When People Rebel 1857 and After Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
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Answer: (c) Bareily
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Answer: (b) Tantia Tope
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Answer: (d) Meerut
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Answer: (b) Eighty-five
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Answer: (b) of the cartridge episode
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Answer: (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Answer: (b) Governor General
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Answer: (b) 1801
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Answer: (c) 1850
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Answer: (d) All of the above
Match the following:
Column A | Column B |
(i) Firangis | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
(ii) Sepoy | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
(iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (c) An Indian name given to British |
(iv) Nana Saheb | (d) Soldier |
(v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
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Column A | Column B |
(i) Firangis | (c) An Indian name given to British |
(ii) Sepoy | (d) Soldier |
(iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
(iv) Nana Saheb | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
(v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
State whether true or false:
1. Meerut was one of the last territory to be annexed.
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Answer: False
2. The sepoys were angry with the British because the photo of Bahadur Shah Zafar was removed from the coins.
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Answer: False
3. In 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.
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Answer: True
4. British were very happy after 1857 Revolt.
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Answer: False
5. The British passed a new act in 1858 transferring the powers of East India Company to British crown.
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Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in …………………
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Answer: Rangoon
2. ………………… was the husband of the Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai.
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Answer: Raja Gangadhar Rao
3. Nawabs kings felt in the ………………… century that their powers were being eroded.
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Answer: mid-eighteenth
4. The company began to plan to bring the ………………… to an end.
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Answer: Mughal dynasty
5. Rani Lakshmibai was killed in ………………… 1858.
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Answer: June
6. Tantia Tope was the ………………… of Nana Sahib.
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Answer: general
7. In Delhi, a large number of ………………… (religious warriors) came together to wipe out the white people.
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Answer: ghazis