Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Early Uprising and
Revolt of 1857/Crown's rule
Question 1: Which of the following is not one of the Rajas of
South India to raise the banner of revolt against the
British?
a) Raja of Vijayanagar
b) Raja of Trivancore
c) Kerala Varma Raja of Wynaad
d) Raja Vira Raja of Coorg
Answer: (b)
Question 2: Which one of the following statements regarding the
revolt of 1857 is not correct?
a) the revolt was supported wholeheartedly by the educated, elite
Indian everywhere
b) the diverse element which took part in the revolt were united by
their hatred of British rule
c) the role of Hindu-Muslim unity in the revolt was acknowledged by
many, including British officials
d) the revolt did not spread to South India
Answer: (a)
Question 3: No taxation without representation, was the popular
slogan of
a) Indian Freedom Struggle
b) American War of Independence
c) Russian Revolution
d) French Revolution
Answer: (b)
Question 4: What was the purpose with which Sir William
Wedderburn and W.S. Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary
Committee in 1893?
a) to agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of
Commons
b) to campaign for the entry of Indians into the Imperial
Judiciary
c) to facilitate a discussion on India's independence in the British
Parliament
d) to agitate for the entry of eminent Indian into the British
Parliament
Answer: (a)
Question 5: Which of the following is not one of the Indian
rulers/zamindars who remained loyal to the Company during the
revolt of 1857?
a) Sikh chiefs of the Cis-Sutlej areas
b) Maharaja Gulab Singh of Kashmir
c) Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Durgapur
d) Zamindar of Bengal
Answer: (c)
Question 6: The educated middle class in India
a) opposed the revolt of 1857
b) supported the revolt of 1857
c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
d) Fought against native rulers
Answer: (c)
Question 7: Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the
Second Round Table Conference?
a) Clement Attlee
b) Neville Chamberlain
c) Ramsay MacDonald
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 8: Which of the following describes the nature of the
revolt of 1857 most accurately?
a) it was a national war of independence
b) it was a Muslim conspiracy exploiting Hindu grievances
c) it was the last attempt of an effete medieval feudal order to
recover its last glory
d) it was a purely military outbreak
Answer: (c)
Question 9: �A national revolt rooted in deep mistrust� who among
the following gave the above statement
a) R.C. Mazumdar
b) Benjamin Disraeli
c) V.D. Savarkar
d) S.N. Sen
Answer: (b)
Question 10: When Congress leaders condemned the
Montague-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form
the?
a) Swarajya Party
b) Indian Freedom Party
c) Independence Federation of India
d) India Liberal Federation
Answer: (d)
Question 11: Which one among the following acts of British India
strengthened the Viceroy�s authority over his executive council by
substituting �portfolio� or departmental system for corporate
functioning?
a) Indian Council�s Act, 1861
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Indian Council�s Act, 1892
d) Indian Council�s Act, 1909
Answer: (a)
Question 12: To which among the residuary powers were conferred
by the federation established by the Act of 1935?
a) Federal legislature
b) Provincial legislatures
c) Governor general
d) Provincial governors
Answer: (c )
Question 13: The Gadkari uprising of 1844-45 was directed against
the
a) Money lenders
b) British Government
c) Maharaja of Kolhapur
d) Both �a� and �b�
Answer: (d)
Question 14: Separate electorates for Muslims in India were
introduced by which of the following Acts?
a) Government of India Act of 1902
b) Indian Council�s Act of 1892
c) Rowlatt Act of 1919
d) Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: (a)
Question 15: Which one of the following was the leader of
Waliullahi Movement?
a) Waliulla
b) Abdul Aziz
c) Muhammad Abdul Wahab
d) Sayed Ahmad of Rae
Wababi Bareilly
Answer: (d)
Question 16: Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with
specific instruction to
a) balkanize the Indian subcontinent
b) keep India united if possible
c) accept Jinnah�s demand for pakistan
d) persuade the Congress to accept partition
Answer: (b)
Question 17: The first census in India was conducted at the time
of
a) Lord Dufferin
b) Lord Lytton
c) Lord Auckland
d) Sir John Napier
Answer: (a)
Question 18: Who among the following was not a member of the
Royal Commission on the Public Services in India, 1912?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
b) Valentine Chirol
c) Abdur Rahim
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (d)
Question 19: The tribal leader, who was regarded as an
incarnation of God and Father of the world/dharti
Aba was
a) Kanhu Santhal
b) Rupa Naik
c) Birsa Munda
d) Joria Bhagat
Answer: (c)
Question 20: Muslim Faqirs from their headquarters in the Nepal
Terai, wandered about the country levying contributions and
defying the authority of the British Government. Who among the
following was their founder leader?
a) Chiraj Ali Shah
b) Majnun Shah
c) Dadu miyan
d) Titu Miyan
Answer: (b)