The Great Revolt of 1857 Questions and Answers | The Great Revolt of 1857 MCQs

1. Who among the following British Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi?
  1. Colin Campbell
  2. Henry Havelock
  3. Henry Lawrence
  4. Hugh Rose

Answer: Henry Lawrence

2. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam?
  1. Diwan Maniram Dutta
  2. Kandarpeshwar Singh
  3. Purandar Singh
  4. Piali Barua

Answer: Piali Barua

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3. Who of the following had struggled against Britishers in 1857?
  1. Chandrashekhar Azad
  2. Ramprasad Bilsmil
  3. Shahdat Khan
  4. Makhan Lal Chaturvedi

Answer: Shahdat Khan

4. Who among the following was not associated with the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Tatya Tope
  2. Rani Lakshmi Bai
  3. Bahadur Shah Jafar
  4. Bhagat Singh

Answer: Bhagat Singh

5. At the time of 1857-Revolt who was the British Commanding Officer at Barrackpore?
  1. Henry Lawrence
  2. Colonel Finnis
  3. Hearsey
  4. Sir Hugh Wheeler

Answer: Hearsey

6. The first Indian to write in Indian language on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was______.
  1. Syed Ahmed Khan
  2. V.D. Savarkar
  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  4. None of the above

Answer: Syed Ahmed Khan

7. Who was the Governor General of India at the time of the Sepoy Mutiny?
  1. Lord Hardings
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Lytton
  4. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: Lord Canning

8. Who among the following was bestowed with the title of Sahebe-Alam Bahadur by Bahadur Shah during the uprising of 1857?
  1. Azimullah
  2. Birjis Qadir
  3. Bakht Khan
  4. Hasan Khan

Answer: Bakht Khan

9. Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Barielly?
  1. Khan Bahadur
  2. Kunwar Singh
  3. Maulvi Ahmad Shah
  4. Virzis Qadir

Answer: Khan Bahadur

10. Azimullah Khan was an advisor to_______.
  1. Nana Saheb
  2. Tatya Tope
  3. Rani Lakshmi Bai
  4. Kunwar Singh

Answer: Nana Saheb

11. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet ______.
  1. Mir Taqi Mir
  2. Zauq
  3. Ghalib
  4. Iqbal

Answer: Ghalib

12. The statement ‘the so-called first national war of independence was neither first, nor national, nor a war of independence’ is associated with ______.
  1. R.C. Majumdar
  2. S.N. Sen
  3. Tarachand
  4. V.D. Savarkar

Answer: R.C. Majumdar

13. When was the new Enfield Rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
  1. November, 1856
  2. December, 1856
  3. January, 1857
  4. February, 1857

Answer: December, 1856

14. Who defeated the joint army of British and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857?
  1. Tatya Tope
  2. Nawab Vazeer Khan of Tonk
  3. Maharaja Ram Singh
  4. Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa

Answer: Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa

15. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Jhansi
  2. Chittor
  3. Jagdishpur
  4. Lucknow

Answer: Chittor

16. First freedom struggle of 1857 failed because
  1. There was lackness of the unity of purpose in Indian sepoys
  2. Generally, Native Kings supported British
  3. British Soldiers were better equipped and organised rather than Indians
  4. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

17. Who was the prominent Indian Historian who did not accepted 1857 Revolution as a Revolution?
  1. Tarachand
  2. Dr. S.N. Sen
  3. Savarkar
  4. Dr. R.C. Majumdar

Answer: Dr. R.C. Majumdar

18. Begum Hazrat Mahal is associated to which of the following revolts of India?
  1. Moplah Revolt 1921
  2. Paika Revolt 1817
  3. Gond Revolt 1941
  4. Sepoy Mutiny 1857

Answer: Sepoy Mutiny 1857

19. Symbol of 1857 independence struggle was ______.
  1. Lotus and Chapatis
  2. Eagle
  3. Scarf
  4. Two swords

Answer: Lotus and Chapatis

20. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by___ ____.
  1. Begum of Awadh
  2. Tatya Tope
  3. Rani Lakshmi Bai
  4. Nana Saheb

Answer: Begum of Awadh

21. The real name of which one of the following leaders of 1857 was ‘Ram Chandra Pandurang’?
  1. Kunwar Singh
  2. Tatya Tope
  3. Nana Saheb
  4. Mangal Pandey

Answer: Tatya Tope

22. The King of Jagdishpur was______.
  1. Nana Saheb
  2. Tatya Tope
  3. Lakshmi Bai
  4. Kunwar Singh

Answer: Kunwar Singh

23. Which dynasty supported British maximum during the 1857 Freedom Movement?
  1. Scindias of Gwalior
  2. Holkers of Indore
  3. Bhonsles of Nagpur
  4. Lodhis of Ramgarh

Answer: Scindias of Gwalior

24. What was the main cause of the failure of the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Lack of Hindu-Muslim unity
  2. Lack of common strategy and central organization
  3. Its effect was within limited area
  4. Non-participations of Landlords

Answer: Lack of common strategy and central organization

25. Who introduced subsidiary alliance in Awadh in 1801?
  1. Lord Wellesley
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Henry Lawrence
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Lord Wellesley

26. During Revolt of 1857, the Governor General of India was?
  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Clive
  3. Lord Wellesley
  4. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: Lord Canning

27. The immediate cause of India’s first war of independence was______.
  1. Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
  2. Suspicion about British interference in religion
  3. Military discontent
  4. Economic exploitation of India

Answer: Suspicion about British interference in religion

28. Where is the Samadhi of Maharani Lakshmi Bai situated?
  1. Mandla
  2. Mandu
  3. Jabalpur
  4. Gwalior

Answer: Gwalior

29. With reference to the ‘revolt of 1857’ who of the following was betrayed by ‘friend’ captured and put to death by the British?
  1. Nana Saheb
  2. Kunwar Singh
  3. Khan Bahadur Khan
  4. Tatya Tope

Answer: Tatya Tope

30. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Reorganization after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Public Service Commission
  2. Peel Commission
  3. Hunter Commission
  4. Simon Commission

Answer: Peel Commission

31. Which amongst the following place was not a centre of the revolution of 1857?
  1. Ajmer
  2. Jaipur
  3. Neemuch
  4. Auwa

Answer: Jaipur

32. Consider the following statements related to the cause of the 1857 revolt and select the right one.
  1. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers.
  2. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers.
  3. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire but were not paid any extra allowance.
  4. All the above

Answer: All the above

33. Which one of the following conceptions is true about the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Indian historians have described it as an Indian mutiny
  2. British historians have described it as a war of independence
  3. It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company’s rule in India
  4. It was for the improvement of the administrative machinery in India

Answer: It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company’s rule in India

34. The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was ______.
  1. Lakshmi Bai
  2. Ahilya Bai
  3. Aruna Asaf Ali
  4. Begum Hazrat Mahal

Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal

35. Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. Which among the following assurances was fulfilled by the British Government?
  1. Policy of annexation will be abandoned
  2. ‘Status quo’ of the native rulers would be maintained
  3. Equal treatment would be given to all subjets, Indians and Europeans
  4. There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the Indians

Answer: Policy of annexation will be abandoned

36. Which person of Jagdishpur took the lead of revolutionaries during the revolt of 1857 A.D.?
  1. Kunwar Singh
  2. Chandra Shekhar
  3. Tirath Singh
  4. Ram Singh

Answer: Kunwar Singh

37. After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited the Soldiers from the_______.
  1. Brahmins of U.P. and Bihar
  2. Bengalis and Orria’s from the East
  3. Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North
  4. Madras presidency and Marathas

Answer: Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North

38. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?
  1. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
  2. Maulvi Imadadullah
  3. Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
  4. Nawab Liaquat Ali

Answer: Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah

39. Who is the author of the book” The First Indian War of Independence- 1857-59”?
  1. Karl Marx
  2. Syed Ahmad Khan
  3. R. C. Mazumdar
  4. S. N. Sen

Answer: Karl Marx

40. Who called the Revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?
  1. Sir James Outram and W. Taylor
  2. Sir John K.
  3. Sir John Lawrence
  4. T.R. Homes

Answer: Sir James Outram and W. Taylor

41. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, The Azamgarh Proclamation refers to:
  1. the declaration by the rebels of 1857.
  2. the statement by the leader of the underground movement in the Quit India Movement, 1942.
  3. the declaration by the revolutionaries of HSRA in 1927.
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: the declaration by the rebels of 1857.

42. _____ was the date when the Revolt of 1857 started.
  1. 30th June
  2. 10th May
  3. 31th May
  4. 10th June

Answer: 10 May

43. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
  1. Begum Hazrat Mahal
  2. Rani Laxmi Bai
  3. Kuwar Singh
  4. Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai

44. Which of the following leader associated with Barout in Uttar Pradesh during the 1857 revolts?
  1. Shah Mal
  2. Maulavi Ahamadullah Shah
  3. Tatya Tope
  4. Veer Kuwar Singh

Answer: Shah Mal

45. The educated middle class in India______.
  1. Opposed the revolt of 1857
  2. Supported the revolt of 1857
  3. Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
  4. Fought against native rulers

Answer: Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857

46. What was the role of Tatia Tope in the 1857 mutiny?
  1. He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb
  2. He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British
  3. Both A and B
  4. Neither A nor B

Answer: Both A and B

47. During the revolt of 1857 in India, which food item was used to convey messages about the revolt from village to village?
  1. Chapati
  2. Lentils
  3. Sweets
  4. None of the above

Answer: Chapati

48. Which one of the following centres of the uprising of 1857 was recaptured by the English?
  1. Jhansi
  2. Meerut
  3. Delhi
  4. Kanpur

Answer: Delhi

49. Mangal Pandey incident took place at ______.
  1. Meerut
  2. Barrackpore
  3. Ambala
  4. Lucknow

Answer: Barrackpore

50. When did the Revolt of 1857 begin?
  1. 13 May 1857
  2. 10 May 1857
  3. 12 May 1857
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: 10 May 1857

51. Who is the author of the book” The First Indian War of Independence- 1857-59”?
  1. Karl Marx
  2. Syed Ahmad Khan
  3. R. C. Mazumdar
  4. S. N. Sen

Answer: Karl Marx

52. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in last battle against_______.
  1. Hugh Rose
  2. Guff
  3. Niel
  4. Havlock

Answer: Hugh Rose

53. Who was ‘commander-in-chief’ of Nana Saheb?
  1. Azimullah
  2. Birjis Qadir
  3. Tatya Tope
  4. None of these

Answer: Tatya Tope

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