAugust Movement of 1942
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Answer: A) Revolt of 1857

Q21. Which one of the following territories was NOT affected by the Revolt of 1857?

  1. AJhansi
  2. BChittor
  3. CJagdishpur
  4. DLucknow
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Answer: B) Chittor

Q22. With reference to the revolt of the year 1857 who of the following was betrayed by a friend captured and put to death by the British?

  1. ANana Sahib
  2. BKunwar Singh
  3. CKhan Bahadur Khan
  4. DTantiya Tope
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Answer: D) Tantiya Tope

Q23. Who was the Governor General of lndia during the sepoy Mutiny?

  1. ALord Canning
  2. BLord Dalhousie
  3. CLord Hardings
  4. DLord Lytton
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Answer: A) Lord Canning

Q24. Who among the following was known during the days of the Revolt of 1857 as 'Danka Shah' ?

  1. AShah Mal
  2. BMaulavi Ahmudullah Shah
  3. CNana Sahib
  4. DTantia Tope
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Answer: B) Maulavi Ahmudullah Shah

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