CBSE Questions for Class 8 History When People Rebel Quiz 3 - MCQExams.com

What was the ratio of British troops in India?
  • One in four thousand
  • Ten in one thousand
  • Twenty in five thousand
  • None of these
When the Post Office Act was introduced?
  • 1849
  • 1856
  • 1854
  • 1863
Who recommended that more British soldiers should be recruited in Indian army?
  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Curzon
  • None of these
Under which Act Indian Soldiers could be sent overseas on duty?
  • General Service Enlistment Act
  • The Regulating Act
  • The Pitts India Act
  • The Charter Act
All higher positions in employment were reserved for whom?
  • Indian
  • British
  • European
  • All above
When the abolition of Sati introduced?
  • 1829
  • 1825
  • 1820
  • 1826
Who could not rise above the post of Subedar?
  • British
  • Indian
  • European
  • None of these
What was the common procedure of cultivators for their inability to pay arrears of rent, land revenue and interest on debt?
  • Flogging
  • Torture
  • Imprisonment
  • All above
Which of the following state became victim of the Doctrine of Lapse?
  • Satara
  • Oudh
  • Sambalpur
  • All of the above
How were the British different from Indians?
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Sentiments
  • All of the above
Which social reform was not welcomed by Indians?
  • Western education to girls
  • Western education to boys
  • Industrialisation
  • None of these
When was the Widow Remarriage Act introduced?
  • 1845
  • 1850
  • 1856
  • 1852
By the complex judicial system who got rights to oppress the poor?
  • British
  • Common man
  • Rich Community
  • All above
Which modern innovation was introduced by British before 1857?
  • Railway
  • Telegraphs
  • Western Education
  • All of the above
By which policy of British the religious sentiments of the Indian were hurted?
  • Education Policy
  • Taxing Land policy
  • Administration Policy
  • None of these
Rani Laxmi Bai became the victim of ______.
  • Subsidiary alliance
  • Doctrine of Lapse
  • Outright wars
  • None of the above
The first sign of unrest appeared at _______.
  • Meerut
  • Bareilly
  • Barrackpore
  • Kanpur
The British government had ordered that successors of the last Mughal Emperor _____ had to give up their ancestral palace and Red Fort on his death.
  • Shah Alam II
  • Jahan Shah IV
  • Akbar II
  • Bahadur Shah II
The main political cause for the great revolt of 1857 was __________.
  • Heavy Taxes
  • Dual government
  • Doctrine of Lapse
  • None of these
The Absentee Sovereignty of British means that India was being ruled by the British Government from England.
  • True
  • False
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