Modern History MCQs – 12 (Khilafat and Non Cooperation Movement)
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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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