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The revolt of 1857 (sepoy mutiny) - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The administerative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was the transfer of power from
    1. East India Company to the British Crown
    2. British Crown to East india company
    3. East india Company to the Governor General
    4. British Crown to the Board of Directors
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Mains 2018
    Some of the army regiments have revolted several times before 1857. vellore Mutiny took place in the year
    1. 1805
    2. 1806
    3. 1807
    4. 1810
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Mains 2018
    Arrange the following sepoy mutinies in the chronological order and chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
    (i) Vellore Mutiny
    (ii) 47 Native Infatry Mutiny
    (iii) Sholapur Mutiny
    (iv) Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny
    1. i, ii, iii, iv
    2. i, iv, ii, iii
    3. iv, iii, ii, i
    4. iv, i, ii, iv
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Mains 2018
    Mangal Panday, a sepoy of 34th Native Infantry stationed at Barrackpore mutinied on
    1. 21 March, 1857
    2. 29 March, 1857
    3. 23 May, 1857
    4. 22 June, 1857
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Mains 2018
    Who among the following British officers died during the seoge Residency at Lucknow?
    1. Havelock
    2. John Nicholson
    3. Henry Lawrence
    4. Colin Campbell
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Mains 2018
    Arrange the following places witnessing the sepoy revolts accoding to chronological order
    (i) Delhi
    (ii) Bareilly
    (iii) Kanpur
    (iv) Meerut
    1. i, iv, ii, iii
    2. iv, i, iii, ii
    3. iv, i, ii, iii
    4. iv, ii, i, iii
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Which of the following was not a storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Madras
    2. Arrah
    3. Janshi
    4. Bareilly
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Which Mughal ruler became the unifying symbol of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Bahadur Shah I
    2. Bahadur Shah Zafar
    3. Saha Alam I
    4. None of the above
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Mains 2016
    Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857?
    (i) Money lenders
    (ii) Merchants
    (iii) Modern intelligentia
    (iv) Old Zaminddars
    (v) Urban based absentee landlords
    Choose the answer from codes given below:
    1. i, ii, iv, v
    2. ii, iii, iv, v
    3. i, iii, iv, v
    4. i, ii, iii, v
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  10. Question 10

    NDA 2020
    Mangal Pandey was executed for attacking which British officer?
    1. General Hearsey
    2. Sergeant Major Hudson
    3. Captain Baugh
    4. Lt. General Neill
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  11. Question 11

    UPSC CAPF 2016
    The immediate cause of the 1857 revolt was:
    1. Annexation of Awadh
    2. Introduction of Enfield rifle
    3. Dissatisfaction among sepoys
    4. Socio-religious reforms
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  12. Question 12

    UPSC CDS 2019
    Which British official suppressed the revolt in Delhi?
    1. John Nicholson
    2. Colin Campbell
    3. Hugh Rose
    4. Outram
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC NDA 2018
    Who among the following called the Revolt of 1857 as a ‘Sepoy Mutiny’?
    1. Karl Marx
    2. V.D. Savarkar
    3. Sir John Seeley
    4. Benjamin Disraeli
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  14. Question 14

    NET History 2023
    Which of the following was a socio-religious cause of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Introduction of railways
    2. Taxation policies
    3. Law prohibiting sati
    4. Doctrine of Lapse
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CGL 2018
    Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting in which battle?
    1. Battle of Jhansi
    2. Battle of Kanpur
    3. Battle of Gwalior
    4. Battle of Delhi
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  16. Question 16

    The Revolt of 1857 began on:
    1. 10th May 1857
    2. 29th March 1857
    3. 8th July 1858
    4. 17th June 1857
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  17. Question 17

    UPSC NDA 2020
    The Revolt of 1857 lasted for approximately:
    1. 1 year
    2. 2 years
    3. 6 months
    4. 3 years
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  18. Question 18

    CDS 2017
    The British officer who recaptured Kanpur from rebels was:
    1. Hugh Rose
    2. Colin Campbell
    3. John Nicholson
    4. Henry Havelock
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  19. Question 19

    SSC CGL 2022
    What was the significant consequence of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Ban on Indian princely states
    2. End of Mughal rule
    3. Beginning of Ryotwari system
    4. Transfer of power to Parliament
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  20. Question 20

    BPSC 2017
    Who led the revolt in Faizabad?
    1. Rani Laxmi Bai
    2. Maulavi Ahmadullah
    3. Tantia Tope
    4. Bakht Khan
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