History – The National Uprising of 1857

Std VIII – Ch 5

Question	Op1	Op2	Op3	Op4	Answer
In which cantonment, Mangal Pandey shot at the British officer?	Barrackpore	Kanpur	Merath	Lucknow	1
Who annexed more states between 1848 to 1856?	Lord Dalhousie	Lord Cornwallis	Lord Bentinck	Lord Hastings	1
Who was proclaimed the Emperor of India?	Bahadur Shah Jafar	Ahmedulla	Bakht Khan	Kunwar Singh	1
Where did Rani Laxmibai fight the British?	Lahore	Mysore	Jhansi	Pondicherry	3
Where did Nanasaheb Peshwa fight the British?	Nagpur	Calcutta	Shillong	Kanpur	4
Where did Kunwar Singh fight the British?	Rangoon	Jagdishpur	Panipat	Plassey	2
Where did Maulavi Ahmedulla fight the British?	Bundelkhand	Bagelkhand	Jharkhand	Rohilkhand	4
What appeal did Umaji Naik make to the people?	Unite against Ahmed Shah Abdali	Let women go to schools	Fight against the British and overthrow their rule	Keep India clean	3
What news hurt the religious sentiments of the Indian soldiers?	No holidays for festivals.	Greased covering of the cartridges contained the fat of cows or of pigs.	No meat to eat.	They had to travel by ships.	2
How did Lord Dalhousie take possession of Avadh?	Dethroned the Nawab of Avadh under the pretext of mismanagement	Applied the Doctrine of Lapse.	Blockaded Avadh.	Conquered Avadh.	1