Most Important MCQs of
Revolt of 1857
1. Which among the following was not an economic
cause of the revolt of 1857?
(A) Heavy taxation
(B) But down on major patronage for artisans and
handicrafts
(C) increasing availability of market for Indian
cotton.
(D) increased pressure on agricultural land
Correct Answer: (C) increasing availability of
market for Indian cotton
2. Who among the following British officer captured
Banaras during the revolt of 1857?
(A) General John Nicholson
(B) Sir Hugh Wheeler
(C) Colonel Oncell
(D) William Taylor and Eye
Correct Answer: (C) Colonel Oncell
3. Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
(A) Kanpur – Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of
Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of
Nana Sahib)
(B) Alahabad – Maulavi Liyakat Ali
(C) Farrukhabad – Tufzal Hasan Khan
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
4. Who among the following British officer died
soon due to a mortal wound received during the
fighting during 1857 revolt in Delhi?
(A) General John Nicholson
(B) Sir Hugh Wheeler
(C) Major Hudson
(D) General Neil
Correct Answer: (A) General John Nicholson
5. Under whose governor-general ship, the Revolt of
1857 occurred?
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Irwin
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Willington
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Canning
6. Who authored the book ”The First Indian War of
Independence- 1857-59”?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) R. C. Mazumd
(D) S. N. Sen
Correct Answer: (A) Karl Marx
7. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and
bravest military leader of the rebel’?
(A) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(B) Rani Laxmi Bai
(C) Kuar Singh
(D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Correct Answer: (B) Rani Laxmi Bai
8. About which kingdom did Dalhousie say that it
was a "cherry that will drop into our mouth one
day"?
(A) Oudh
(B) Jhansi
(C) Mysore
(D) Patiala
Correct Answer: (A) Oudh
9. Who was the Governor General during the time
of Sepoy Mutiny?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Ripon
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Reading
Correct Answer: (C) Lord Canning
10. Who of the following was neither captured nor
killed by the British?
(A) Tantiya Tope
(B) Nana Saheb
(C) Mangal Pandey
(D) Jhansi Lakshmibai
Correct Answer: (B) Nana Saheb
1. Who led the British forces which defeated Jhansi
Lakshmibai?
(A) Henry Havelock
(B) John Hearsey
(C) Henry Barnard
(D) Hugh Rose
Correct Answer: (D) Hugh Rose
12. To which regiment did Mangal Pandey belong?
(A) 34 Native Infantry
(B) 7 Oudh Regiment
(C) 19 Native Infantry
(D) Madras Regiment
Correct Answer: (A) 34 Native Infantry
13. Who of the following was the adopted son the
last Peshwa Baji Rao II?
(A) Tantiya Tope
(B) Damodar Rao
(C) Nana Saheb
(D) Anand Rao
Correct Answer: (C) Nana Saheb
14. Which of the following states was the first to be
annexed by the Doctrine of Lapse?
(A) Nagpur
(B) Satara
(C) Jhansi
(D) Udaipur
Correct Answer: (B) Satara
15. At which of the following places was the revolt
led by Kunwar Singh?
(A) Meerut
(B) Bihar
(C) Bareilly
(D) Gwalior
Correct Answer: (B) Bihar
16. Which place witnessed the incident of Mangal
Pandey firing upon British officers?
(A) Barrackpore
(B) Meerut
(C) Gwalior
(D) Delhi
Correct Answer: (A) Barrackpore
17. In which country was Bahadur Shah II exiled by
the British after the end of war of independence?
(A) Nepal
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Iran
(D) Burma
Correct Answer: (D) Burma
18. The History of the War of Indian Independence is
a book written by -
(A) Veer Savarkar
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Correct Answer: (A) Veer Savarkar
19. Who amongst the following leaders of ‘1857’ was
the first to lay down his/her life?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Tantiya Tope
(C) Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
(D) Mangal Pandey
Correct Answer: (D) Mangal Pandey
20. Who led the revolt against the British in 1857 at
Bareilly?
(A) Birjis Qadir
(B) Bakht Khan
(C) Khan Bahadur Khan
(D) Azimullah Khan
Correct Answer: (D) Azimullah Khan
21. The ruler of which one of the following States
was removed from power by the British on the
pretext of misgovernance?
(A) Awadh
(B) Jhansi
(C) Nagpur
(D) Satara
Correct Answer: (A)
22. Who led the rebellion against the British at
Lucknow?
(A) Zeenat Mahal
(B) Tantiya Tope
(C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(D) Nana Saheb
Correct Answer: (C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
23. At which of the following places was the Rani of
Jhansi, Lakshmibai defeated finally by the British?
(A) Badli-ki-serai
(B) Kotah-ki-serai
(C) Chinhat
(D) Meerut
Correct Answer: (B) Kotah-ki-serai
24. Who called 1857 Revolt as the First War of Indian
Independence?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) V.D Savarkar
(C) B K Dutt
(D) Gopala Krishna Gokale
Correct Answer: (B) V.D Savarkar
25. The Sepoy of the Third Cavalry at Meerut
revolted on
(A) 10th May, 1857
(B) 21st June, 1832
(C) 22nd April, 1833
(D) 1st October, 1856
Correct Answer: (A) 10th May, 1857
26. The Vellore Mutiny took place in
(A) 1805
(B) 1802
(C) 1806
(D) 1807
Correct Answer: (C) 1806
27. Mangal Pandey on sepoy of the 34th Native
Infantry Stationed at Barrackpore killed
Lieutenant on
(A) 21st March, 1857
(B) 29th March, 1857
(C) 23rd May, 1857
(D) 22nd June, 1857
Correct Answer: (B) 29th March, 1857
28. Mangal Pandey was executed on
(A) 2nd June, 1857
(B) 3rd May, 1855
(C) 4th May, 1844
(D) 9th May, 1857
Correct Answer: (D) 9th May, 1857
29. The revolt started at Dum Dum on
(A) 23rd January, 1857
(B) 22nd May, 1856
(C) 23rd June,1844
(D) 30th July, 1832
Correct Answer: (A) 23rd January, 1857
30. Whom did rebels declare as Emperor of India?
(A) Shah Alam
(B) Faruq Shiar
(C) Bahadur Shah II
(D) Bahadur shah I
Correct Answer: (C) Bahadur Shah II
31. Who led the rebels in Bihar?
(A) Lazmi Bai
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Tantia Tope
(D) Nana Saheb
Correct Answer: (B) Kunwar Singh
32. The Governor General who brought the General
service Enlistment Act, 1856
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Hasting
(D) Lord Minto
Correct Answer: (B) Lord Canning
33. Who led the revolt in Delhi?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Ahmad Shah
(C) Laxmi Bai
(D) Bahadur shah II and General Bakht Khan
Correct Answer: (D) Bahadur shah II and General
Bakht Khan
34. The statement that the revolt of 1857 was
"neither the first, nor national, nor war of
independence" was made by?
(A) V.D Savarkar
(B) S. N. Sen
(C) R. C Majumdar
(D) Benjamin Disraeli
Correct Answer: (C) R. C Majumdar
35. The ancient name of Assam is?
(A) Pawa
(B) Kamrup
(C) Pippalivan
(D) Ramgram
Correct Answer: (B) Kamrup
36. "Every Indian is corrupt". Who said?
(A) Lord Conwallis
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Hastings
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer: (C) Lord Hastings
37. Vellore Mutiny took place in the year of?
(A) 1764
(B) 1806
(C) 1857
(D) 1935
Correct Answer: (B) 1806
38. Jhansi and Gwalior were recovered by
(A) Sleeman
(B) Watson
(C) Hugh Rose
(D) Campbell
Correct Answer: (C) Hugh Rose
39. The Governor General who abolished the titles of
Carnatic Nawab and Raja of Tanjore and refused
pension to Nana Saheb
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Bentinck
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Dalhousie
40. Bahadur Shah was died in Rangoon in
(A) 1834
(B) 1862
(C) 1843
(D) 1854
Correct Answer: (B) 1862
41. Who was the adopted son of last Peshwa Baji Rao
II?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Madhav Rao
(C) Raghunath Rao
(D) Narayana Rao
Correct Answer: (A) Nana Saheb
42. Which of the following was the main for our
break of 1857 revolt?
(A) Introduction of Enfield rifle
(B) Introduction of Doctrine of Laps
(C) Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance
(D) (A) and (B)
Correct Answer: (D) (A) and (B)
43. The viceroy who introduced Doctrine of Lapse?
(A) Lord Wellesley
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Canning
Correct Answer: (B) Lord Dalhousie
44. What was the ratio of Indian soldiers and
Europeans in the Army at the time of 1857 Revolt
(A) 5 : 1
(B) 4 : 2
(C) 6 : 1
(D) 7 : 2
Correct Answer: (C) 6 : 1
45. Banaras and Allahabad were recaptured by
(A) Neill
(B) Willson
(C) Hudson
(D) Campbell
Correct Answer: (A) Neill
46. Who was the founder of the Indian National
Congress?
(A) Gopala Krishna Gokale
(B) Allen Octavian Hume
(C) Feroz Shah Mehata
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Correct Answer: (B) Allen Octavian Hume