After the Revolt, Indian administration was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown by the
Queen’s Proclamation of 1st November, 1858
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation of 1st December, 1858
Queen’s Proclamation of 1st November, 1859
Queen’s Proclamation of 1st December, 1858
Match the following incidences with their dates correctly:
a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
How did the British drain India’s wealth?
By imposing a high tariff in Britain against Indian goods.
By encouraging all means the import of British goods to India.
Both 1&2.
Through the introduction of a new plantation system in the year 1833.
Rani of Jhansi captured
Gwalior
Bihar
Lucknow
Jharkhand
Name the Commanding Officer at the time of the Revolt.
General Cyrus.
General Hewitt
General Langdo
General Whittaker
Who was the first Viceroy of India?
Lord Canning
General Nicholson
Lord Ripon
The first Famine Commission (1878-80) was formed under:
Disraeli
Lytton
Richard Strachey
Ripon
Give the date of Delhi’s recapture from Bahadur Shah.
October 1857
September 1857
November 1858
June 1858
Who revolted in Lucknow?
Rani of Jhansi
Begum of Oudh
Baji Rao II
Kunwar Singh
A general alarm was raised among the Hindus and Muslims by the activities of the Christian missionaries. This was due to:
Inculcating of western culture in their schools.
Assaulting of Indians on the basis of racial prejudice.
Encouraging army men to shave and wear new turban.
All of the above causes.
