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  • 1. 
    From where did the revolt of 1857 start?

  • Ambala
  • Meerut
  • Lucknow
  • Gwalior

  • 2. 
    Who was forced to lead the revolt?

  • Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Peshwa Bazi Rao II
  • Nawab Shaukat Ali
  • Kunwar Singh

  • 3. 
    Who led the revolt at Kanpur?

  • Bahadur Shah
  • Nana Saheb
  • Shah Mai
  • Maulavi Ahmadulla Shah

  • 4. 
    Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of _______

  • Awadh
  • Bengal
  • Hyderabad
  • Karnataka

  • 5. 
    Birjis Qadr was the younger son of ________

  • Nawab Shaukat Ali
  • Nawab Siraj-ud-daula
  • Nawab Mir Ali
  • Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

  • 6. 
    Awadh was annexed into the British empire in _________

  • 1855
  • 1854
  • 1856
  • 1853

  • 7. 
    Awadh and Satara were captured under ________

  • Doctrine of Lapse
  • Subsidiary Alliance
  • Issue of Misgovernance
  • Mahalwari System

  • 8. 
    Consider the following events:
    1. Abolition of sati
    2. Passing of Widow Remarriage Act.
    3. The beginning of the revolt
    4. Queen’s Proclamation.
    The correct chronological order of these events is:

  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 2, 3, 4, 1
  • 3, 4, 1, 2
  • 2, 1, 3, 4

  • 9. 
    Consider the following events:
    1. Soldiers revolted at Meerut.
    2. Bahadur Shah Zafar declared the leader of Barker.
    3. Awadh was captured by the British.
    4. Relief of Lucknow was painted by Thomas Jones Barker.
    Write these events in correct chronological order

  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 2, 1, 3, 4
  • 3, 1, 2, 4
  • 4, 3, 2, 1

  • 10. 
    Indicate which of the following is not correct:

  • Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope.
  • Tantya Tope was the general of Nana Saheb.
  • Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta.
  • Lord Dalhousie captured 7 states with the Doctrine of Lapse.
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