(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Indian History - Modern Indian History: Revolts & Rebellions (MCQ -6)

1. Match the following
(i) Laxmi Bai                 (a) Faizabad
(ii) Mangal Pandey        (b) Jhansi
(iii) Maulvi Ahmadullah  (c) Barrackpore

     (a) (b) (c)
(1) (iii) (i) (ii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (i) (iii) (ii)

2. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.
(i) In Delhi, Bahadur Shah was the nominal leader and the real command was under General Bakht Khan.
(ii) In Arrah, Rani Laxmi Bai assumed the leadership of the Sepoys.
(iii) In Lucknow, the revolt was led by Begum Hazrat Mahal.

(a) i & iii
(b) all of the above
(c) none of the above
(d) ii

3. Who among the following was the author of Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies 1857-89.
(a) B.C. Majumdar
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) S.B. Chaudhary
(d) V.D. Savarkar

4. Match the following
(i) Ahom           (a) Savaram
(ii) Khasi           (b) Buddhu Bhagat
(iii) Bhils            (c) Gomdhar Kunwar

     (a) (b) (c)
(1) (i) (ii) (iii)
(2) (iii) (ii) (i)
(3) (ii) (iii) (i)

5. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.
(i) R.C. Majumdar described the 1857 Revolt as neither first nor national war of Independence.
(ii) T.R. Holmes described the 1857 Revolt as conflict between civilization & Barbarism.
(iii) Jawaharlal Nehru said that 1857 Revolt was nothing but a Hindu-Muslim conspiracy.

(a) ii
(b) i & ii
(c) all of the above
(d) none of the above

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