This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > When People Rebel 1857 And After > Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did the Meerut Sepoys refuse to use the new cartridges? A) They became pacifists. B) It was rumored to have been coated with pig and cow fat. C) They got amnesia and forgot how to fight. D) They were rumored to be working for the Indians and the British threw them in prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was rumored to have been coated with pig and cow fat. 2. ..... was the leader of Mandla region in the revolt of 1857 A) Begum Hazrat Mahal. B) Kunwar Singh. C) Avantibai Lodhi. D) Nana Saheb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avantibai Lodhi. 3. Bahadur Shah Zafar and his Begum were sent to prison in ..... A) Delhi. B) Lucknow. C) Rangoon. D) Barakpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rangoon. 4. Which among these was a leader in the Khurda revolt in 1817? A) Booksai. B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. C) MANGAL PANDEY. D) Raja Vikram Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Booksai. 5. Like 1857 revolt, thre was one movement was happened in 1817 at Bhadra during Mukunda Dev II.The Bhadra place was situated in the state of- A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Maharashtra. C) Odisha. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odisha. 6. When was aurangazeb died A) 1707. B) 1709. C) 1761. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1707. 7. Who led the revolt of 1857 at kanpur? A) Nana Sahib. B) Rani Laksmibai. C) Bahadur Shah Zafar. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nana Sahib. 8. The name of the ..... king was removed from coins minted by the company. A) Governor General. B) Nawabs. C) Mughal. D) Rajas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mughal. 9. The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar died in A) The Royal Palace. B) Rangoon jail. C) Red Fort. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rangoon jail. 10. Laws were Passed to stop the practice of ..... and to encourage the remarriage of widows A) Sati. B) Marriages. C) Social rituals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sati. 11. What was the opinion of British on Sati Pratha? A) In favor of Sati Pratha. B) Ignored the matter of Indian Culture. C) Opposed and passed the law. D) They also accepted in British culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposed and passed the law. 12. New law of 1856 was A) To enable the converts to inherit their ancestral property. B) To prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage. C) To have Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas. 13. The tile of Governor-General was now changed to A) The crown. B) Viceroy of India. C) A secretary of state of India. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viceroy of India. 14. Since the mid-eighteenth century, ..... lost their authority and honour. A) Mughals. B) Rajas and Nawabs. C) East India Company. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajas and Nawabs. 15. Nawabs kings felt in the ..... century that their powers were being eroded. A) Nineteenth. B) Mid eighteenth. C) Seventeenth. D) Eighteenth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mid eighteenth. 16. What were the factors responsible for 1857 revolt? A) High and rigid method of revenue collection. B) Low salary of Indian soldiers in British army. C) Sacrificing religious beliefs. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. The mother of Birjis Qadir was ..... A) Arjumand Begum. B) Hazrat Mahal. C) Where palace. D) Zinat Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazrat Mahal. 18. WHAT DID RAIN LAKSHMIBAI DEMAND FROM THE BRITISH? A) TO ADOPT A SON. B) TO GIVE HER BACK HER KINGDOM. C) TO GIVE HER PENSION. D) TO ADOPT A DAUGHTER. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO ADOPT A SON. 19. The Mutiny started from A) Bareilly. B) Agra. C) Meerut. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meerut. 20. What is the name of Bahadur Shah Zafar's wife? A) Begum Hazrat Mahal. B) Hamida Banu Begum. C) Begm Zinat Maha. D) Jodha Bai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Begm Zinat Maha. 21. ..... declared that he was a governor under Bahadur Shah Zafar. A) Peshwa Baji Rao. B) Veer Kunwar Singh. C) Nana Saheb. D) MANGAL PANDEY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nana Saheb. 22. Awadh was annexed in 1801 under the policy of ..... A) Doctrine of Lapse. B) Subsidiary alliance. C) Misgovernance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidiary alliance. 23. Nana Saheb, Adopted son of ..... pleaded that he be given his father's pension when the latter died. A) MANGAL PANDEY. B) Rani Laxmibai. C) Peshwa Baji Rao. D) Beard-eyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peshwa Baji Rao. 24. In 1850 a new law was passed ..... A) It became easier for Christian missionaries to own land in India. B) It made British prohibit sati and encouraged widow remarriage. C) Every Indian who wanted to be a part of the army had to agree to serve overseas. D) It enabled the converts to inherit their ancestral property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It enabled the converts to inherit their ancestral property. 25. Who was given the title of viceroy? A) Chief Commissioner. B) Governor General. C) Forest Manager. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor General. 26. The place where begum hazrat mahal led the rising A) Delhi. B) Awadh. C) Lucknow. D) Jhansi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucknow. 27. The place where 85 soldiers refused to use catridges and were senteced to 10 years of imprisonment A) Jhansi. B) Delhi. C) Kanpur. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meerut. 28. Sepoys of British empire were severely punished in 1824 after they refused to go to A) Africa. B) Burma. C) England. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burma. 29. What happened with Siraram Pande? A) His own son was killed by British in front of his eyes. B) British army had lit his house and killed his wife. C) British army had captured his agricultural land. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His own son was killed by British in front of his eyes. 30. Which Governor General passed the rule to shift the Mughal emperor's family from the Red Fort? A) Lord Canning. B) Lord Martindell. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) Lord Tytler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie. 31. From Sepoy to Subedar was written by- A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Vir Kunwar Singh. C) Sitamm Pande. D) MANGAL PANDEY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitamm Pande. 32. Which Mughal emperor did the sepoys appealed to their leader for the revolt of 1857? A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Aurangzeb. C) Jahangir. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 33. Maharaja Ranjith Singh was the ruler of ..... A) Punjab. B) Delhi. C) Meerut. D) Sindh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab. 34. ..... was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II A) Peshwa Baji Rao I. B) Rao Saheb. C) Nana Saheb. D) Mangal Pandey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nana Saheb. 35. WHEN DID THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE TAKE PLACE? A) 1897. B) 1927. C) 1857. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1857. 36. Governor general was given the title of: A) Anglo commander in chief. B) Forest manager. C) Viceroy. D) Chief commissioner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viceroy. 37. The place where bahadur shah zafar led the revolt A) Kanpur. B) Delhi. C) Lucknow. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 38. Indian soldiers did not want to cross the seas because A) They thought they would be attacked by pirates. B) They thought the waters would poison them. C) They knew they would lose their caste and their religion. D) They hated sea voyages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They knew they would lose their caste and their religion. 39. How many rebels came from Bareilly and which river did they cross? A) 3000, Jamuna. B) 30000, Saraswati. C) 3000, Saraswati. D) 30000, Jamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3000, Jamuna. 40. The Khurda revolt is also known as- A) Paik Rebellion. B) East Rebellion. C) Odisha Rebellion. D) Jagannath Rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paik Rebellion. 41. Rani Lakshmibai was killed in ..... 1858. A) April. B) May. C) June. D) July. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) June. 42. In 1857, Peshwa Nana Saheb in Kanpur declared himself as ..... A) An independent King. B) An independent Zamindar. C) The leader of Maratha confederacy. D) The governor of Mughal Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The governor of Mughal Emperor. 43. Which sepoy on March 29, 1857 near Kolkata was shot to death? A) MANGAL PANDEY. B) Ashok Pandey. C) SHONDER PANDY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MANGAL PANDEY. 44. Which post was changed as viceroy? A) King or Queen. B) Lord. C) Governor General. D) Sepoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Governor General. 45. Begum zinat mahal and bahadur shah zafar were sent to ..... , burma A) Luknow jail. B) Rangoon. C) Meerut. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rangoon. 46. How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9 May, 1857? A) Ninety-five. B) Ninety. C) Eighty-five. D) Eighty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eighty-five. 47. An Indian ruler entering into a alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. A) Term alliances. B) Subsidiary alliance. C) Grand alliance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidiary alliance. 48. The historical importance of the Act of 1858 was that A) Delhi was recaptured by the Britishers. B) A confederacy of Indian states was organised to fight the British. C) Transferred the power to the crown from East India Company. D) Indians rose in rebellion and killed British officers and also captured the arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transferred the power to the crown from East India Company. 49. ..... was declared leader of the 1857 revolt. A) Rani Laxmibai. B) Nana Saheb. C) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 50. Sepoy to Subedar' is an autobiography written by ..... A) MANGAL PANDEY. B) Babur. C) Sitamm Pande. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitamm Pande. 51. These are the names of leader and places from where they lead the movement.Find the wrong match- A) Bhopal-Rani Laxmibai. B) Delhi-Bahadur Shah, General Bakht Khan. C) Kanpur-Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib, Tantia Tope, Azimillah Khan. D) Barali-Bakht Khan. E) Bihar-Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal-Rani Laxmibai. 52. The Company asked the sepoys to go to ..... by sea route to fight for the company. A) Ramgarh. B) Rangoon. C) Burma. D) Faizabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burma. 53. Vir Kunwar Singh was an old Zamindar from A) Sea. B) Central Province. C) Lahore. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bihar. 54. ..... was recaptured from the rebel forces in September 1857. A) Punjab. B) Delhi. C) Mysore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 55. Which century nawab and rajas had seen their power erode A) End of 17 century. B) Mid of16 century. C) Mid of 18 century. D) Erly of19 century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid of 18 century. 56. What did the East India Company do from the coins minted by the Company? A) The name India was removed from the coins. B) The name of the Mughal emperor was removed from the coins. C) The name of the Governor general was removed from the coins. D) The name of the British King was removed from the coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The name of the Mughal emperor was removed from the coins. 57. Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society? A) Law against the practice of Sati. B) They encouraged the remarriage of widow. C) English education was actively promoted. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 58. The Revolt broke out at Meerut A) 10th May 1857. B) 9th may 1857. C) 10th May 1757. D) 22nd June 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10th May 1857. 59. When was the law making the conversion to Christianity made it easier? A) 1855. B) 1850. C) 1815. D) 1810. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850. 60. Bahadur Shah Zafar passed away in A) 1865. B) 1859. C) 1858. D) 1862. 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