UPSC CSE Revolt of 1857 — practice questions
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Practice UPSC CSE Revolt of 1857 in the app →Sepoys mutinied in which cantonment on the afternoon of 10 May 1857?The sepoys reached the gates of the Red Fort in Delhi on which date?Rebel proclamations urging Hindus and Muslims to unite were put up in which languages?In Kanpur the people made which successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II their leader?Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar who led the revolt, belonged to which place in Bihar?In Lucknow the people hailed which young son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah as their leader?Shah Mal mobilised villagers of pargana Barout. Gonoo led the Kol tribals of which region?Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who moved with drumbeaters, was popularly called:At which battle did rebel forces defeat the British under Henry Lawrence?The greased cartridge rumour traces to a khalasi and a Brahmin sepoy at which magazine?A prophecy said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle, on 23 June 1857?Which Governor General devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?Who called Awadh a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day?The Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in which year?Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh was dethroned and exiled to which city?Under the Summary Settlement of 1856, taluqdar holdings in Awadh fell from 67 per cent of villages to what?Because most Bengal Army sepoys came from its villages, Awadh was called the:Bahadur Shah's proclamation asked people to fight under the standards of which two figures?In December 1857 the British spent Rs 50,000 in which town to incite Hindus against Muslims?The Azamgarh Proclamation, a key rebel source, was issued on which date?The British finally recaptured Delhi in which month of 1857?Which painting by Thomas Jones Barker, 1859, celebrates Campbell's entry into Lucknow?