Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Quiz
A) 50,000 B) 500,000 C) Over 300,000 D) 100,000
A) Madras and Bombay Armies B) Bengal Army C) Fort William Army D) Awadh Army
A) Lord Canning B) Warren Hastings C) Lord Dalhousie D) William Wilberforce
A) Madras and Bombay B) Bengal and Punjab C) Burma and China D) Awadh and Bihar
A) The abolition of sati B) Loss of perquisites as landed gentry and increased land-revenue C) Forced conversion to Christianity D) The introduction of the Enfield rifle
A) The Bengal Army Reform Act B) The Overseas Service Act C) General Service Enlistment Act D) The Sati Abolition Act
A) They wanted to encourage mass conversions B) They lacked the authority to change local laws C) They feared the influence of missionaries D) They wished to keep the social structure largely intact
A) The diversity of religious backgrounds among the sepoys B) The presence of only British officers C) The lack of promotion opportunities D) The predominance of high-caste Brahmins and Rajputs in the Bengal Army
A) They were required to serve overseas first B) It was based on seniority and an increasing number of British officers C) They were prohibited from reaching commissioned rank D) The East India Company refused to promote high-caste men
A) They opposed the use of modern military training B) They feared forced mass conversions to Christianity C) They were angry about the lack of pensions D) They wanted higher salaries than the British
A) Lord Dalhousie B) Warren Hastings C) Lord Canning D) William Carey
A) Patrolling the borders of Awadh B) Recruiting new high-caste sepoys C) Administrative duties in Fort William D) Active service in Burma and China
A) 1757 B) 1764 C) 1612 D) 1857
A) 1757 B) 1764 C) 1846 D) 1806
A) Aurangzeb B) Bahadur Shah Zafar C) Shah Alam II D) Akbar the Great
A) Diwani B) Doctrine of annexation C) Subsidiary alliance D) Company rule
A) New uniform regulations B) The annexation of Oudh C) The Battle of Plassey D) Taxation policies
A) Anglo-Maratha War B) Second Anglo-Sikh War C) Anglo-Nepalese War D) First Anglo-Sikh War
A) 1849 B) 1856 C) 1846 D) 1853
A) Religious conflict B) Refusal to sign a treaty C) Alleged misgovernment D) Military defeat
A) 1853 B) 1806 C) 1856 D) 1849
A) Nepal was annexed B) Nepal was ruled by the Dogra dynasty C) Nepal became a British province D) Nepal remained independent
A) 10 May 1857 B) 1 November 1858 C) 20 June 1858 D) 8 July 1859
A) Jhansi B) Delhi C) Lucknow D) Meerut
A) 1 November 1858 B) 10 May 1857 C) 8 July 1859 D) 20 June 1858
A) Mughal loyalists B) Local merchants C) Sikh princes D) French mercenaries
A) Bahadur Shah Zafar B) Lord Canning C) The East India Company board D) Queen Victoria
A) 10 May 1857 B) 8 July 1859 C) 1 November 1858 D) 20 June 1858
A) 40 miles B) 10 miles C) 200 miles D) 100 miles
A) Vegetable wax B) Coal tar C) Tallow or lard D) Machine oil
A) By pulling a string B) By tearing them with their teeth C) By cutting them with a knife D) By hitting them against the rifle
A) An unimportant rumor with no effect B) A successful propaganda campaign by the British C) A catalyst for the rebellion D) The single, solitary cause of the revolt
A) Sepoys B) Pandits C) Taluqdars D) Maulvis
A) Bombay B) Oudh C) Bengal D) Madras
A) Jhansi B) Indore C) Sagar D) Muzaffarnagar
A) Nana Sahib B) Christopher Bayly C) The East India Company D) The British Parliament
A) Moneylenders B) Teachers C) Doctors D) Soldiers
A) Trade statistics B) Military budget C) Agricultural yields D) Company officers' brutality
A) About 50% B) About 80% C) About 75% D) About 25%
A) Roughly 75% B) Roughly 80% C) Roughly 90% D) Roughly 50%
A) Purbiyas B) Sepoys C) Regiments D) Batta
A) He ordered the execution of the soldiers B) He withdrew the artillery after negotiation C) He forced the soldiers to use the cartridges immediately D) He ignored the soldiers completely
A) 18 B) 84 C) 19 D) 75
A) Sepoys B) Purbiyas C) Presidency D) Batta
A) 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry B) 34th BNI C) 11th Bengal Native Infantry D) Bengal Army
A) Lt. Henry Baugh B) John Hearsey C) George Carmichael-Smyth D) James Hewson
A) Shaikh Paltu B) Dhan Singh Gurjar C) James Hewson D) Ishwari Prasad
A) Calcutta B) Awadh C) Delhi D) Simla
A) 12 B) 85 C) 2,357 D) 2,038
A) John Hearsey B) George Carmichael-Smyth C) James Hewson D) Henry Baugh
A) 90 B) 11 C) 85 D) 5
A) Philip Mason B) General Anson C) Shaikh Paltu D) Dhan Singh Gurjar
A) Ambala B) Rampur C) Delhi D) Allahabad
A) Harbouring ill-feelings towards superiors B) Failure to perform drills C) The death of a horse D) Lack of ammunition |
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