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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 →

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Rani Lakshmibai asked the Company to recognise whom as heir to Jhansi?

  1. Her adopted son
  2. Her brother
  3. Her nephew
  4. Her minister
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Correct answer: A. Her adopted son

1. Her husband had died without a natural heir. 2. She had adopted a son. 3. The Company refused to recognise him. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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Awadh was taken over by the Company in:

  1. 1857
  2. 1856
  3. 1801
  4. 1849
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Correct answer: B. 1856

1. A subsidiary alliance came in 1801. 2. Dalhousie later claimed misgovernment. 3. Awadh was annexed in 1856. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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Which Governor-General announced in 1849 that Bahadur Shah Zafar's family would leave the Red Fort after his death?

  1. Dalhousie
  2. Canning
  3. Bentinck
  4. Curzon
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Correct answer: A. Dalhousie

1. The Company planned to end the Mughal dynasty. 2. The announcement came in 1849. 3. It was made by Dalhousie. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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