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 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Viceroy was the member of the ..... A) British Cabinet. B) Government. C) India Council. D) East India Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British Cabinet. 2. When mangal Pandey was hanged to death A) 29 March 1857. B) 28 April 1858. C) 29 March 1858. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29 March 1857. 3. When rani lakshmi bai killed? A) June 1858. B) June 1857. C) June 1856. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 1858. 4. After the failure the revolt of 1857, British had regained the control of India in- A) 1865. B) 1860. C) 1859. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1859. 5. The country where the Indian Sepoys were asked to go through the sea route was ..... A) Japan. B) Sri Lanka. C) China. D) Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burma. 6. I am that emperor who blessed the indian mutiny during the revolt of 1857 A) Nana Saheb. B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. C) Muhammad Shah Abdali. D) MANGAL PANDEY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 7. Majha pravaas was wristten by- A) Vishnubhatta Godse. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Nathuram Godse. D) Mangal Pandey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vishnubhatta Godse. 8. Who announced that after the death of Bahadur Shah Jafar, the family member of the king would not be allowed to stay in Red Fort and had been shifted to another place in Delhi? A) Dalhousie. B) Canning. C) Carnwallis. D) Munro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dalhousie. 9. Who led the revolt in Mandla region of Madhya Pradesh? A) Queen Avantibai Lodhi. B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. C) Tantia Tope. D) Rani Laxmibai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Avantibai Lodhi. 10. After 1830, Company allowed ..... to preach in India. A) Christian missionaries. B) Muslim missionaries. C) Hindu missionaries. D) Buddhist missionaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christian missionaries. 11. Begum Hazarat Mahal, mother of Birjis Qadr lead the 1857 revolt from- A) Meerut. B) Delhi. C) Kanpur. D) Lucknow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lucknow. 12. ..... was one of the last territories that the British had annexed in 1856. A) Lahore. B) Kanpur. C) Jhansi. D) Awadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Awadh. 13. The Company brought reinforcements from ..... , passed new laws so that the rebels could be convicted with ease. A) England. B) Swizerland. C) India. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 14. In earlt revold of 1857, Mangal Pandey killed a British officers in the army area of- A) Meerut Cantonment. B) Jhansi cantonment. C) Barrackpore, West Bengal. D) Delhi Cantonment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barrackpore, West Bengal. 15. ..... fought a guerilla war against the British with the support of several tribal and peasant leaders A) Rani Laxmibai. B) Tantia Tope. C) Shiva. D) Ahmadullah Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tantia Tope. 16. Many new leaders came up like ..... , a maulvi from Faizabad. A) Tantia Tope. B) Devotee Khan. C) Ahmadullah Shah. D) Kunwar Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmadullah Shah. 17. A)Who was in charge of the Large force of soldiers that came to Delhi?b) What was he? A) Vir Kunwar Singh b) A soldier from Bareilly. B) Bakht Khan b) A soldier from Bareilly. C) Bakht Khan b) Ruler of Bengal. D) Bahadur Shah b) Mughal ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bakht Khan b) A soldier from Bareilly. 18. The results of the Revolt of 1857 A) East India Company's rule came to an end. B) The policy of imperial expansion will be abandoned. C) The Viceroy post was created instead of the earlier Governor General. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Like 1857 revolt, In china also an upring was started in 1850 under the leadership Hong Xiuquan.This movement was known as- A) Taiping Rebellion. B) China Rebellion. C) Beijing Rebellion. D) Hong Rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taiping Rebellion. 20. Two changes the Company introduced with the help of some noted Indians include A) The railways. B) Tea drinking. C) Abolition of sati and widow remarriage. D) Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abolition of sati and widow remarriage. 21. By the end of which year had the British regained control of India A) 1859. B) 1870. C) 1862. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1859. 22. Which lieutenant sent a telegram to his commander-in-chief expressing the fear felt by the British? A) Lord Canning. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Colonel Tytler. D) General Dier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colonel Tytler. 23. District from where the Mutiny of 1857 was started? A) Jhansi. B) Delhi. C) Kanpur. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meerut. 24. Who was called Viceroy? A) Personal representative of the. B) Army Chief. C) A Sepoy. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal representative of the. 25. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in ..... A) Bareilly. B) Delhi. C) Rangoon. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rangoon. 26. Who was the leader from Bihar who led the revolt of 1857? A) Approx Tope. B) Singh wing. C) Nana sahib. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singh wing. 27. Peasants and Zamindars were unhappy:- A) Due to rigid methods of revenue collection. B) High Taxes. C) Lost their lands which they tilled for generations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. From where did the Indian revolt of 1857 start? A) Valler. B) Meerut. C) Jhansi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meerut. 29. What was the new amendment in the law in 1856 passed by the East India Company? A) Sepoys had to pay tax. B) Sepoys will be paid low salary. C) Sepoys had to collect revenue. D) Sepoys had to agree to serve overseas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sepoys had to agree to serve overseas. 30. He was the first soldier to be hanged in the Revolt of 1857 A) Mahadiz shinde. B) Must-law. C) MANGAL PANDEY. D) Batukeshwar dutt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MANGAL PANDEY. 31. When a group of soldiers stand against and disobey the orders of their officers-it is called- A) Mutiny. B) War. C) Revolt. D) Fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutiny. 32. Ahmadullah Shah ..... A) Declared himself as governor under Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Raised an army of four thousand against the Britishers who had taken over the administration of her state. C) Raised a huge force of supporters and fought against Britishers in Lucknow. D) Joined the rebel sepoys and fought the British along with Tantia Tope, the general of Nana Saheb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raised a huge force of supporters and fought against Britishers in Lucknow. 33. Awadh was taken in 1856 under the policy of ..... A) Doctrine of Lapse. B) Subsidiary Alliance. C) Misgovernance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misgovernance. 34. When the company passed a new law A) 1858. B) 1857. C) 1855. D) 1856. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1856. 35. Revolt began from the city of A) Calcutta. B) Meerut. C) Lucknow. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meerut. 36. Vir kunwar singh was a wealthy zamindar from- A) Meerut. B) Bihar. C) Delhi. D) Oudh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 37. The term 'firangis' was used for- A) Name of a weapon. B) British officials. C) Freedom fighters. D) A name of toy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British officials. 38. When find a telegram sent by lieutenant colonel Tytler to his commender in chief expressing the fear felt by the British A) 6 August 1858. B) 6 August 1856. C) 6 August 1859. D) 6 August 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6 August 1857. 39. ..... had ordered the annexation of Jhansi. A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Canning. C) Warren Hastings. D) Lord Clive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie. 40. Who was the Governor General who decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king? A) Lord Canning. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Canning. 41. Who among the following chose to die when surrounded by British forces? A) Tantia Tope. B) Nana Saheb. C) Bijris dignity. D) Queen Avantibai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Avantibai. 42. Who was the successor of Birakishore Dev? A) Booksi Jagabandhu. B) Ram Chandra Dev EE. C) Mukunda Dev is this. D) He had no successor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mukunda Dev is this. 43. Write the name of the places related to the first war of independence? A) Delhi. B) Meerut. C) Jhansi. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Where were the sepoys ordered to go in order to fight for the company? A) Banaras. B) Burma. C) Meerut. D) Faizabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burma. 45. In 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 46. When was Rani Laxmibai killed? A) 1860. B) 1858. C) 1870. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1858. 47. The place where Mangal pande lead the revolt A) Barrackpore. B) Delhi. C) Meerut. D) Kanpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barrackpore. 48. What announcement was made by the British regarding Bahadur Shah Zafar? A) The emperor and his children would soon be sent into exile. B) After the emperor's death, his children would lose their titles. C) The emperor and his children had to accept British authority. D) After the emperor's death, his children would continue to rule Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the emperor's death, his children would lose their titles. 49. Who was proclaimed leader of the Revolt of 1857 from Mughal Empire? A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Kunwar Singh. C) Tantia Tope. D) Nana Saheb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 50. Governor-General was now known 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. 51. Who of the following continue to fight a guerilla war from the forests against the british? A) Pay the Bajirao. B) Nana Saheb. C) Tantia tope. D) Bhagat Singh and Mangal Pandey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tantia tope. 52. Mangal Pandey attacked his officers in ..... A) Awadh. B) Barrackpore. C) Delhi. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barrackpore. 53. Many Indians began to feel that the British were destroying their religion because:- A) Law was passed to stop the practice of Sati. B) Law was passed to encourage widow remarriage. C) Law was passed to make conversion to Christianity easier. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. Zamindars were unhappy with the British because ..... A) They lost traditional rights over land and village. B) The British used to hit them. C) Revenue was too high. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They lost traditional rights over land and village. 55. Bakht Kfian was a soldier from A) Meerut. B) Barali. C) Agra. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barali. 56. ..... was one of the last territories to be annexed. A) Mathura. B) Meerut. C) Awadh. D) None Of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Awadh. 57. The First war of Independence was started on May 10 ..... A) 1867. B) 1877. C) 1857. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1857. 58. Yes I ordered the annexation of jhansi ! who am i? A) Warren hastings. B) Lord clive. C) Bahadur Shah Zafar. D) Lord dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord dalhousie. 59. The book comprising the memories of his life written by Sitaram Pandey, was translated by British Commanding Officer Norgate. What was the the English version of that books? A) Villager to Freedom fighter. B) Mughal to British. C) Sipoy to Subedar. D) Governor General to Viceroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sipoy to Subedar. 60. ..... LED THE REVOLT AT KANPUR. A) TANTIA TOPE. B) Nana Saheb. C) KUNWAR SINGH. D) Rani Laxmibai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nana Saheb. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After Quiz 1Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 And After Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books