Q1. Who is the author of the book ‘The Last Mughal: The fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857’?
(a) John Kirkland
(b) William Dalrymple
(c) Thomas Wilson
(d) Simon Digby
Q2. Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in____
(a) Punjab
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
Q3. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet____
(a) Mir Tapi Mir
(b) Zauq
(c) Ghalib
(d) Iqbal
Q4. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
(b) Maulavi Imadulah
(c) Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
(d) Nawab Liaquat Ali
Q5. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Public Service Commission
(b) Peal Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Simon Commission
Q6. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from___
(a) East India Company to the British Crown
(b) British Crown to the East India Company
(c) East India Company to the Governor General
(d) British Crown to the Board of Directors
Q7. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at____
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Meerut
(c) Kanpur
(d) Jhansi
Q8. Who, among the following, was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(b) Nana Sahib
(c) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(d) Khan Bahadur
Q9. One of the India’s first freedom fighters against British is____
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Kittur Rani Chennamma
(c) Rani Laxmi Bai
(d) None of these
Q10. During India’s freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of the following places?
(a) Agra
(b) Gwalior
(c) Jhansi
(d) Meerut
