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Complete the opening of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the spread of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Who took part?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the chapterRead the answer and worked solution →Order the spread within MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →Rani Lakshmibai asked the Company to recognise whom as heir to Jhansi?Read the answer and worked solution →Awadh was taken over by the Company in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor-General announced in 1849 that Bahadur Shah Zafar's family would leave the Red Fort after his death?Read the answer and worked solution →The maulvi from Faizabad who prophesied the end of British rule was:Read the answer and worked solution →Sepoys believed the new rifle cartridges were greased with the fat of:Read the answer and worked solution →On 8 April 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged for attacking his officers at:Read the answer and worked solution →On 10 May 1857 the Meerut soldiers first marched to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rebel sepoys in Delhi proclaimed as their leader:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah Zafar wrote to chiefs and rulers asking them to form a:Read the answer and worked solution →Nana Saheb expelled the British garrison from which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Avantibai Lodhi of Ramgarh fought the British in the Mandla region of:Read the answer and worked solution →Bakht Khan, a key military leader of the uprising in Delhi, was a soldier from:Read the answer and worked solution →The old zamindar who joined the rebel sepoys in Bihar was:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to prison in October 1858 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in:Read the answer and worked solution →After escaping to central India, Tantia Tope fought a:Read the answer and worked solution →The British regained control of the country by the end of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Act of 1858 transferred the powers of the East India Company to the:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1858 the Governor-General of India was also given the title of:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857, ruling chiefs were allowed to pass on their kingdoms to heirs including:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the opening of the revolt

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    Meerut
    Choices
    1. Meerut
    2. Delhi
    3. Kanpur
  2. Answer
    native
    Choices
    1. native
    2. British
    3. royal
  3. Answer
    city
    Choices
    1. city
    2. sea
    3. hills
Complete the statement
Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857 the sepoys in the cantonment of {0} broke out in mutiny. It began in the lines of the {1} infantry and spread to the cavalry and then the {2}.
Place, date and the unit it started in. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Assertion and reason

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Questions
  1. Reason
    It slowed word of the rising reaching Delhi and the wider administration.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Cutting the telegraph line was a deliberate act.
  2. Reason
    Ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    The revolt was more than an army mutiny.
  3. Reason
    The sepoys reached the Red Fort on 11 May.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    The rising began in Delhi.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Two are true, one is not

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Questions
  1. False statement
    It began at Delhi
    Statements
    1. The mutiny began at Meerut
    2. It began on 10 May 1857
    3. It began at Delhi
  2. False statement
    Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 10 May
    Statements
    1. Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 10 May
    2. Sepoys reached the Red Fort on 11 May
    3. Bahadur Shah was the Mughal emperor
  3. False statement
    The revolt stayed within the barracks
    Statements
    1. Townspeople joined the sepoys
    2. The revolt stayed within the barracks
    3. Government buildings were destroyed
The false line moves a place or a date. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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