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In which year did the privilege of free postage enjoyed by sepoys were withdrawn by ‘The Post-Office Act’?

(a) 1813

(b) 1815

(c) 1850

(d) 1854

Option d – 1854

Consider the following statements. I. The General Service Enlistment Act of 1856 was introduced by Charles Canning. II. Under this Act, every Indian soldier could go overseas for deployment if required. III. An Indian soldier could get a maximum salary of 174 during his service period. Which of the above-mentioned statement is/are correct?

(a) Only I

(b) Only I and II

(c) Only III

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

The immediate cause of India’s First War of Independence was

(a) the Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie.

(b) Suspicion about British interference in religion.

(c) Military discontent.

(d) Economic exploitation of India.

Option b – Suspicion about British interference in religion.

Which of the following was the economic cause of the 1857 revolt?

(a) Industrial revolution

(b) Employment of craftsmen

(c) Exploitation of peasants by zamindars

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

Indian Bills of Landing Act was passed in

(a) 1854

(b) 1856

(c) 1870

(d) 1876

Option b – 1856

Consider the following statements. I. Adoption of free trade imperialism from 1800, de-industrialization, and drain of wealth. II. Abolition of Sati in 1829. III. Commercialisation of Agriculture. IV. The doctrine of Lapse. Which of the above-mentioned Statement/s was the economic cause for the 1857 Revolt?

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only II and III

(c) Only I and IV

(d) Only I and III

Option d – Only I and III

What was the socio-religious factor/s for the 1857 revolt?

(a) Religious disabilities Act, 1856

(b) Abolition of Sati, 1829

(c) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

The Azamgarh proclamation of 25th August 1857 stressed which one of the following issues?

(a) Hindu-Muslim divide

(b) Support to the English Government

(c) The return of the Badshahi

(d) The imposition of heavy Jumas (revenue demand)

Option c – The return of the Badshahi

When was the Religious Disabilities Act passed?

(a) 1850

(b) 1855

(c) 1856

(d) 1870

Option c – 1856

Which one of the following military causes was responsible for the 1857 revolt?

(a) Salaries and pensions-related issues between the Indian soldiers and the government.

(b) The doctrine of Lapse.

(c) Non-Intervention Policy of John Lawrence.

(d) Setting up of Inam Commission.

Option a – Salaries and pensions-related issues between the Indian soldiers and the government.

The official historian of the Indian freedom struggle was

(a) RC Mazumdar

(b) Tarachandra

(c) VD Savarkar

(d) SN Shah

Option d – SN Shah

The first Indian to write in the Indian language on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was

(a) Syed Ahmad Khan

(b) VD Savarkar

(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(d) None of the above

Option a – Syed Ahmad Khan

Who wrote “The Indian War of Independence”?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) Romesh Chunder Dutt

(c) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

(d) Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay

Option c – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

The statement, ‘The so-called first national war of Independence was neither first nor national, nor a war of independence is associated with

(a) RC Mazumadar

(b) SN Sen

(c) Tara Chandra

(d) VD Savarkar

Option a – RC Mazumadar

Consider the following statements and mark the correct answer. I. RC Majumdar described the 1857 Revolt as neither the first nor a national war of independence. II. TR Holmes described the 1857 Revolt as a conflict between civilization and Barbarian. III. Jawaharlal Nehru said that the 1857 Revolt was nothing, but a Hindu-Muslim conspiracy. Codes

(a) Only II

(b) Only Ill

(c) I and II

(d) All of these

Option c – I and II

Before the outbreak of the revolt of 1857 at Meerut, Mangal Pandey had become a martyr on 29th March 1857. He was hanged at

(a) Lucknow

(b) Barrackpore

(c) Calcutta

(d) Meerut

Option b – Barrackpore

The Mangal Pandey incident took place at

(a) Meerut

(b) Barrackpore

(c) Ambala

(d) Lucknow

Option b – Barrackpore

The use of which rifle proved to be the immediate cause of the 1857 revolt?

(a) Brown Bass

(b) Enfield Rifle

(c) Green Belt

(d) Enfield Bass

Option b – Enfield Rifle

Who among the following British persons admitted the revolt of 1857 as a National revolt?

(a) Lord Dalhousie

(b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Ellenborough

(d) Disraeli

Option b – Lord Canning

Which of the following statements explains the best nature of the revolt of 1857?

(a) It was the last attempt by the old political order to regain its power.

(b) It was a mutiny of a session of the sepoys of the British Indian Army.

(c) It was the struggle of the common people to overthrow foreign rules.

(d) It was an effort to establish a United Indian Nation.

Option c – It was the struggle of the common people to overthrow foreign rules.

Who among the following says that the Revolt of 1857 was an extension of social progress the English had already initiated?

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Adam Smith

(c) Max Muller

(d) Benjamin Disraeli

Option a – Karl Marx

Who among the following was the author of Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies, 1857-59?

(a) RC Majumdar

(b) PC Joshi

(c) SB Choudhary

(d) VD Savarkar

Option c – SB Choudhary

Who called the revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?

(a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor

(b) Sir John Kaye

(c) Sir John Lawrence

(d) TR Homes

Option a – Sir James Outram and W Taylor

Who termed the uprising of 1857 as the First War of Independence?

(a) VA Smith

(b) PE Roberts

(c) VD Savarkar

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(d) All of these

Option c – VD Savarkar

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