Modern History Topic- Freedom Movement : Revolt of 1857
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1. | The main immediate cause of India’s First War of Independence was- |
A. Lord Dalhousie’s usurpation policy | |
B. Suspicion of British interference in religion | |
C. Soldier Discontent | |
D. Economic Exploitation of india |
2. | What was the original name of Tatya Tope, a leader of the Indian rebellion of 1857? |
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
B. Nana Saheb | |
C. Balaji Rao | |
D. Ramchandra Pandurg |
3. | Consider these statements 1. The revolution of 1857 began as a military rebellion. 2. Later its form changed into a mass revolt against the British power, which was called India’s first freedom struggle. Which of the above statements is/are correct? |
A. only 1 | |
B. only 2 | |
C. both 1 and 2 | |
D. neither 1 nor 2 |
4. | Which historian wrote: ‘The so-called First National War of Independence was neither the First, nor the National, nor the War of Independence’? |
A. R. C. Mazumdar | |
B. S. N. Sen | |
C. V. D. Savarkar | |
D. None of these |
5. | Revolt started in Meerut- |
A. on 10th May, 1857 | |
B. on May 11, 1857 | |
C. on June 4, 1857 | |
D. on July 3, 1857 |
6. | Historians contemporary to 1857 are 1. Munshi Jeevan Lal 2. Durgadas Yanghopadhyay 3. Syed Ahmad Khan 4. Muinuddin |
A. 1,2 and 3 | |
B. 1, 3 and 4 | |
C. 2, 3 and 4 | |
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
7. | In the context of the revolt of 1857, who among the following was betrayed by his friend and who was taken prisoner and killed by the British? |
A. Nana Saheb | |
B. Kunwar Singh | |
C. khan Bahadur khan | |
D. Tatya Tope |
8. | Which one of the following areas was not affected by the Revolt of 1857? |
A. Jhansi | |
B. Chittor | |
C. Jagdishpur | |
D. Lucknow |
9. | Assertion (A): The basic weakness of the early national movement was its limited social base. Reason (R) : It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups involved in it. |
A. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. | |
B. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A. | |
C. A is correct, but R is incorrect. | |
D. A is wrong, but R is correct. |
10. | In this instance we could not find the Muslims fighting the Hindus. With which one of the following events is this statement of Aitchison related? |
A. Revolt of 1857 | |
B. Champaran Satyagraha, 1917 | |
C. Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement, 1919-22 | |
D. August Revolution of 1942 |