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📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Leaders of the Revolt
Q1

Who was the Mughal emperor, when a massive rebellion against British rule broke out in 1857?

🎯 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (4th Shift)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Centers and Spread of the Revolt
Q2

Which of the following was "NOT" a main centre of Revolt of 1857?

🎯 SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Peasant Movements
Q3

In which of the following years did the revolt in the countryside of the Bombay Deccan occur?

🎯 SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Evening)
📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Tribal Movements
Q4

Who among the following was one of the leaders of the Santhal rebellion?

🎯 SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Afternoon)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Centers and Spread of the Revolt
Q5

The Indian Mutiny began from Meerut on 10 May 1857 and ended in:

🎯 SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Evening)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Leaders of the Revolt
Q6

Who among the following was NOT associated with the revolt of 1857?

🎯 SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Afternoon)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Leaders of the Revolt
Q7

Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti is celebrated in order to recognise the achievements of Kunwar Singh during the Indian rebellion of 1857.

🎯 SSC CGL 11/06/2019 (Morning)
📘 Development of Education📚 Development of Vernacular- Technical Education
Q8

The Hindu college was established in 1791 at _.

🎯 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
📘 Administration before 1857📚 Administration before 1857
Q9

In which of the following years was the first train run in India?

🎯 SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
📘 Publications of Freedom struggles Leaders📚 Different Publications and Journals
Q10

"A History of British India" is a work published by _.

🎯 SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (1st Shift)
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q11

Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of Bengal in which year?

🎯 SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 The Subsidiary Alliance System
Q12

Subsidiary alliance treaty was imposed on Awadh in _.

🎯 SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (1st Shift)
📘 Development of Education📚 Development of Vernacular- Technical Education
Q13

Based on Macaulay's Minute, the English Education Act was introduced in _.

🎯 SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q14

Which of the following Viceroys of British India took the first step to separate provincial finance from central finance and introduced financial decentralisation in India in 1870?

🎯 SSC CGL 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
📘 Administration before 1857📚 Administration before 1857
Q15

_ introduced the daroga system, replacing zamindari thanedars under the direct control of the district head and on its payroll.

🎯 SSC CGL 05/08/2022 (Shift - 3)
📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Q16

Which of the following British officers issued the infamous 'crawling order' whereby Indians had to crawl on all fours to pass an alley?

🎯 SSC CGL 21/04/2022(Afternoon)
📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Social reform Acts
Q17

Who was the then Governor-General of British India when 'Sati Pratha' became illegal and punishable?

🎯 SSC CGL 04/03/2020 (Evening)
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q18

Which of the following Viceroys of India addressed the Bengal famine of 1943 by ordering the army to distribute relief supplies to the starving rural Bengalis?

🎯 SSC CGL 05/03/2020 (Evening)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Aftermath of revolt
Q19

The British Parliament transferred the powers of the East India company to the British crown in _.

🎯 SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (1st Shift)
📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Press Acts
Q20

Which act allows the government to confiscate the assets of newspaper in case of publishing anything "objectionable"?

🎯 SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)