Who were the first Europeans to come to India?
  • Dutch
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • British
Which of these countries is not a part of the Indian subcontinent?
  • India
  • Nepal
  • China
  • Bangladesh
Who was responsible for dividing and ruling over India?
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch
  • French
  • British
__________ discovered India in 1498.
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Francis Drake
  • Vasco da Gama
  • Ferdinand Magellan
The Carnatic wars were fought between _________ and _________.
  • French and Italians
  • Dutch and Portuguese
  • Portuguese and British
  • French and British
What made Great Britain powerful?
  • Army
  • U boat
  • Navy
  • Tanks
Which plant was used to make dye?
  • Indigo
  • Tulsi
  • Bamboo
  • Neem
Which of the following is not a cottage industry?
  • Making of jute bags
  • Weaving carpets
  • Hand-stitched clothes
  • Manufacturing machine parts
How did the English East India Company result in huge profits?
  • The British bought goods at a high price from India and sold them abroad cheaply
  • The British did not buy anything from the Indians
  • The price in which the British bought goods from India they sold them abroad in the same prices
  • All of them
  • None of them
Which one is one of the names of 'revolt'
  • Discontent among Indians
  • Sepoy Mutiny
  • Rise of nationalism
  • All of these
  • None of these
The revolt started at Burma
  • True
  • False
The Indian National Congress was formed by
  • Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
  • Raja Rammohan Roy
  • Allan Octavian Hume
  • None of these
The British exploited all sections of society
  • True
  • False
The revolt broke out in
  • 1856
  • 1869
  • 1857
  • 1858
The British exploited ___________
  • Allan Octavian Hume
  • Traders
  • The Arabs
  • All of these
  • None of these
Why was the revolt unsuccessful?
  • It did not spread to all parts of India
  • Indian soldiers did not have sufficient money and good weapons
  • The revolt was not organized properly
  • All of these
  • None of these
Traders, weavers and other sections of the society joined the revolt
  • True
  • False
Who created Doctrine of Lapse?
  • Rani Lakshmi Bai
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Robert Clive
  • Lord Curzon
  • Tantia Tope
Name the famous Portuguese explorer who found the route to India
  • Vasco Da Gama
  • Prine Henry
  • Ferdinand Magellen
  • Francis Xavier
What is the meaning of a sepoy?
  • An Indian Soldier
  • A British Soldier
  • A Portuguese Soldier
  • A Chinese Soldier
When did the Revolt of 1857 begin?
  • 9th May 1857
  • 10th May 1757
  • 7th May 1825
  • 10th May 1857
Why wasn't Rani Lakshmi Bai not allowed to adopt a child?
  • Because of the Divide and Rule Policy
  • Because of the Swadeshi Movement
  • Because of the Doctrine of Lapse
What is Indigo?
  • a plant from which we cotton
  • a plant from which we get rice
  • a plan from which we get blue dye
  • a plant from which we get jute
Who is Rani Lakshmi Bai?
  • Queen of Kerala
  • Queen of Jhansi
  • Queen of Maharashtra
  • Queen of Bengal
Who was declared the empress of India by the British government?
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • Queen Victoria
  • Lady Jane Grey
Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
  • Barrackpore: Mangal Pandey
  • Delhi: Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan
  • Delhi: Maulavi Ahmadullah
  • . Lucknow: Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah
Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
  • Kanpur: Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan
  • Alahabad : Maulavi Liyakat Ali
  • Farrukhabad : Tufzal Hasan Khan
  • All of the above
Which of the following was the impact of 1857 revolt?
  • Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn
  • End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule
  • Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown
  • All of the above
Who among the following British officer captured Banaras during the revolt of 1857?
  • General John Nicholson
  • Sir Hugh Wheeler
  • Colonel Oncell
  • William Taylor and Eye
Which of the following act abolished all laws affecting the rights of persons converting to another religion or caste?
  • Abolition of Sati (1829)
  • Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1856)
  • Religious Disabilities Act of 1850
  • None of the above
The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
  • Awadh
  • Jhansi
  • Nagpur
  • Satara
Which place is not a center of sepoy mutiny?
  • Ajmer
  • Neemuch
  • Arrah
  • Jaipur
Indian sepoys were happy to serve in distant land overseas.
  • true
  • false
What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?
  • He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb
  • He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British
  • Both A and B
  • Neither A nor B
Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
  • Lord Irwin
  • Lord Willington
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord canning
Begum Hazrat mahel was leader of Madhya Pradesh during sepoy mutiny.
  • True
  • False
The full form of EEIC is
  • English east india company
  • England east india company
  • england elephant international company
The revolt was led by _________ at Awadh
  • Tantia tope
  • Rani lakshmi bai
  • Bahadur shah zafar
  • Begum hazrat mahal
The youngest president of INC was
  • Vijay lakshmi pandit
  • Debandranath tagore
  • Abdul kalam azad
  • W.C bannerjee
Mangal Pandey was the sepoy in which infantry regiment of British India Company?
  • 34th British Native Infantry
  • 36th British Native Infantry
  • 40th British Native Infantry
  • 30th British Native Infantry
Who describe revolt of 1857 as the first war of Independence?
  • RC Mazumdar
  • Charles Raikes
  • VD Savarkar
  • Karl Marx
After the failure of revolt in Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to which place?
  • Cellular Jail, Port Blair
  • Kabul
  • Allahabad
  • Rangoon
By whom Rani Laxmi Bai described as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
  • Sir Huge Rose
  • Lieutenant Hudson
  • Charles Raikes
  • Sir Colin Campbell
Which British officer crushed the revolt in Jhansi?
  • Lieutenant Hudson
  • Huge Rose
  • Sir Colin Campbell
  • Henry Lawrence
Which British officer played prominent role in recapturing Kanpur and Lucknow?
  • Lieutenant Hudson
  • Sir Colin Campbell
  • Colonel Neil
  • John Nicholson
The revolt of 1857 started at
  • Indore
  • Awadh
  • Delhi
  • Meerut
The revolt was led by _________________________ at Awadh
  • Tantia Tope
  • Awadh
  • Meerut
  • Delhi
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