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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 →Al-Biruni was born in 973 in Khwarizm, which lies in present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan took Al-Biruni to Ghazni as a hostage in 1017?Read the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind, written in Arabic, is divided into how many chapters?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta, author of the Rihla, was born in which Moroccan city?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta reached Sind in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan of Delhi appointed Ibn Battuta as qazi of the city?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1342 Ibn Battuta was sent as the Sultan's envoy to the ruler of which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta stayed for eighteen months as qazi in which island nation?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Ibn Battuta, how many days did it take to travel from Sind to Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was deputed to write down what Ibn Battuta dictated on his return?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Portuguese writer left a detailed account of trade and society in south India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French jeweller travelled to India at least six times?Read the answer and worked solution →Francois Bernier was in India from 1656 to 1668 as physician to which Mughal prince?Read the answer and worked solution →To which king did Bernier dedicate his major writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni named three barriers to understanding India. Which was the first?Read the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni compared the varnas to the four social categories of which ancient land?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta said Delhi's rampart had how many gates, the Budaun darwaza being the greatest?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta described a market of singers in Daulatabad called:Read the answer and worked solution →In Ibn Battuta's account, the horse-post was called uluq and the foot-post was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Bernier held that the fundamental difference between Mughal India and Europe was the lack of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French philosopher used Bernier's account to develop the idea of oriental despotism?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the travellersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Ibn Battuta's stopsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the traveller yearsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Flip and pair: detail with its place in the story

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    10 May 1857
    B
    the mutiny breaks out at Meerut
  2. A
    11 May 1857
    B
    sepoys reach the Red Fort
  3. A
    Bahadur Shah
    B
    the Mughal emperor at Delhi
  4. A
    The bell of arms
    B
    where arms and ammunition were kept
  5. A
    Awadh
    B
    a major centre of the revolt
The chapter's specifics. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Spot the one that does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Meerut
    2. Mohenjodaro
    3. Delhi
    Odd item
    Mohenjodaro
  2. Items
    1. Sepoy
    2. Cavalry
    3. Sultan
    Odd item
    Sultan
  3. Items
    1. Harappa
    2. 1857
    3. Bahadur Shah
    Odd item
    Harappa
One item is from a different period. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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True or false: the spread of the revolt

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The rising spread swiftly from infantry to cavalry.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It then spread into the city.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Awadh became a centre of the revolt.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The revolt was confined to a single town.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Sepoys seized arms and ammunition.
It moved fast and it moved outward. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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