INDIAN
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
1.
The
freedom struggle in India was greatly inspired by the cry of ‘liberty,
equality, fraternity’, which were associated with the ----- French Revolution
2.
The
governor General when the 1857 revolt broke out ------- Canning
3.
Which
one of the following was not a political association to be set up during the
pre-congress phase before the revolt of 1857? -------
(a) The British Indian Association
(b)
The Indian association
(c) Madras Native association
(d) Landholder’s Society at Calcutta
Ans.
(b) The Indian association
4.
Raja
Ram Mohan’s tradition was carried on after his death by the radical Bengali Youth. They known as ------ Derozians
5.
The
immediate cause which precipitated the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was
(a)
Introduction of
catridges greased with cow’s fat
(b) Dalhousie’s
Doctrine of Lapse
(c) Madras Native
Association
(d) Landholder’s
Society at Calcutta
Ans.
(a) Introduction of catridges greased with cow’s fat
6.
The revolt of 1857 was started from ---------- Meerut
7.
The
first Sepoy was refused to use the greased catridge and killed an Adjutant was
------ Mangal Pandey
8.
One of the immediate results of the mutiny was that
it led to ----- Assumption of direct
responsibility for administration of India by the crown
9.
The nature and character of the revolt of 1857 was
----- It was broadly a political
movement which aimed at the elimination of foreign rule and return of the old
order
10. Which one of the
following was not a reason that why the revolt of 1857 cannot be called a
national war of Independence-
(a) None of the
rulers of the leading states joined in the revolt
(b)
Even in Avadh
and Rohilikhand the uprising was of a subdued and minor character and localized
in different pockets without common objectives
(c) The Sikhs, who
had been subdued very recently, made no attempt to recover their independence
and marched out to join the british forces at Delhi.
(d) All the Indian
Sepoys did not rise against the British government and southern India as a
whole remained quiet.
Ans. (b) Even in Avadh and Rohilikhand the uprising was of a subdued and minor
character and localized in different pockets without common objectives
11. Which one of the
following is not a major political cause of the revolt of 1857
(a) Lord Dalhousie’s
policy of indiscrimination annexation and Doctrine of lapse
(b) The withdrawal
of the pension of Nana Sahib
(c) After the defeat of the Sikhs and annexation of the
Punjab, the properties of the Lahore Durbar were auctioned and the Kohi-i-Noor
was sent to England.
(d) The absence of
sovereignship of the British rule in India.
Ans.
(c) After the defeat of the Sikhs and
annexation of the Punjab, the properties of the Lahore Durbar were auctioned
and the Kohi-i-Noor was sent to England.
12. Which one of the
following was not an administrative and economic causes of the rebellion of
1857?
(a) The Indian
aristocracy was deprived of power and position since all high posts, civil and
military, were reserved for the Europeans
(b)
The
administration of Avadh after its annexation received popular acclaim and
aroused the jealously of other ruling princes
(c) The land revenue
policy was most unpopular
(d) To the Indian
mind, the British system of Justice being time consuming and expensive, was a
deliberate method to impoverish the people.
Ans.
(b) The administration of Avadh after
its annexation received popular acclaim and aroused the jealously of other
ruling princes
13. Which of the
following one of the military causes for the revolt of 1857?
(a) The discipline
in the army had become very lax on account of the system of promotion by
seniority only, as well as by the transfer of able military officersto civil
posts
(b) The wooing of high-cast Hindu sepoys by ‘white’
officers was greatly resented
(c) Lord Canning’s
General services Enlistment Act, 1856, imposed on the sepoys the obligation to
serve wherever required
(d) The sad blunder
of the ‘greased catridges’ fanned the smouldering discontent into a devouring flame.
Ans.
(b) The wooing of high-cast Hindu sepoys
by ‘white’ officers was greatly resented
14.
Nana Sahib’s commander-in-chief was --------Tantia Tope
15. The 1857 revolt
was led in Delhi by ------ Bhakti Khan
16.
‘First war of Indian independence’, who said this
for the first time, regarding the revolt of 1857? -----V D. Saverkar
17. Dalhousie
annexed Awadh for the British empire in India through ------ state being maladministred
18. A leader of the
revolt 1857 escaped to Nepal never to be heard their after ---------- Nana
Sahib
19. The
non-precursor of the 1857 revolt ------- Ulgulan
20. The Kuka movement
was founded in ------- Punjab
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