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QUHASA
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FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1857 QUESTIONS
1)The First Governor General and Viceroy of British India was-
>Lord Dalhousie
>Lord Canning
>John Lawrence
>Warren Hastings
Answer:
>Lord Canning
2)The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power
from-
>East India Company to the British Crown
>British Crown to the East India Company
>East India Company to the Governor General
>British Crown to the Board of Directors
Answer:
>East India Company to the British Crown
3)Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at>Barrackpore
>Meerut
>Kanpur
>Jhansi
Answer:
>Barrackpore
4)Who among the following was Not associated with the Revolt of 1857 ?
>Maharaja Ranjit Singh
>Nana Sahib
>Begum Hazarat Mahal
>Khan Bahadur
Answer:
>Maharaja Ranjit Singh
5)One of the India first freedom fighters against British is-
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>Mahatma Gandhi
>Kittur Rani Chennamma
>Rani Laxmi bai
>None of these
Answer:
>Rani Laxmi bai
6)The sepoy Mutiny took place in the year-
>1757
>1761
>1836
>1857
Answer:
>1857
>Agra
>Gwalior
>Jhansi
>Meerut
7)During India freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of the
following places ?
Answer:
>Meerut
8)Who is the author of the book The Last Mughal. The fall of a Dynasty Delhi
1857 ?
>John Kirkland
>William Dalrymple
>Thomas Wilson
>Simon Digby
Answer:
>William Dalrymple
9)Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in -
>Punjab
>Bengal
>Bihar
>Maharastra
10)The revolt 1857 was witnessed by the poet-
>Mir Taqi Mir
>Zauq
>Ghalib
>Iqbal
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Answer:
>Bihar
Answer:
Answer:
>Ghalib
>Mir Taqi Mir
>Zauq
>Ghalib
>Iqbal
11)The revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet -
12)Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the revolt
of 1857 ?
>Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
>Maulavi Imadulah
>Maulana fazi-Haq Khairabadi
>Nawab Liaquat Ali
Answer:
>Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
13)Which one of the following commissions is associated with the army
Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857 ?
>Public Service Commission
>Peal Commission
>Hunter Commission
>Simon Commission
Answer:
>Peal Commission
14)After the revolt of 1857 the British recruited the Soldiers from the-
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>Brahmins of UP and Bihar
>Bengalis and Orissa from the East
>Gorkhas, Sikhs and Punjabi in the North
>Madras Presidency and Marathas
Answer:
>Gorkhas, Sikhs and Punjabi in the North
Answer:
>1st Nov. 1858
>1st Nov. 1858
>31 December 1857
>6 January 1958
>17 November 1857
15)When did queen Victoria declared the taking over Indian Administration
under the British Crown ?
16)The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by -
>Begum Hazarat Mahal
>Tatya Tope
>Rani Laxmi bai
>Nana Sahib
Answer:
>Begum Hazarat Mahal
17)India war of Independence 1857 is written by>S.N.Sen
>R.C.. Majumdar
>V.D.Savarkar
>S.B.Chaudhari
Answer:
>V.D.Savarkar
18)The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai the heroine of the 1857 freedom
struggle is-
>Agra
>Jhansi
>Varanasi
>Vrindaban
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Answer:
>Varanasi
19)The modern historia who called the revolt of 1857 as the First war of
Independence was-
>R.C.Majumdar
>S.N.Sen
>V.D.Savarkar
>Ashok Mehta
Answer:
>V.D.Savarkar
20)In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hundus.
To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
>Revolt of 1857
>Champaran Satyagraha 1917
>Khilafat and non-cooperation Movement
>August Movement of 1942
Answer:
>Revolt of 1857
21)Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?
>Jhansi
>Chittor
>Jagdishpur
>Lucknow
Answer:
>Chittor
22)With reference to the revolt of the year 1857 who of the following was
betrayed by a friend captured and put to death by the British ?
>Nana Sahib
>Kunwar Singh
>Khan Bahadur Khan
>Tantiya Tope
Answer:
>Tantiya Tope
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23)Who was the Governor General of India during the sepoy Mutiny ?
>Lord Canning
>Lord Dalhousie
>Lord Hastings
>Lord Lytton
Answer:
>Lord Canning
Answer:
>Self Government
>Complete Independence
>Self Government
>Economic Independence
>Political Independence
24)According to Dadabhai Naroji Swaraj meant-
25)Which book was written by Dadabhai Naoroji on Indian poverty and economy
under British rule ?
>Indian Economy under British raj
>British Rule and Economic Drain of India
>Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
>Economic Drain and poverty of India
Answer:
>Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
26)The partition of Bengal (1905) was annulled by the=
>Indian Council Act of 1909
>Chelmsford -Montague Report 1919
>Proclamation of Delhi Durbar in 1911
>Government of India Act 1935
Answer:
>Proclamation of Delhi Durbar in 1911
27)Who of the following founded the East India Association ?
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>C.R.Das
>Dadabhai Naoroji
>Devendranath Tagore
>V.D.Savarkar
Answer:
>Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer:
>1906 Calcutta session
>1886 calcutta session
>1893 lahore session
>1905 Banaras session
>1906 Calcutta session
28)At which congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was
the goal of India's political efforts ?
29)With reference to Indian freedom struggle' who among the following was
labelled as Moderate leader in the congress ?
>Gopal Khrishna Gokhle
>Bipin Chandra Pal
>Lala Lajpat rai
>Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer:
>Gopal Khrishna Gokhle
30)Who among the following was thrice elected president of Indian National
Congress>Dadabhai Naoroji
>Surendranath Banerjee
>Gopal Krishna Gokhle
>Shankaran Nair
Answer:
>Dadabhai Naoroji
>Calcutta
>Bombay
>Ahmedabad
>Allahabad
31)Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
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Answer:
>Bombay
32)the ruler of which state was removed from power by British on pretext
of misgovernance?
>Awadh
>Jhansi
>Satara
>Nagpur
Answer:
Answer:
>Awadh
>Awadh
>Jhansi
>Satara
>Nagpur
33)The ruler of which state was removed from power by British because of
misgovernance?
