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The revolt of 1857 (sepoy mutiny) - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2002
    Who reffered to the movement of 1857 as the first war of National Independence?
    1. Tilak
    2. Savarkar
    3. Arbinda Ghosh
    4. Ramesh Chandra Majumder
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    Who was the Mughal emperor during the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Aurangzeb
    2. Mir Qasim
    3. Bahadur Saha II
    4. Sarfaraz Khand
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    Who was the Governor-General of India durimg the revolt of 1857?
    1. Canning
    2. Dalhousie
    3. Elgin
    4. Ripon
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    Which Indian ruler was made the prisoner of the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Rani of Jhansi-Lakshmi Bai
    2. Nana Shaheb
    3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
    4. None of the above
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Prelims 2008
    Who was proclaimed as an Emperor of India during the revolt of 1857?
    1. Bahadur Shah II
    2. Tatia Tope
    3. Nana Saheb
    4. Mangal Pandey
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2002
    Who was the most famous Bengal journalist who championed the causes of Indigo cultivatora?
    1. Harish Mukherjee
    2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    3. Iswar Chandra Gupta
    4. Shibnath Sastri
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The Revolt of 1857 did not acquire much intensity in
    1. Delhi
    2. Awadh
    3. Bombay
    4. The Chambal region
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