1. Name the Indian soldier who tried to rebel against the British at Barrackpore, but was arrested and hanged to death on 8th April 1857.

2. When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army then it is called a __________

3. Name the ruler of Kanpur who called himself Peshwa?

4. Why did the countryside peasants and zamindars resent the British?

5. Which one of the following best describes a Resident with respect to British India?

6. In 1856, which Governor General decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal King and none of his descendants would be recognized as Kings hereafter?

7. Who helped Colin Campbell to rescue the British holed up in the residency of Lucknow?

8. In what way did the Christian missionaries help the British East India Company? From the statements given below, choose the one that is not TRUE with respect to the missionaries.

9. What did the East India Company do from the coins minted by the Company?

10. Who wrote the book Majhe Pravaas?

11. Name the Indian soldier who tried to rebel against the British at Barrackpore, but was arrested and hanged to death on 8th April 1857.

12. Name the Governor General who declared that Awadh was being misgoverned and British rule was needed to ensure proper administration.

13. What was the new amendment in the law in 1856 passed by the East India Company?

14. A sequence of events that happened on 9 May 1857 are given below in a jumbled up order. Pick up the correct order from the given set of statements.
(i) Other soldiers stationed at Meerut revolted and British officers release the imprisoned soldiers.
(ii) A group of soldiers mutinied and walked out of their military barracks
(iii) The released soldiers kill the British officers and after marching to Delhi proclaim the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as the emperor of India
(iv) The soldiers were dismissed and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for refusing to use the greased cartridges

15. In 1824, when the sepoys were asked to go to Burma by sea route to fight for the Company, they refused to follow the order. Why?

16. Which one of the following options is derived from the Persian word Sipah meaning infantry soldier ?

17. Who helped Colin Campbell to rescue the British holed up in the residency of Lucknow?

18. A sequence of events that happened on 9 May 1857 are given below in a jumbled up order. Pick up the correct order from the given set of statements.
(i) Other soldiers stationed at Meerut revolted and British officers release the imprisoned soldiers.
(ii) A group of soldiers mutinied and walked out of their military barracks
(iii) The released soldiers kill the British officers and after marching to Delhi proclaim the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as the emperor of India
(iv) The soldiers were dismissed and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for refusing to use the greased cartridges

19. What was the new amendment in the law in 1856 passed by the East India Company?

20. Among the following Residents of British India, who was forced to take refuge in a residency and killed by the forces of Begum Hazrat Mahal?