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The revolt of 1857 (sepoy mutiny) - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    NET History Paper 2018
    Which event outside India was often cited as diminishing the prestige of the British army and encouraging the sepoys to rebel?
    1. The Napoleonic Wars
    2. The American War of Independence
    3. The First Afghan War (1838-42)
    4. The Crimean War (1854-56)
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  2. Question 2

    BPSC Prelims 2019/ SSC MTS 2021
    Mangal Pandey, a sepoy associated with the initial phase of the 1857 revolt, belonged to which regiment?
    1. 19th Native Infantry
    2. 34th Bengal Native Infantry
    3. 7th Oudh Regiment
    4. 3rd Native Cavalry
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  3. Question 3

    UPSC Prelims 2019
    Which of the following was the last major battle of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Battle of Gwalior
    2. Battle of Plassey
    3. Battle of Buxar
    4. Battle of Panipat
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  4. Question 4

    SSC CHSL 2020
    Which leader was associated with the revolt in Central India?
    1. Rani Lakshmibai
    2. Nana Sahib
    3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
    4. Begum Hazrat Mahal
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  5. Question 5

    SSC MTS 2022
    Which Indian queen died fighting the British at Gwalior in 1858?
    1. Begum Hazrat Mahal
    2. Rani Lakshmibai
    3. Rani Durgavati
    4. Rani Chennamma
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  6. Question 6

    SSC CGL 2022
    Which Mughal emperor was exiled to Rangoon after the revolt?
    1. Aurangzeb
    2. Akbar II
    3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
    4. Shah Alam II
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  7. Question 7

    Who waged a Guerilla war against the British during the 1857 Movement?
    1. Amar Singh
    2. Pir Ali
    3. Kunwar Singh
    4. Anugrah Narayan Singh
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  8. Question 8

    UPSC CAPF 2018
    Which of the following was not a political cause of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Doctrine of Lapse
    2. Annexation of Awadh
    3. Disrespect to Mughal emperor
    4. Introduction of railways
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  9. Question 9

    SSC CGL 2019 Tier-I
    The first martyr of the Revolt of 1857 was:
    1. Rani Laxmi Bai
    2. Tantia Tope
    3. Mangal Pandey
    4. Bahadur Shah Zafar
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  10. Question 10

    RRB NTPC 2020
    Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
    1. Rani Laxmi Bai
    2. Tantia Tope
    3. Nana Saheb
    4. Begum Hazrat Mahal
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  11. Question 11

    BPSC Prelims 2018
    Which British officer suppressed the revolt in Jhansi?
    1. Hugh Rose
    2. Henry Lawrence
    3. Henry Lawrence
    4. Colin Campbell
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  12. Question 12

    SSC CHSL 2022
    Who among the following was not associated with the 1857 Revolt?
    1. Maulavi Ahmadullah
    2. Kunwar Singh
    3. Begum Rokeya
    4. Bakht Khan
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC NDA 2021
    Which Act transferred power from the East India Company to the Crown?
    1. Act of 1858
    2. Charter Act 1833
    3. Pitt’s India Act 1784
    4. Regulating Act 1773
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  14. Question 14

    NET History 2022
    Who authored the book 'The History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857'?
    1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
    2. John Kaye
    3. R.C. Majumdar
    4. S.N. Sen
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2015, 2016, 2021
    Who led the revolt in Bihar?
    1. Rani Laxmi Bai
    2. Kunwar Singh
    3. Tantia Tope
    4. Maulavi Ahmadullah
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  16. Question 16

    UPSC CDS 2020
    Who was the Prime Minister of Britain during the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Lord Palmerston
    2. Benjamin Disraeli
    3. Robert Peel
    4. William Gladstone
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  17. Question 17

    SSC MTS 2021
    Which centre of the revolt was led by Begum Hazrat Mahal?
    1. Delhi
    2. Kanpur
    3. Lucknow
    4. Jhansi
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2000
    Who among the following did the first unfurl the flag of revolt of 1857?
    1. Nana Sahab
    2. Tatia Topee
    3. Rani Lakshmibai
    4. Mangal Pandey
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Prelims 2001
    Who among the following was not a leader of the revolt of 1857?
    1. Nana Saheb
    2. Rani Lakshmibai
    3. Mansing
    4. Kunwar Singh
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2002
    Who called the 1857 revolt a planned war of national independence?
    1. Sir John Secley
    2. R. C. Majumdar
    3. V.D. Savarkar
    4. Benjamin Disrseil
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