WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2023

Q. In which year the Queen’s Proclamation was issued?

(A) 1855
(B) 1859
(C) 1800
(D) 1858

Correct Answer: (D) 1858

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Q. Who was the then Governor General of India at the time of the Great Revolt of 1857?

(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Minto

Correct Answer: (A) Lord Canning

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2021

Q. Which Governor-General of India introduced the policy of annexation of princely states on the ground of bad administration?

(A) Lord Wellesley
(B) Lord Bentinck
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) Lord Bentinck

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2020

Q. The Revolt of 1857 did not acquire much intensity in

(A) Delhi
(B) Awadh
(C) Bombay
(D) The Chambal region

Correct Answer: (C) Bombay

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Q. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was the 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.

Correct Answer: (A) East India Company to the British Crown.

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Q. The author of the book “The Indian War of Independence 1857” was

(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(B) V. D. Savarkar
(C) R. S. Sharma
(D) R. C. Majumdar

Correct Answer: (B) V. D. Savarkar

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2019

Q. Which of the following was the chief organizer of the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?

(A) Amar Singh
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Pir Ali
(D) Imaduddin

Correct Answer: (B) Kunwar Singh

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2018

Q. Arrange the following places witnessing the sepoy revolts according to chronological order:

(i) Delhi
(ii) Bareilly
(iii) Kanpur
(iv) Meerut

(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(B) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

Correct Answer: (B) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

Chronology: Meerut (10 May 1857) → Delhi (11 May) → Kanpur (June) → Bareilly (31 May).

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Q. Arrange the following sepoy mutinies in chronological order:

(i) Vellore Mutiny
(ii) 47 Native Infantry Mutiny
(iii) Sholapur Mutiny
(iv) Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

Correct Answer: (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Exam Fact: Vellore Mutiny (1806) → 47th Native Infantry Mutiny (1824) → Sholapur Mutiny (1838) → Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny (1844).

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Q. Mangal Pandey, a sepoy of 34th Native Infantry stationed at Barrackpore, mutinied on

(A) 21 March, 1857
(B) 29 March, 1857
(C) 23 May, 1857
(D) 22 June, 1857

Correct Answer: (B) 29 March, 1857

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Q. Match important centres of the Revolt of 1857 with their leaders:

(a) Bakht Khan
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Hazrat Mahal
(d) Lakshmibai

(i) Jhansi
(ii) Kanpur
(iii) Delhi
(iv) Lucknow

(A) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
(B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(D) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

Correct Answer: (B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

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Q. Vellore Mutiny took place in the year

(A) 1805
(B) 1806
(C) 1807
(D) 1810

Correct Answer: (B) 1806

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Q. The Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly was led by

(A) Bahadur Shah II
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Khan Bahadur Khan
(D) Firoz Shah

Correct Answer: (C) Khan Bahadur Khan

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Q. Among the following pairs, find out the incorrect match:

(A) Delhi — James Neill
(B) Kanpur — Sir Hugh Wheeler
(C) Lucknow — Sir Colin Campbell
(D) Jhansi — Sir Hugh Rose

Correct Answer: (A) Delhi — James Neill

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Q. Who among the following British officers died during the siege of Residency at Lucknow?

(A) Havelock
(B) John Nicholson
(C) Henry Lawrence
(D) Colin Campbell

Correct Answer: (C) Henry Lawrence

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2017

Q. Which Mughal ruler became the unifying symbol of the Revolt of 1857?

(A) Bahadur Shah I
(B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(C) Shah Alam I
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Q. Which of the following was not a storm-centre of the Revolt of 1857?

(A) Madras
(B) Arrah
(C) Jhansi
(D) Bareilly

Correct Answer: (A) Madras

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2016

Q. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857?

(i) Money lenders
(ii) Merchants
(iii) Modern intelligentsia
(iv) Old Zamindars
(v) Urban-based absentee landlords

(A) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Correct Answer: (C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v)

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2015

Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(A) Banaras — Sir Colin Campbell
(B) Jhansi — Sir Hugh Rose
(C) Kanpur — Brigadier General Neil
(D) Lucknow — Major General Havelock

Correct Answer: (B) Jhansi — Sir Hugh Rose

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Q. During whose period did the European soldiers stage the so-called ‘White Mutiny’ in India?

(A) Dalhousie
(B) Canning
(C) Mayo
(D) Ripon

Correct Answer: (B) Canning

WBCS Mains Modern Indian History Revolt of 1857 Questions 2014

Q. A leading British parliamentarian and politician who admitted that the Revolt of 1857 was ‘a national revolt’ and not a military mutiny was:

(A) David George
(B) William Hilderband
(C) Disraeli
(D) George Bingsley

Correct Answer: (C) Disraeli