EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 44

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 44

431) Which part of India was silent when revolt of 1857 was spreading in India?
A) South India
B) North India
C) Central India
D) Western India

Answer: South India
   
432) Consider the following statements about Revolt of 1857
1. The infamous massacre related with Nana Saheb took place at Bibigarh, Kanpur.
2. VD Sarvarkar was the first person to opine Revolt of 1857 as the first 'Indian War of Independence'.
3. Nana's troops were responsible for the massacre at Kanpur.
4. The revolt came to an end with the capture of Tantiya Tope.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 3 and 4
C) 2, 3 and 4
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
433) Which city was the main centre of revolt of 1857?
A) Jhansi
B) Oudh
C) Champaran
D) Bareilly

Answer: Oudh
   
434) Who among the following refused to allow Rani Laximi Bai's son to succeed to the throne?
A) General dyer
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Wellington
D) Lord Mountbatten

Answer: Lord Dalhousie
   
435) Babu Kunwar singh who took part in great leader of Revolt of 1857 was .
A) Zamindar of Gorakhpur
B) Zamindar of Jagdishpur
C) Zamindar of Rohilkhand
D) Zamindar of Raipur

Answer: Zamindar of Jagdishpur

436) Assertion (A) After the Revolt of 1857 in India, the British recruited the soldiers in the British Indian Army from Punjabi, Gurkha and Pathan communities on a large scale and declared them as martial communities.
Reason (R) The soldiers from these communities staunchly secured the British interests outside India on a large scale.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

Answer: Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
   
437) In 1857, the first shot from a rebel's gun was tired in
A) Meerut
B) Ambala
C) Barrackpore
D) Delhi

Answer: Barrackpore