1857 Sepoy Mutiny – 1857 Revolt (or 1857 Sepoy Mutiny) has a great role in our History. This revolt also has other names like First Indian war of Independence and Great Indian Rebellion.
Here in this class we have discussed some exam oriented important 1857 Revolt MCQ questions answers. Here we have covered topics like brave leaders of the revolt, important revolt places, Maharani Laxmi Bai, Nana Saheb, Mangal Pandey, Begum Hazrat Mahal, and many more.
1857 Sepoy Mutiny GK Questions
# Who is the first Governor General and Viceroy of British India?
a. John Lawrence
b. Warren Hastings
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Dalhousie
Ans. c
# From the following who was a prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
a. Rani Laxmi Bai
b. Begum Hazrat Mahal
c. Bahadur Shah Zafar
d. Kuwar Singh
Ans. b
# Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘The best and bravest military leader of the Rebel’?
a. Kuwar singh
b. Rani Laxmi bai
c. Bahadur shah zafar
d. Bakht khan
Ans. b
# The 1857 revolt at Lucknow was led by?
a. Bakht khan
b. Begum Hazarat mahal
c. Tatya tope
d. Nana saheb
Ans. b
# Who has written the book ‘India war of Independence 1857’?
a. R.C. Majumdar
b. V.D. Savarkar
c. S.N. Sen
d. Lord Canning
Ans. b
1857 Revolt MCQ Questions Answers
# The poet who witnessed the 1857 Revolt?
a. Mir Taqi Mir
b. Ghalib
c. Iqbal
d. Zauq
Ans. b
# From the following which British officials suppressed Revolt of Jhansi?
a. Henry Lawrence
b. Huge Rose
c. Colin Campbell
d. Henry Havelock
Ans. b
# Who was the commander of mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar during 1857 revolt?
Ans. General Bakht Khan
# Who is the author of the book ‘The first Indian War of Independence 1857-59’?
a. Karl Marx
b. Syed Ahmad Khan
c. R.C. Mazumdar
d. Rani Laxmi Bai
Ans. a
# Who is associated with Baraut in Uttar Pradesh during 1857 revolts?
a. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
b. Tatya Tope
c. Kuwar Singh
d. Shah Mal
Ans. d
> Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah was from Faizabad Uttar Pradesh
> Tatya Tope was from Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
> Kuwar Singh was from Bihar
1857 Revolt GK Questions
# Where is the birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai?
a. Jhansi
b. Varanasi
c. Bihar
d. Agra
Ans. b
# Who called the revolt of 1857 as ‘First war of Independence’?
a. Ashok Mehta
b. V.D. Savarkar
c. Lord Canning
d. S.N. Sen
Ans. b
# What was the main cause of 1857 revolt?
a. Military discontent
b. Public outrage
c. Management of Christian Missionaries
d. Policy of British Empire
Ans. d
# Name the author of the book ‘The Last Mughal: Fall of dynasty Delhi 1857’?
a. Ghalib
b. William Dalrymple
c. Thomas Wilson
d. Iqbal
Ans. b
# Who was the commander of Nana Saheb in Kanpur during 1857 revolt?
Ans. Tatya Tope
# Who was the advisor of Nana Saheb during 1857 revolt?
Ans. Azimullah Khan
# Mangal Pandey incident took place in which place?
a. Lucknow
b. Meerut
c. Madras
d. Barrackpore
Ans. d
# Mangal Pandey belongs to which regiment?
a. 19 Native infantry
b. Madras regiment
c. 34 Native infantry
d. 7 Oudh regiment
Ans. c
Revolt of 1857 MCQ Questions Answers
# During the 1857 revolt who was the British Prime Minister?
a. Lord Style
b. Lord Canning
c. Lord Palmerston
d. Lord Churchill
Ans. c
# The Sepoy Mutiny took place in the year?
a. 1866
b. 1857
c. 1854
d. 1867
Ans. b
# The Sepoy Mutiny started from which place?
a. Meerut
b. Jhansi
c. Pune
d. Agra
Ans. a
# Kuwar Singh led the 1857 revolt from?
a. Bengal
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. Kanpur
Ans. b
# During the uprising of 1857 revolt, who has been given the title ‘Saheb-e-Alam Bahadur’?
a. Hasan khan
b. Bakht khan
c. Nana sahib
d. Birjis qadr
Ans. b
# Who was also known as ‘Danka Shah’ during the revolt of 1857?
a. Shah mal
b. Tatya tope
c. Maulvi Ahmadullah shah
d. Nana saheb
Ans. c
# Nana Saheb was the adopted son of?
Ans. Last Peshwa Baji Rao II
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