The Revolt of 1857 was a major uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company. It began in May 1857 and lasted for two years. The rebellion was eventually crushed by the British, but it marked a turning point in the history of British rule in India.

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Q. Who led the rebellion of 1857 in Faizabad?

 ◉ Thomas Seatan

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 ◉ George Bruce Mallson

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 ◉ Ahmadullah has

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 ◉ GB Mallson

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Q. Who accepted that the Revolt of 1857 was a national revolt?

 ◉ disraeli

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 ◉ robert peel

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 ◉ David Lloyd George

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 ◉ William Ewart Gladstone

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Q. Which leader of the Revolt of 1857 was named 'Dhondu Pant'?

 ◉ Tatya Tope

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 ◉ Rao Tularam

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 ◉ Babu Kunwar Singh

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 ◉ grandfather's

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Q. Why did the women of the royal family unite with the men during the revolt of the revolution of 1857?

 ◉ To set up a hospital

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 ◉ To fulfill the dream of independent India

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 ◉ To establish school

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 ◉ To fight the British

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Q. Which slogan was given by Mangal Pandey during the 1857 revolution?

 ◉ Jai jawan jai kisan

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 ◉ do or die

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 ◉ Leave the British India

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 ◉ Kill Firangi

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Q. Who was the Governor General of India after the mutiny of 1857?

 ◉ Louis Mountbatten

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ Lord Curzon

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 ◉ Warren hastings

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Q. Who called the Revolt of 1857 as the First Indian War of Independence?

 ◉ b.d. savarkar

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 ◉ Mahatma Gandhi

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 ◉ Mangal Pandey

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 ◉ Doctor Shankar Dayal Sharma

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Q. The mutiny of 1857 was unsuccessful because-

 ◉ Neither there was national feeling behind it nor there was any national leader above

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 ◉ The British had properly operated his army

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 ◉ Mangal Pandey started a hurry in a hurry

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 ◉ The British had the best facility of communication

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Q. Who led the Revolt of 1857 from Lucknow?

 ◉ Rani Lakshmi Bai

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 ◉ Begum Hazrat Mahal

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 ◉ Tatya Tope

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 ◉ Mangal Pandey

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Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857?

 ◉ Lord Irwin

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ Lord churchill

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 ◉ Lord Mountbatten

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Q. Where did Swami Dayanand Saraswati establish the first Arya Samaj in 1857?

 ◉ In Chennai

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 ◉ in Bombay

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 ◉ In Sarnath

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 ◉ In Bengal

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Q. Who, while analyzing the causes of the Revolt of 1857, advocated reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?

 ◉ Syed Ahmed Khan

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 ◉ Syed Ahmed Barelvi

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 ◉ Abul Kalam Azad

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 ◉ Titumir

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Q. From which city did Begum Hazrat Mahal lead the Revolt of 1857?

 ◉ Awadh

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 ◉ Lucknow

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 ◉ Ujjain

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 ◉ Aligarh

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Q. From where was Nana Saheb rebelling in the Revolt of 1857?

 ◉ Kanpur

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 ◉ Bahadurgarh

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 ◉ Lucknow

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 ◉ Allahabad

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Q. Who started the Revolt of 1857?

 ◉ Rani Laxmibai

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 ◉ the soldiers

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 ◉ Mangal Pandey

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 ◉ Begum Hazrat Mahal

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