6 - The Revolt of 1857: Worksheet-6.1
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Q1.
Date:
Tick the correct option.
a. By _____________ CE, almost the whole of India was under British control.
(i) 1757 CE
(ii) 1857 CE
(iii) 1900 CE
(iv) None of them
(iii) turban
(iv) All of them
b. Indian soldiers were not allowed to wear:
(i) tilak
(ii) beard
c. Lord ____________ decided to annex Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse.
(i) Wellesley
(ii) Dalhousie
(iii) Hastings
(iv) None of them
(iii) Kanpur
(iv) Awadh
d. The revolt of 1857 broke out in
(i) Jhansi
(ii) Meerut
e. The revolt was led by _____________ in Awadh.
Q2.
(i) Nana Sahib
(ii) Begum Hazrat Mahal (iii) Tantia Tope
(iv) Rani Laxmibai
Write True or False.
a. The immediate cause of the revolt of 1857 was the Doctrine of Lapse.
b. Rani Laxmibai marched to Kanpur with her troops.
c. John Nicholson was the hero of the Siege of Delhi.
d. Many Indian rulers helped the British in suppressing the revolt.
e. The Company rule came to an end after the revolt of 1857.
Q3. Fill in the blanks.
a.
, a Brahmin sepoy, refused to use the greased cartridges.
b. The last Mughal ruler
could not use the title of king.
c. Lord Dalhousie decided to annex
under the Doctrine of Lapse.
d. The first female unit of the Indian National Army was named after
.
e. The introduction of the _________ rifle sparked off the revolt of 1857.
Q4. Why didn’t the Indian soldiers want to use the greased cartridges?
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