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14 questions
  1. Which class did NOT support the rebellion?
    1. The princes
    2. Peasants and artisans
    3. Landed aristocracy and zamindars
    4. The new educated middle class
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    Answer: (D) The new educated middle class

    The English-educated middle class kept away; some princes and zamindars did rebel.

  2. Early in 1857, the earliest trouble showed up in which region?
    1. Awadh
    2. Bengal
    3. Meerut
    4. Upper provinces
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    Answer: (B) Bengal

    Berhampore (Feb) and Barrackpore (March) are both in Bengal.

  3. Who first called the revolt of 1857 the “Indian War of Independence”?
    1. Karl Marx
    2. V.D. Savarkar
    3. Disraeli
    4. Bahadur Shah II
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    Answer: (B) V.D. Savarkar

    In his book of 1909.

  4. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Assam?
    1. Diwan Maniram Dutta
    2. Kandarpeshwar Singh
    3. Purandar Singh
    4. Piyali Barua
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    Answer: (A) Diwan Maniram Dutta

    Maniram Dutta was hanged in 1858; he backed Kandarpeshwar Singh’s claim.

  5. What approach did Queen Victoria’s Proclamation take towards the princes?
    1. It upheld the treaties made with them
    2. It set up a feudatory-like relationship with them
    3. Both of the above
    4. It continued the policy of annexation
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    Answer: (C) Both of the above

    Annexation was given up; princes became loyal feudatories of the Crown.

  6. During the revolt, Bahadur Shah’s most trusted adviser was —
    1. Hakim Ahsanullah
    2. Prince Jawan Bakht
    3. Queen Zeenat Mahal
    4. Bakht Khan
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    Answer: (A) Hakim Ahsanullah

    Bakht Khan was the military commander, not the adviser.

  7. Who helped Rani Laxmibai take Gwalior?
    1. Rao Sahib, Nana Sahib’s nephew
    2. Tantia Tope
    3. Both of these
    4. Nana Sahib himself
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    Answer: (C) Both of these

    June 1858; Hugh Rose retook it on 20 June.

  8. The most basic weakness of the 1857 revolt was that —
    1. it lacked planning and funds
    2. rebels ignored modern science
    3. it had no modern, unified, forward-looking programme
    4. rebels did not understand the enemy’s political set-up
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    Answer: (C) it had no modern, unified, forward-looking programme

    Bipan Chandra’s judgement.

  9. Which pair is wrongly matched?
    1. Allahabad — Maulvi Ahmadullah
    2. Allahabad — Maulvi Liyakat Ali
    3. Farrukhabad — Tufzal Hasan Khan
    4. Bijnor — Mohammad Khan
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    Answer: (A) Allahabad — Maulvi Ahmadullah

    Maulvi Ahmadullah led at Faizabad.

  10. Which author–book pair is wrongly matched?
    1. T.R. Holmes — A History of the Indian Mutiny
    2. P.C. Joshi — 1857 in India
    3. Eric Stokes — The Peasant and the Raj
    4. Ashok Mehta — 1857: The Great Rebellion
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    Answer: (B) P.C. Joshi — 1857 in India

    1857 in India is by A.T. Embree; P.C. Joshi wrote Rebellion 1857.

  1. After 1857 the British army recruited mainly from —
    1. Brahmins of UP and Bihar
    2. Bengalis and Odias
    3. Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis
    4. Madras Presidency and Marathas
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    Answer: (C) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis

    The “loyal” groups of 1857 were favoured.

  2. Which of these was NOT affected by the revolt?
    1. Jhansi
    2. Chittor
    3. Jagdishpur
    4. Lucknow
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    Answer: (B) Chittor

    Chittor saw no rising; the other three were major centres.

  3. Aims of the Queen’s Proclamation (1858): 1. To disclaim any plan to annex Indian states. 2. To place Indian administration under the Crown. 3. To regulate the Company’s trade with India. (IAS 2014)
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 only
    3. 1 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (A) 1 and 2

    The Company’s trade had ended long before (1833).

  4. Under the Doctrine of Lapse, which state was annexed first?
    1. Jhansi
    2. Nagpur
    3. Satara
    4. Sambalpur
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    Answer: (C) Satara

    Satara 1848 → Nagpur 1854.

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