14000+ MCQs Modern History (Revolt of 1857)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?
2. Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched?
3. The real name of which of the following Leader of 1857 was Ramachandra Pandurang?
4. Which among the following British Officers lost their lives at Lucknow?
I. General John Nicholson II. General Neill III. Major Havelock (The officer's name is usually Sir Henry Havelock, sometimes just Havelock) IV. Sir Henry Lawrence Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
5. Who administered the following mass oath with sacred Jamuna water in their folded palms: “We shall not give up Kalpi, As long as we live! With our own hands we shall not lose our own country”?
6. Who led the rebellion in Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) in 1857?
I. Rana Pratap Singh II. Veer Singh III. Raghvendra Singh IV. Virendra Singh Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
7. Who among the following was the British Resident in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British Dominion?
8. Kunwar Singh and Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah led the revolt of 1857 at
9. Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. Which among the following assurances were fulfilled by British Government?
10. When was the new Enfield rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
11. Which among the following is/are correct?
I. Lakshmibai joined the revolt because of Doctrine of Lapse. II. Doctrine of Lapse was coined by Lord Dalhousie. Choose the correct answer from codes.
12. What was the socio-religious factor/s for the 1857 revolt?
13. Match List I (Place of Revolt in 1857) with List II (British Officer who suppressed the Revolt) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Place of Revolt) | List II (Suppressor) |
| A. Jagdishpur | 1. General Neil |
| B. Delhi | 2. William Taylor |
| C. Bareilly | 3. John Nicholson |
| D. Allahabad | 4. Colin Campbell |
14. Who wrote The Indian War of Independence?
15. When was the Religious Disabilities Act passed?
16. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
17. Consider the following statements regarding causes of Revolt of 1857.
I. Denial of the adoption of child by the childless king. II. The British Policy of looking down upon Indian subjects. III. Discriminations among English and Indian soldiers. IV. Social reform and conversion to Christianity. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
18. The First War of Independence started from
19. Which among the following was not an economic cause of the revolt of 1857?
20. The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Awadh was
21. Who among the following died in exile?
22. The statement, ‘The so-called first national war of Independence was neither first nor national, nor a war of independence’ is associated with
23. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in last battle against
24. Who termed the uprising of 1857 as the First War of Independence?
25. In which division of the British Indian Army Pandey was inducted as a soldier?
26. At the time of 1857 Revolt, who was the British Commanding officer at Barrackpore?
27. Consider the following native rulers
I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Scindia of Gwalior IV. Nizam of Hyderabad Who among these native rulers did not participate in the revolt of 1857?
28. Who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar?
29. The immediate cause of India’s First War of Independence was
30. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the revolt of 1857?
31. Who among the following refused to allow Rani Lakshmibai’s adopted son to succeed to the throne?
32. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmibai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is
33. When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian Administration under British crown?
34. Who among the following was the author of Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies, 1857-59?
35. Statement I In 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was being misgoverned. Statement II The Nawab was accused of being unable to control the rebellious chiefs and Taluqdars.
36. Who was the leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?
37. Which of the following Princely States was not annexed by the British?
38. Who was Commander in Chief of Nana Saheb?
39. Why did the revolt of 1857 fail?
I. It was not joined by certain groups and classes. II. Modern educated Indians looked at it as backward looking. III. Indian soldiers were well-equipped. IV. There was a coherent ideology during the revolt. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
40. Azimullah Khan was an advisor of
41. Who among the following formulated and implemented the Doctrine of Lapse?
42. To whom the rebel soldiers from Meerut declared the ‘Emperor of India’, after sieging Delhi, on 12th May, 1857?
43. The Azamgarh proclamation of 25th August, 1857 stressed on which one of the following issues?
44. Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of Doctrine of Lapse?
45. In which year did the privilege of free postage enjoyed by sepoys were withdrawn by ‘The Post-Office Act’?
46. Consider the following statements about Revolt of 1857.
I. The infamous massacre related with Nana Saheb took place at Bibighar, Kanpur. II. V.D. Savarkar was the first person to opine Revolt of 1857 as the first ‘Indian War of Independence’. III. Nana’s troops were responsible for the massacre at Kanpur. IV. The revolt came to an end with the capture of Tatya Tope. Which of the statements given above are correct?
47. Whose fate after the 1857 revolt is unknown?
48. Who among the following was bestowed with the title of Saheb-e-Alam Bahadur by Bahadur Shah during the uprising of 1857?
49. Which of the following was the important causes of failure of Revolt of 1857?
I. The rebels lacked a supreme head. (Corrected: The rebels lacked a supreme head.) II. Most vested interests in India remained fast in their loyalty to the British. III. The rebels lacked financial resources. IV. Modern technologies, gadgets of British overpowered the rebels.
50. Find the incorrect match for the centre of the revolt and associated British officer.
