Chapter 5 When People Rebel mcqs & important questions history | class 8th

When People Rebel MCQ Questions Class 8 Social Science with Answers

Question. When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army then it is called a __________
(a) Cartridge
(b) Sepoy
(c) Mutiny
(d) Barracks

Answer :  C

Question.Name the son of Begum Hazart Mahal from Lucknow
(a) Birjis Qadr
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Kunwar Singh
(d) Baji Rao

Answer :  A

Question. Who was the Indian rulers under the Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie?
(a)  They are not allowed to go out of their states.
(b)  They could not have relations with foreign powers.
(c)  They are not allowed to adopt an heir to the throne.
(d)  could not keep an army.

Answer :  C

Question. 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?
(a) John Nicholson
(b) Sir Henry Lawrence
(c) John Lawrence
(d) Henry Havelock

Answer :  B

Question. Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
(a)  Meerut
(b)  Agra
(c)  Bareilycorrect
(d)  Delhi

Answer :  C

Question. What did the East India Company do from the coins minted by the Company?
(a) The name of the Mughal emperor was removed from the coins.
(b) The name India was removed from the coins
(c) The name of the Governor general was removed from the coins
(d) The name of the British King was removed from the coins

Answer :  A

Question. 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.
(a) The Christian missionaries functioned freely and even owned land and property.
(b) The Christian missionaries did not encourage education of women.
(c) An Indian converted to Christianity could inherit the property of ancestors
(d) The Christian missionaries converted the people as Christians

Answer :  B

Question. Who wrote the book Majhe Pravaas?
(a) Lalu Bakshi
(b) Bayjabai Shinde
(c) Vishnubhatt Godse
(d) Moropant Tambe

Answer :  C

Question. When was Gwalior recaptured by British?
(a) 1863
(b) 1842
(c) 1825
(d) 1858

Answer :  D

Question. How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9 May, 1857?
(a) Eighty
(b) Eighty-fivecorrect
(c) Ninety
(d) Ninety-five

Answer :  B

Question. Name the ruler of Kanpur who called himself Peshwa?
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Balaji Rao I
(c) Baji Rao II
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer :  A

Question. Which incidence of Indian history is called as the first war of Indian Independence?
(a)  First war of Mughal independence
(b)  First war of Indian independence
(c)  First war of British independence
(d)  None of these

Answer :  B

Question. Who was Nana Saheb?
(a) Son of Peshwa Baji Rao II
(b) Son of Rani Lakshmi Bai
(c) Son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
(d) None of these

Answer :  A

Question. Who was the leaders of the revolt who actively took part in it?
(a) Nana Sahib
(b) Tantiya Tope
(c) Rani Lakshmibai
(d) All of these

Answer :  D

Question. Name the Indian soldier who tried to rebel against the British at Barrackpore, but was arrested and hanged to death on 8th April 1857.
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Tantia Tope
(d) Mangal Pandey

Answer :  D

Question. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801correct
(c) 1810
(d) 1815

Answer :  B

Question- During the mid 18th century, the British had placed _____ inside the Court of many Nawabs.
(a) Residents
(b) Spy
(c) Advisors
(d) Ministers

Answer :  A

Question. Who helped Colin Campbell to rescue the British holed up in the residency of Lucknow?
(a) Kunwar Singh
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Gurkha regiment

Answer :  D

Question. Who led the revolt in Kanpur ?
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Mangal Pandey
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer :  B

Question- Sepoys of British empire were severely punished in 1824 after they refused to go to
(a) Burma
(b) England
(c) Africa
(d) America

Answer :  A

Question- The revolt of ____ was the biggest armed resistance to colonialism during the 19th century.
(a) 1859
(b) 1857
(c) 1860
(d) 1861

Answer :  B

Question- _____ was the General of Nana Saheb.
(a) Baji Rao II
(b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Tantia Tope
(c) Begum Hazrat Mahal

Answer :  C

Question. The greased cartridges given to the Indian soldiers was made of what?
(a) Fat of the hen
(b) Fat of the dog
(c) Fat of the goat and the sheep
(d) Fat of cow and pig

Answer :  D

Question. When was Kanpur captured by Nana Saheb?
(a) 1890
(b) 1832
(c) 1857
(d) 1846

Answer :  C

Question- Bahadur Shah Zafar passed away in
(a) 1862
(b) 1859
(c) 1858
(d) 1865

Answer :  A

Question. Which one of the following best describes a Resident with respect to British India?
(a) An official who administers oath to the soldiers.
(b) A local money lender collecting revenue
(c) A senior British Government administrative official positioned in a local place and controlling the happenings of the kingdom.
(d) A local landlord to keep a check on the land revenue

Answer :  C

Question. Name the Governor General who declared that Awadh was being misgoverned and British rule was needed to ensure proper administration.
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) William Bentick
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Mountbatten

Answer :  C

CBSE Class 8 History Chapter 5 Important Questions

Very Short Answer Type Questions

1: What was the plea of Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao-II?
Answer: Nana Saheb pleaded that he be given his father’s pension when the latter died.

2: What was the first step taken by the Company towards ending the Mughal dynasty?
Answer: The name of the Mughal king was removed from the coins minted by the Company.

3: Why were the Indian sepoys unhappy with the British rule? Give any one reason.
Answer: The Indian sepoys were underpaid.

4: What rumour spread among the sepoys of the Meerut regiment about the new cartridges?
Answer: The rumour spread that the new cartridges were coated with the fat of cows and pigs.

5: What did the ageing Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar do after he was declared the leader of the rebels? 
Answer: He wrote letters to all the chiefs and rulers of the country to come forward and organise a confederacy of Indian states to fight the British.

6: Name any two smaller rulers who acknowledged the suzerainty of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Answer: Nana Saheb and Biijis Qadr.

7: Who was Tantia Tope?
Answer: He was the General of Nana Saheb.

8: Who was Ahmadullah Shah? What was his prophesy?
Answer: Ahmadullah Shah was a maulvi from Faizabad. His prophesy was that the rule of the British would soon come to an end.

9: Who was Bakht Khan?
Answer: Bakht Khan was a soldier from Bareilly. He took charge of a large force of fighters who came to Delhi.

10: When did the British recapture Delhi?
Answer: The British recaptured Delhi in September 1857.

11: Why were the powers of the East India Company transferred to the British Crown?
Answer: The powers of the East India Company were transferred to the British Crown in order to ensure a more responsible management of Indian affairs.

12: Under what condition the ruling chiefs could pass on their kingdoms to their heirs?
Answer: They could do so only when they were ready to acknowledge the British Queen as their Sovereign Paramount.

13: Why did the British treat Muslims with suspicion and hostility?
Answer: The British believed that Muslims were responsible for the rebellion in a big way.

Short Answer Type Questions

1: Under what pretext did the Company take over Awadh?

Answer: In 1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on Awadh, and in 1856, it was taken over. Governor-General Dalhousie declared that the territory was being misgoverned and British rule was needed to ensure proper administration.

2: How did the Company plan to bring an end to the Mughal dynasty?

Answer: (a) First of all the name of the Mughal king was removed from the coins minted by the Company.
(b) In 1849, Governor-General Dalhousie announced that after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the family of the king would be shifted out of the Red Fort and given another place in Delhi to live in.
(c) In 1856, Governor-General “Canning decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after his death his descendants would be known as princes.

3: Why were the Indian sepoys in the employ of the Company discontented? Give sufficient reasons.

Answer: Reasons for their discontentment:
(a) The Indian sepoys were given poor salaries and allowances.
(b) The conditions of service also made them unhappy.
(c) Some of the new rules even violated their religious sentiments and beliefs.
(d) Those were the days when many people in the country believed that if they crossed the sea they would lose their religion and caste. So when in 1824 the sepoys were told to go to Burma by the sea route to fight for the Company, they refused to follow this order. As a result they were given severe punishment. What is more, in 1856, the Company passed a new law which stated that every new person who took up employment in the Company’s army had to agree to serve overseas if required.

4: What reforms did the British introduce in the Indian society? How did the people of India respond to them?

Answer: The British introduced several reforms:
(a) They passed laws to stop the practice of sati and to encourage the remarriage of widows.
(b) They promoted English language education.
(c) In 1850, the Company passed a new law that made the conversion to Christianity easier.
Many Indians began to feel that the British were destroying their religion, their social customs and their traditional way of life. But at the same time there were other Indians who readily accepted the reforms introduced by the British. In fact, they wanted to change existing social practices.

5: Why did the chiefs and rulers support the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in the revolt?

Answer: The Mughal dynasty had ruled over a large part of the country. Most smaller rulers and chieftains controlled different territories on behalf of the Mughal ruler. Threatened by the expansion of British rule, many of them felt that if the Mughal emperor could rule again, they too would be able to rule their own territories once more, under the Mughal authority.

6: How did the British try to win back the loyalty of the people after they recaptured Delhi?

Answer: (a) The British announced rewards for loyal landholders by allowing them to continue to enjoy traditional rights over their lands.
(b) Those who had rebelled were told that if they submitted to the British and if they had not killed any white people, they would remain safe and their rights and claims to land would not be denied.