I.Choose the correct answer
1. The Great Revoltof 1857 took place during the period of Lord________.
a) Bentinck b) Dalhousie c) canning
Ans : c) Canning
2. The Sepoy mutinyfirst broke out in ______________
a) Barrakpore b) Delhi c)Kanpur
Ans : a)Barrackpore
3. ____________ wasthe first soldier who refused to use the greased cartridge
a) Mangal Pandey b) Nana Shahib c) Bahadur Shah
Ans : a) Mangal Pandey
4. The mainpolitical cause for the Great Revolt of 1857 was __________
a) Heavy taxes b) Dual government c) Doctrine of Lapse
Ans : c) Doctrineof Lapse
5. The Englishhistorians call the revolt of 1857 as ____________
a) The Great revolt b) Freedom struggle c) Sepoy mutiny
Ans : C) Sepoymutiny
6. The Doctrine ofLapse was introduced by _____________
a) Wellesley b) Dalhousie c) Hastings
Ans : b) Dalhousie
7. Mangal Pandy wasa ____________
a) Brahmin sepoy b)British General c) Historian
Ans : a) Brahminsepoy
8. The revolt atLucknow was led by ___________
a) Hazarat Mahal b) Nana Sahib c) Rani Lakshmi Bai
Ans : a) HazaratMahal
II.Fill in the blanks
1. ____________ wasa culmination of the accumulated of the Indian people against the
British rule.
Ans : Great Revoltof 1857
2. The Great Revoltof 1857 is also known as ___________
Ans : The first warof Indian Independence
3. The immediatecause of the revolt of 1857 was the introduction of __________.
Ans : Greasedcartridges.
4. The Englishtroops under Sir John Nicholson captured ____________.
Ans : Delhi
1. The subsidiaryAlliance system was introduced by ___________.
Ans : LordWellesley
2. The Generalservice Enlistment Act was passed in ___________.
Ans : 1856
3. After the GreatRevolt of 1857 the Governor General of India was called ___________.
Ans : Viceroy.
III.Match the following
| 1. Mangal Pandey | a) Central India |
| 2. Tantia Tope | b) Barrackpore |
| 3. Lord Canning | c) Commander of Nana Sahib’s forces |
| 4. Rani Lakshmi Bai | d) The first viceroy of India |
Ans : 1 – B, 2 – C,3 – D, 4 – D
V.Give short answers
1.Why was Mangal Pandey changed by the British?
i) Mangal Pandy wasa Brahmin sepoy.
ii) He was thefirst soldier to protest against the greased cartridges.
iii) He refused touse the cartridges and shot his officer dead.
iv) So he wasarrested and hanged by the British.
2.Write a short note on the Great Revolt of 1857.
i) The revolt of1857 was not sudden occurrence.
ii) It was aculmination of the accumulated grievances against the British.
iii) People fromall sections of the society joined to revolt.
3.Write a short note on Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi.
i) The revoltcentral India was led by Rani lakshmi Bai of Jhansi.
ii) When theEnglish forces laid a size to the fort of Jhansi Lakshmi fought bravely. Butshe could not defend the fort.
V. Answer in detatil
1. Analyze the various causes for the GreatRevolt of 1857.
Political causes:
i) The British policies of created suspicionin the minds of the Indians.
ii) Lord Wellesley’s subsidiary Alliance andLord Dalhousie Doctrine of Lapse made the Indian rulers the deadly enemies ofthe English.
Economic causes
i) Under the British rule, the economiccondition of the people had deteriorated.
ii) All trade and commerce of the countrywent into the hands of the English.
Social and religious causes
i) The introduction of railways, telegraphsand western education created suspicion in the minds of the people.
ii) The missionaries converted Hindus toChristianity.
Military causes
i) The Indian sepoy’s had many grievancesagainst the British.
ii) They asked for better pay and goodtreatment Act based in 1856.
iii) In order to make the sepoy’s looksmarter, they were asked to trim their moustaches and beards.
Immediate case
i) The immediate cause of the revolt of 1857was the introduction of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifles.
ii) These cartridge’s had to be bitten by thesepoy’s in order to fit them in the new rifles.
iii) There was a rumour that these cartridgeswere greased with the fat of the cow and pig.
2. What were they causes for the failure ofthe Great Revolt of 1857?
i) There was no Unity among the Indians.
ii) The ideals of nationalism and Unity wasnot developed among the Indian masses.
iii) The revolt was not widespread all overthe country.
3. Discuss the results of the Great Revolt of1857 and Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.
i) The revolt of 1857 put an end to the ruleof the English East India company.
ii) The administration of India was takenones by the British crown.
iii) Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was issuedon November-1 1858.
iv) The Board of control and the court ofDirectors were abolished and the office of the secretary of the state forIndian affairs was established.
v) The Governor General of India now came tobe called as viceroy of India.
vi) The Indian army was thoroughly re-organized.