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The greased cartridge rumour traces to a khalasi and a Brahmin sepoy at which magazine?Read the answer and worked solution →A prophecy said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle, on 23 June 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor General devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called Awadh a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day?Read the answer and worked solution →The Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh was dethroned and exiled to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Summary Settlement of 1856, taluqdar holdings in Awadh fell from 67 per cent of villages to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Because most Bengal Army sepoys came from its villages, Awadh was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah's proclamation asked people to fight under the standards of which two figures?Read the answer and worked solution →In December 1857 the British spent Rs 50,000 in which town to incite Hindus against Muslims?Read the answer and worked solution →The Azamgarh Proclamation, a key rebel source, was issued on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →The British finally recaptured Delhi in which month of 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which painting by Thomas Jones Barker, 1859, celebrates Campbell's entry into Lucknow?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rebel leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1857 centresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the 1857 datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Governors GeneralRead the answer and worked solution →Rebel or BritishRead the answer and worked solution →Leader to placeRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →1857 bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Gandhi returned to India in January 1915 after two decades abroad. Where had he mostly lived?Read the answer and worked solution →Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai were together known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Who was Gandhi's acknowledged political mentor among the Moderates?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's first major public appearance in India was at the opening of which institution in February 1916?Read the answer and worked solution →At the December 1916 Congress session in Lucknow a peasant asked Gandhi to help indigo cultivators of which district?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1918 Gandhi joined peasants seeking remission of taxes after a failed harvest in which Gujarat district?Read the answer and worked solution →The tough wartime measures continued in 1919 on the advice of a committee chaired by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →More than four hundred people were killed at Jallianwala Bagh in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Khilafat Movement of 1919-1920 was led by which brothers?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The greased cartridge rumour traces to a khalasi and a Brahmin sepoy at which magazine?

  1. Meerut
  2. Ambala
  3. Lucknow
  4. Dum Dum
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Correct answer: D. Dum Dum

1. The khalasi asked for water from the sepoy's lota. 2. This happened at Dum Dum in January 1857. 3. He warned of cartridges greased with cow and pig fat. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 11, Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations._

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A prophecy said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle, on 23 June 1857?

  1. Plassey
  2. Buxar
  3. Panipat
  4. Assaye
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Correct answer: A. Plassey

1. Plassey was fought in 1757. 2. Its centenary fell on 23 June 1857. 3. Chapattis passed village to village as an omen. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 11, Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations._

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Which Governor General devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?

  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Wellesley
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Bentinck
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Correct answer: B. Lord Wellesley

1. Allies had to host British troops and pay for them. 2. Wellesley devised it in 1798. 3. It was imposed on Awadh in 1801. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 11, Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations._

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