A) 50,000 B) 100,000 C) 500,000 D) Over 300,000
A) Awadh Army B) Fort William Army C) Madras and Bombay Armies D) Bengal Army
A) Lord Canning B) Lord Dalhousie C) William Wilberforce D) Warren Hastings
A) Burma and China B) Madras and Bombay C) Awadh and Bihar D) Bengal and Punjab
A) Loss of perquisites as landed gentry and increased land-revenue B) The introduction of the Enfield rifle C) The abolition of sati D) Forced conversion to Christianity
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 lack of promotion opportunities C) The predominance of high-caste Brahmins and Rajputs in the Bengal Army D) The presence of only British officers
A) They were required to serve overseas first B) They were prohibited from reaching commissioned rank C) The East India Company refused to promote high-caste men D) It was based on seniority and an increasing number of British officers
A) They were angry about the lack of pensions B) They opposed the use of modern military training C) They feared forced mass conversions to Christianity D) They wanted higher salaries than the British
A) Warren Hastings B) Lord Canning C) Lord Dalhousie D) William Carey
A) Recruiting new high-caste sepoys B) Active service in Burma and China C) Administrative duties in Fort William D) Patrolling the borders of Awadh
A) 1757 B) 1857 C) 1764 D) 1612
A) 1806 B) 1846 C) 1757 D) 1764
A) Akbar the Great B) Bahadur Shah Zafar C) Shah Alam II D) Aurangzeb
A) Doctrine of annexation B) Diwani C) Subsidiary alliance D) Company rule
A) Taxation policies B) The Battle of Plassey C) The annexation of Oudh D) New uniform regulations
A) Anglo-Nepalese War B) Second Anglo-Sikh War C) Anglo-Maratha War D) First Anglo-Sikh War
A) 1846 B) 1856 C) 1853 D) 1849
A) Military defeat B) Religious conflict C) Refusal to sign a treaty D) Alleged misgovernment
A) 1849 B) 1853 C) 1856 D) 1806
A) Nepal was annexed B) Nepal was ruled by the Dogra dynasty C) Nepal remained independent D) Nepal became a British province
A) 1 November 1858 B) 8 July 1859 C) 10 May 1857 D) 20 June 1858
A) Jhansi B) Lucknow C) Delhi D) Meerut
A) 20 June 1858 B) 8 July 1859 C) 10 May 1857 D) 1 November 1858
A) Local merchants B) French mercenaries C) Mughal loyalists D) Sikh princes
A) Queen Victoria B) The East India Company board C) Lord Canning D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
A) 20 June 1858 B) 10 May 1857 C) 8 July 1859 D) 1 November 1858
A) 200 miles B) 10 miles C) 100 miles D) 40 miles
A) Machine oil B) Vegetable wax C) Tallow or lard D) Coal tar
A) By hitting them against the rifle B) By tearing them with their teeth C) By pulling a string D) By cutting them with a knife
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) Pandits B) Taluqdars C) Sepoys D) Maulvis
A) Bombay B) Madras C) Bengal D) Oudh
A) Sagar B) Muzaffarnagar C) Indore D) Jhansi
A) Christopher Bayly B) The British Parliament C) The East India Company D) Nana Sahib
A) Soldiers B) Doctors C) Moneylenders D) Teachers
A) Military budget B) Agricultural yields C) Trade statistics D) Company officers' brutality
A) About 50% B) About 75% C) About 80% D) About 25%
A) Roughly 50% B) Roughly 75% C) Roughly 80% D) Roughly 90%
A) Purbiyas B) Sepoys C) Regiments D) Batta
A) He withdrew the artillery after negotiation B) He ordered the execution of the soldiers C) He forced the soldiers to use the cartridges immediately D) He ignored the soldiers completely
A) 75 B) 19 C) 18 D) 84
A) Sepoys B) Presidency C) Batta D) Purbiyas
A) 11th Bengal Native Infantry B) Bengal Army C) 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry D) 34th BNI
A) James Hewson B) George Carmichael-Smyth C) John Hearsey D) Lt. Henry Baugh
A) James Hewson B) Ishwari Prasad C) Dhan Singh Gurjar D) Shaikh Paltu
A) Simla B) Delhi C) Awadh D) Calcutta
A) 2,038 B) 85 C) 12 D) 2,357
A) George Carmichael-Smyth B) James Hewson C) John Hearsey D) Henry Baugh
A) 11 B) 85 C) 5 D) 90
A) Shaikh Paltu B) Dhan Singh Gurjar C) General Anson D) Philip Mason
A) Delhi B) Ambala C) Rampur D) Allahabad
A) The death of a horse B) Failure to perform drills C) Harbouring ill-feelings towards superiors D) Lack of ammunition |