Struggle For Independence Of India MCQ Question and Answer:
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- The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
A. Blatantly discriminatory policies
B. Exploitative land revenue policy
C. The policy of greased cartridges
D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
The British ruled over India for about two centuries. They started interference in the religious matters and other social practices of Hindus and Muslims and it infuriated the Indians and their anger resulted in the armed revolt of 1857. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in Blatantly discriminatory policies, exploitative land revenue policy and the policy of greased cartridges.
- The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in
A. Meerut
B. Plassey
C. Madras
D. Bombay
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also called the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, North India’s First War of Independence or North India’s first struggle for independence. It began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company’s army.
- The Revolt of 1857 was started by
A. The sepoys
B. The zamindars
C. The peasants
D. The plantations workers
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–58. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
- The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because–
A. of superior resources of the British empire
B. it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
C. it had very little nationalist sentiment
D. it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Revolt of 1857 was localized and poorly organized. Due to lack of communication facilities, the sepoys of the widely dispersed cantonments could not act simultaneously in a concerted manner. The sepoys lacked common ideal before them. The sepoys at Delhi decided to recovery the glory of the Mughal. At Gwalior and Kanpur, Nana Sahib was proclaimed a Peshwa. Rani Lakhmi Bai fought for her Jhansi. The orthodox section among the Hindus and the Muslims were concerned with their religions. There was no unity among the Hindus and the Muslims.
- An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
A. The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
B. The British became totally demoralized
C. The British abandoned their repressive policies
D. Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
The most important impact of revolt of 1857 is that the administration of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. The queen’s proclamation of 1858 announced that the policy of territorial extension was to be abandoned. Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims.
6.Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
A. Peshwa Baji Rao II
B. King of Jhansi
C. Madhav Rao Sindhia
D. Malhar Rao Holkar
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II.
- After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked was
A. to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
B. to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II
C. elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
D. each leader wanted to establish his own power in his respective region
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked was elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order.
- The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transferred to power from
A. East India Company to the British Crown
B. British Crown to the East India Company
C. East India Company to the Governor General
D. British Crown to the Board of Directors
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
On August 2, 1858, less than a month after Canning proclaimed the victory of British arms, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the East India Company, whose ineptitude was primarily blamed for the mutiny, to the crown.
- Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?
A. Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
B. Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly
C. Kunwar Singh : Bihar
D. Bakht Khan : Delhi
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Begum Hazrat Mahal, also called as Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. Wajid Ali Shah met her in his palace. She rebelled against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She finally found asylum in Nepal where she died in 1879.
- The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by—-
A. Madam Bhikaji Cama
B. Lala Hardayal
C. Shyamji Krishana Verma
D. Both A and B above
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
In 1913, Pacific Coast Hindustan Association was founded by Lala Hardayal with Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president, which was called Ghadar Party. The members of this party were the immigrant sikhs of US and Canada. The first issue of The Ghadar, was published from San Francisco on November 1, 1913.
- Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal?
I. Kunwar Singh
II. Nana Saheb
III. Begum of Awadh
IV. Bakht Khan
A. I and II
B. I and IV
C. II and IV
D. II and III
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Nana Saheb and Begum of Awadh are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal.
- I. The rebels lacked effective leadership.
II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country.
III. There was no central organisation to guide them.
IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English.
Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A. I, III & IV
B. I, II & III
C. III & IV
D. II, III & IV
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857 were The rebels lacked effective leadership, There was no central organisation to guide them and Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English.
- Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
A. Agra
B. Kanpur
C. Jhansi
D. Lucknow
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Agra was not the centre of the revolt on 1857. Other important cities of this revolt were Kanpur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Gwalior.
- One of the earliest and the best known mutinies before the Revolt of 1857 was—
A. the Native Infantry Mutiny (1824)
B. Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
C. Sholapur Mutiny (1838)
D. Assam Soldiers Mutiny (1824)
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Vellore Mutiny was one of the earliest sign of a great mutiny coming up in 1857. The Vellore Mutiny was a major act of defiance that took place on July 10, 1806 and marked the first ever large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company.
- Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of Independence, 1857?
A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B. V. D. Savarkar
C. R. S. Sharma
D. R. C. Majumdar
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Indian War of Independence is an Indian nationalist history of the 1857 revolt by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar that was first published in 1909.
- The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by
A. Wajid Ali Shah
B. Begum Hazrat Mahal
C. Asaf-ud-daula
D. Begum Zeenat Mahal
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
During the Indian Mutiny, from 1857 to 1858, Begum Hazrat Mahal’s band of supporters, led by Raja Jailal Singh, rebelled against the forces of the British; later, they seized control of Lucknow and she declared her son, Birjis Qadra, as the ruler (Wali) of Oudh.
- The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
A. Delhi
B. Awadh
C. Bombay
D. The Chambal Region
Answer: Option C.
Explanation :
The 1857 revolt did not acquire much intensity in Bombay.
- Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A. The last effort of the old political order to regain power
B. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
C. A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D. An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The revolt of 1857 began under the leadership of Bahadur Shah Zafar and it was the last effort of old Political order to regain power.
- Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
A. Shah Alam II
B. Jahandar Shah
C. Bahadur Shah Zafar
D. Humayun
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Bahadur Shah Zafar was a nominal Emperor, as the Mughal Empire existed in name only and his authority was limited only to the walled city of Old Delhi (Shahjahanbad). Following his involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British exiled him to Rangoon in British-controlled Burma (now in Myanmar), after convicting him on conspiracy charges.
- Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
A. Santhal rebellion
B. Indigo disturbances
C. Sanyasi rebellion
D. Pabna disturbances
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Indigo revolt (or Nil vidroha) was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters that arose in Bengal in 1859.
21.The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on __________
A. 1902
B. 1905
C. 1908
D. 1909
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Swadeshi movement started with the partition of Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon in 1905 and continued up to 1911. It was the most successful of the pre-Gandhian movement. Its chief architects were Aurobindo Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai.
- Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence.
I. Champaran Satyagraha
II. Partition of Bengal
III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
A. I, II, III
B. II, III, I
C. II, I, III
D. I, III, II
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence are Partition of Bengal – 1905, Champaran Satyagrah – 1917 and Jallianwala Bagh – 1919.
- The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal
A. French
B. British
C. Dutch
D. Portuguese
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Lord Curzon asked Queen Victoria to separate Bengal. Because they were scared if the Muslims and Hindus got together they could start a war. 500 meetings were held in East Bengal alone. The Swadeshi movement had genesis in the anti-partition movement which started to oppose the British decision to partition Bengal.
- As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
A. The National Congress
B. The Muslim League
C. The Award of a Boundary Commission
D. The People living in those boundary areas
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by the Award of a Boundary Commission.
- What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
A. To oust the British from India
B. To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
C. To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
D. To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP was To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India.
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