Revolt of 1857 MCQs with answers and explanations for preparation of UPSC, State PSCs and Other Examinations
1. Who among the following was the Governor General of India during the revolt of 1857 ?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer – (a) Lord Canning
2. Revolt of 1857 was called the ‘First War of Independence’ by who among the following ?
(a) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) None of the Above
Correct Answer – (a) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
3. The revolt of 1857 was mainly started by ?
(a) The Sepoys
(b) The Zamindars
(c) The Peasants
(d)The Middle class
Correct Answer – (a) The Sepoys
4. The revolt of 1857 began in which among the following places ?
(a) Bombay
(b) Meerut
(c) Plassey
(d) Delhi
Correct Answer – (b) Meerut
5. Consider the following places and the leaders of the Revolt :
1. Lucknow → Begum Hazrat Mahal
2. Kanpur → Nana Saheb
3. Jhansi → Rani Lakshmi Bai
Which of the above are correctly matched ?
(a) 1 & 2 only
(b) 2 & 3 only
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer – (c) All of the above
6. Consider the following places and the leaders of the Revolt :
1. Bareilly → Kunwar Singh
2. Bihar→ Khan Bahadur Khan
3. Delhi → Bahadur Shah II
Which of the above are NOT correctly matched ?
(a) 1 & 2 only
(b) 2 & 3 only
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer -(a) 1 & 2 only
7. Consider the following statements regarding the revolt of 1857 ?
1. The causes of the revolt were mainly economic.
2. The Doctrine of lapse was one of the reasons for the revolt.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer – (b) 2 only
Political causes:
Economic Causes:
Social Causes :
Administrative causes:
8. Consider the following statements regarding the reasons for the failure of the revolt of 1857 :
1. Educated Indians did not support it.
2. Soldiers from Punjab and south India did not support the revolt.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer – (c) Both 1 & 2
9. Which among the following were the consequences of the great uprising of 1857 :
1. East India Company’s rule ended in India.
2. India now came under the direct rule of the British Crown.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer – (c) Both 1 & 2
Results of the revolt of 1857:
10. Sir Hugh Rose described who as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’ ?
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Rani Laxmi Bai
(c) Kuwar Singh
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Correct Answer – (b) Rani Laxmi Bai
11. Who among the following was the Mughal emperor of Delhi during the revolt of 1857 ?
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Shah Alam II
(c) Jahandar Shah
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Correct Answer – (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
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