14000+ MCQs Modern History (Revolt of 1857)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 15/03/2026
1. Where did Kunwar Singh join the rebellion of 1857 against the British?
2. Which of the following Princely States was not annexed by the British?
3. When was the Religious Disabilities Act passed?
4. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
5. The First War of Independence started from
6. When was the new Enfield rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
7. Who had suppressed the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
8. The educated middle class in India
9. Who among the following was believed to be a leader of the Sanyasis and Fakirs conspiring against the British in 1857?
10. The Azamgarh proclamation of 25th August, 1857 stressed on which one of the following issues?
11. Which one of the following was not a cause of the revolt of 1857?
12. Consider the following statements and mark the correct answer.
I. RC Majumdar described the 1857 Revolt as neither first nor national war of independence. II. TR Holmes described the 1857 Revolt as conflict between civilisation and Barbarian. III. Jawaharlal Nehru said that 1857 Revolt was nothing, but a Hindu-Muslim conspiracy.
13. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
14. The ruler of which of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
15. Mangal Pandey incident took place at
16. Assertion (A) First War of Independence broke out in India in 1857, soon after the departure of Lord Dalhousie from India. Reason (R) Lord Dalhousie’s Annexationist policy had caused great discontent.
17. The effect of Indian revolt of 1857 on East India Company was
18. Match the following (Book on 1857 Revolt) with the Author.
| List I (Book) | List II (Author) |
| A. The First Indian War of Independence 1857–59 | 1. Syed Ahmad Khan |
| B. Causes of Indian Revolt | 2. S. B. Chaudhury |
| C. The Sepoy Mutiny and the Rebellion of 1857 | 3. Karl Marx |
| D. Civil Rebellion in Indian Mutinies | 4. R. C. Majumdar |
19. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?
20. In which division of the British Indian Army Pandey was inducted as a soldier?
21. Which one of the following statements about the revolt of 1857 is correct?
22. The immediate cause of India’s First War of Independence was
23. With reference to the Revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend: captured and put to death by the British?
24. The largest number of soldiers participated in the struggle of 1857 came from
25. Who wrote The Indian War of Independence?
26. Indian Bills of Landing Act was passed in
27. Official historian of Indian freedom struggle was
28. Who among the following refused to allow Rani Lakshmibai’s adopted son to succeed to the throne?
29. Before the outbreak of revolt of 1857 at Meerut, Mangal Pandey had become a martyr on 29th March, 1857. He was hanged at
30. Why modern educated Indians did not support the Revolt of 1857?
31. 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?
32. 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.
33. Which among the following was not an economic cause of the revolt of 1857?
34. The first event relating to the war of independence of 1857 was
35. Consider the following centres of the Revolt of 1857.
I. Delhi II. Faizabad III. Bareilly IV. Banaras Which of these were the main centres of the Revolt of 1857?
36. Which one of the following military cause was responsible for 1857 revolt?
37. Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Bareilly?
38. 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?
39. Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India.
I. Jhansi II. Sambalpur III. Satara Arrange in the correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British.
40. Which of the following was the economic cause of 1857 revolt?
41. Who defeated the Joint Army of British and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857?
42. Who was the Governor-General of India during the revolt of 1857?
43. The active participant of the Bundela rebellion of 1842 Hirdeshah was Zamindar of which of the following place?
44. To whom the rebel soldiers from Meerut declared the ‘Emperor of India’, after sieging Delhi, on 12th May, 1857?
45. The use of which rifle proved to be the immediate cause of 1857 revolt?
46. Who among the following died in exile?
47. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmibai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is
48. Which one of the following economic factor caused the 1857 Revolt?
49. Where is the samadhi (tomb/memorial) of Maharani Lakshmibai situated?
50. Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched?