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Monday, 30 March 2015

Expansion of British Supremacy / Revolt of 1857 SECTION 2



1.       The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj –ud-daulah, as
(a)    Growth of large- scale British trade
(b)   An attack upon his sovereignty
(c)    Insecurity of the British in India
(d)   British control over Bengal

2.       The real name of Tatya tope was
(a)    G K Gokhale
(b)   Balaji Rao
(c)    Nana Saheb
(d)   Ramchandra Panduranga 

3.       Who was known by the sobriquet of ‘Mahak pari’ during the 1857 revolt?
(a)    Rani Laxmi Bai
(b)   Zeenat Mahal
(c)    Hazrat Mahal
(d)   None of the above

4.       With reference to the revolt of 1857 who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in march 1858?
(a)    Major General wyndham
(b)   Sir Colin Campbell
(c)    Major general Havelock
(d)   Sir Hugh Rose

5.       Who amongst the following is associated with the Local Self Government Act?
(a)    Cornwallis
(b)   William Bentick
(c)    Dalhousie
(d)   Ripon

6.       Match the following
List I
(1857 Revolt British Generals)
List II
(place of Action)
      A.      John Nicholson
      B.      Colin Campbell
     C.      Havelock
      D.      Hugh Rose
       1.       Lucknow
      2.       Jahansi
      3.       Delhi
      4.       Kanpur

Codes
                                   A     B      C     D
(a)    3     4      1      2
(b)   1     2      3      4  
(c)    3     2      1      4
(d)   1     4      3      2

7.       Which British Governor General introduced postage stamp in India?
(a)    Lord Dalhousie
(b)   Lord Auckland
(c)    Lord Canning
(d)   Lord William Bentinck

8.       Who among the following wrote the book “A nation in the making”?
(a)    Dinbandhu Mitra
(b)   Surendranath Banerjee
(c)    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d)   Subhash Chandra Bose

9.       Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the doctrine of lapse?
(a)    Nagpur
(b)   Jhansi
(c)    Sambalpur
(d)   Satara

10.   Who amongst the following Englishmen cros fellow of gandhiji in South Africa?

(a)    CE Andrews
(b)   Polak
(c)    Peterson
(d)   None of these

         Answer:

1.       D
2.       D
3.       B
4.       D
5.       D
6.       A
7.       A
8.       B
9.       D
10.   B

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