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On which date in 1857 did the sepoys at Meerut break ranks and turn on their commanding officers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mughal emperor was proclaimed Shahenshah-e-Hindustan by the rebels at Delhi in 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →The greased cartridges that triggered the 1857 revolt were meant for which newly introduced rifle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which policy of Lord Dalhousie, used to annex states without a natural heir, angered Indian rulers before 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857, which Act moved Company territory to the Crown?Read the answer and worked solution →To which place was the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II exiled, where he died in 1862?Read the answer and worked solution →Which revolutionary assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie in London?Read the answer and worked solution →India House, a nationalist centre in London, functioned under the patronage of which person?Read the answer and worked solution →At which Bombay ground did Gandhi give his Do or Die call in 1942, since renamed August Kranti Maidan?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did the British imprison Gandhi the day after the Quit India speech of 1942?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British politician led the 1942 mission to India that tried to win Indian support in the war?Read the answer and worked solution →The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny began on 18 February 1946 at which harbour?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the father of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta I strengthened his power by marrying a princess of which clan?Read the answer and worked solution →The Allahabad Pillar inscription praising Samudragupta was composed by which courtier?Read the answer and worked solution →Which musical instrument is Samudragupta shown playing on some of his gold coins?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta ruler, who reigned from 375 to 415, took the title Vikramaditya?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Faxian visited India during the reign of which Gupta emperor?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose Bhitari pillar inscription records efforts against the Pushyamitras and the Hunas?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became the first Sultan of Delhi after the death of Muhammad Ghori in 1206?Read the answer and worked solution →Muhammad Ghori defeated the Rajput confederacy of which ruler in 1192 near Tarain?Read the answer and worked solution →Qutb ud-Din Aibak was praised for his generosity and known by which sobriquet?Read the answer and worked solution →Who completed the Qutb Minar, which Qutb ud-Din Aibak had begun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which woman ruled the Delhi Sultanate as one of the few female rulers in Islamic history?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Tughlaq ruler built the town of Tughlaqabad near Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahmud of Ghazni raided northern Indian kingdoms how many times between 997 and 1030?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta emperor assumed the imperial title Mahendraditya upon his accession?Read the answer and worked solution →The ancient Mahavihara at Nalanda was founded by which imperial Gupta monarch?Read the answer and worked solution →Who established the Afghan Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1451?Read the answer and worked solution →Who served as the founding monarch of the Khalji dynasty of Delhi in 1290?Read the answer and worked solution →

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On which date in 1857 did the sepoys at Meerut break ranks and turn on their commanding officers?

  1. 10 June 1857
  2. 12 April 1857
  3. 10 May 1857
  4. 20 September 1857
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Correct answer: C. 10 May 1857

The Meerut sepoys rose on 10 May 1857 and reached Delhi the next day.

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Which Mughal emperor was proclaimed Shahenshah-e-Hindustan by the rebels at Delhi in 1857?

  1. Akbar Shah II
  2. Aurangzeb Alamgir
  3. Shah Alam II
  4. Bahadur Shah II
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Correct answer: D. Bahadur Shah II

The rebels asked the aged Bahadur Shah II to lead them and proclaimed him Shahenshah-e-Hindustan.

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The greased cartridges that triggered the 1857 revolt were meant for which newly introduced rifle?

  1. Pattern 1853 Enfield
  2. Martini-Henry rifle
  3. Lee-Metford rifle
  4. Brown Bess musket
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Correct answer: A. Pattern 1853 Enfield

Rumours of cow and pig fat on the cartridges of the Pattern 1853 Enfield offended both Hindu and Muslim sepoys.

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