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On which date did the sepoys of Meerut break out in mutiny?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom did the rebels declare Emperor of Hindustan at Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →In which Muslim holy month did the sepoys reach the Red Fort?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the 'bell of arms' in a cantonment?Read the answer and worked solution →In rebel usage, whom did the word firangi designate?Read the answer and worked solution →In the history of 1857, what does 'mutiny' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The term 'revolt' in 1857 refers mainly to whose uprising?Read the answer and worked solution →What usually signalled the start of a mutiny in a cantonment?Read the answer and worked solution →In which languages were the rebels' proclamations put up?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were moneylenders attacked by rebels in Lucknow and Kanpur?Read the answer and worked solution →How did one British officer describe British rule in mid-1857?Read the answer and worked solution →To which regiment did the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry write?Read the answer and worked solution →What did a police inspector's meeting with a Bijnor tahsildar show?Read the answer and worked solution →How was the fate of Captain Hearsey settled by the sepoys?Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Ball noted nightly panchayats in the sepoy lines of which place?Read the answer and worked solution →What was Bahadur Shah's first reaction to the sepoys' request?Read the answer and worked solution →Nana Sahib of Kanpur was the successor to which Peshwa?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom did Lucknow hail as leader once British rule fell?Read the answer and worked solution →Kunwar Singh, a rebel leader, was a zamindar of which place?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Mal mobilised villagers of which pargana in Uttar Pradesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Rebels defeated British forces under which man at Chinhat?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was a khalasi reported to have spoken of greased cartridges?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did sepoys and townspeople refuse to touch market atta?Read the answer and worked solution →The prophecy of 1857 said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle?Read the answer and worked solution →What was passed from village to village as a mysterious omen?Read the answer and worked solution →Which custom did a British law abolish in 1829?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor General led reforming policies from the late 1820s?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Dalhousie describe Awadh in 1851?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Awadh formally annexed to the British Empire?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Subsidiary Alliance imposed on Awadh?Read the answer and worked solution →

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On which date did the sepoys of Meerut break out in mutiny?

  1. 29 March 1857
  2. 10 May 1857
  3. 23 June 1857
  4. 11 May 1857
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Correct answer: B. 10 May 1857

The Meerut sepoys rose late on the afternoon of 10 May 1857 and rode towards Delhi that night, reaching it on 11 May.

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Whom did the rebels declare Emperor of Hindustan at Delhi?

  1. Bahadur Shah II
  2. Shah Alam II
  3. Wajid Ali Shah
  4. Akbar Shah II
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Correct answer: A. Bahadur Shah II

The rebels turned to the aged Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar, giving the revolt a nominal leader and legitimacy.

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In which Muslim holy month did the sepoys reach the Red Fort?

  1. Ramzan
  2. Shaban
  3. Muharram
  4. Rajab
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Correct answer: A. Ramzan

The sepoys arrived on 11 May 1857, when the emperor had just finished his pre-dawn meal for the fast of Ramzan.

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