Answers of Quiz 1636 (War of Independence 1857 Special)
1. On 10 May 1857
2. This War was fought in 1857 by Indians against the British in order to get rid of their domination.
3. The main causes of the War were political, social, economical, military and religious. It was an extreme effort made by Indians, but they failed due to certain reasons including mutual jealousies, disunity, and lack of central leadership etc.
4. (B) Meerut
5. The main event which became the immediate cause of the war was the refusal of the Sepoys to use the grease covered cartridges (greased with fat of pig and cow) on January 23, 1857. At the same time, an Indian sepoy killed two British officers at Barrackpore, when he was forced to use greased cartridges. He was arrested and hanged to death on April 8, 1857. This news spread as fast as jungle fire.
6. (D) 29 March
7. (D) Mangal Pandey
8. (A) 8 April 1857
9. Rani Lakshmi Bai (Jhansi Ki Rani)
10. Nana Sahib, the adopted son of Peshwa Bajirao-II
11. Begum Hazrat Mahal, the wife of x-king of Awadh
12. Kunwar Singh
13. (B) Sikhs
14. (C) Sir John Shore
15. (B) General Bakht Khan
16. (A) 1857
17. (A) Raja Gangadhar
18. Bahadur Shah Zafar
19. Charles Canning
20. (C) 0.5 Million
21. (B) 5 Thousand
22. (A) William Hodson
23. (A) Muslims
24. (A) East India Company
25. Bijnor
26. (A) British
27. (A) Saved lives of Englishmen during the War of Independence
28. (B) Non-admission of Indians into legislative council
29. After 2 years
30. Aasar-us-Sanadid & Loyal Muhammadans of India, Causes of Revolt
31. (A) 1 November 1858
32. The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. According to the doctrine, any princely state or territory under the direct influence (paramountcy) of the British East India Company (the dominant imperial power in the subcontinent), as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir". The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.
33. Burma
34. On 1 November 1858
35. (A) 1 November 1858
36. Government of India Act 1858
37. After 90 years
38. The rebellion is known by many names, including the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and India's First War of Independence.
39. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Last Cartridge, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977), Junoon (1978), Mangal Pandey (2005)
2. This War was fought in 1857 by Indians against the British in order to get rid of their domination.
3. The main causes of the War were political, social, economical, military and religious. It was an extreme effort made by Indians, but they failed due to certain reasons including mutual jealousies, disunity, and lack of central leadership etc.
4. (B) Meerut
5. The main event which became the immediate cause of the war was the refusal of the Sepoys to use the grease covered cartridges (greased with fat of pig and cow) on January 23, 1857. At the same time, an Indian sepoy killed two British officers at Barrackpore, when he was forced to use greased cartridges. He was arrested and hanged to death on April 8, 1857. This news spread as fast as jungle fire.
6. (D) 29 March
7. (D) Mangal Pandey
8. (A) 8 April 1857
9. Rani Lakshmi Bai (Jhansi Ki Rani)
10. Nana Sahib, the adopted son of Peshwa Bajirao-II
11. Begum Hazrat Mahal, the wife of x-king of Awadh
12. Kunwar Singh
13. (B) Sikhs
14. (C) Sir John Shore
15. (B) General Bakht Khan
16. (A) 1857
17. (A) Raja Gangadhar
18. Bahadur Shah Zafar
19. Charles Canning
20. (C) 0.5 Million
21. (B) 5 Thousand
22. (A) William Hodson
23. (A) Muslims
24. (A) East India Company
25. Bijnor
26. (A) British
27. (A) Saved lives of Englishmen during the War of Independence
28. (B) Non-admission of Indians into legislative council
29. After 2 years
30. Aasar-us-Sanadid & Loyal Muhammadans of India, Causes of Revolt
31. (A) 1 November 1858
32. The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. According to the doctrine, any princely state or territory under the direct influence (paramountcy) of the British East India Company (the dominant imperial power in the subcontinent), as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir". The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.
33. Burma
34. On 1 November 1858
35. (A) 1 November 1858
36. Government of India Act 1858
37. After 90 years
38. The rebellion is known by many names, including the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and India's First War of Independence.
39. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Last Cartridge, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977), Junoon (1978), Mangal Pandey (2005)
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