CUET PYQs for The Great Revolt of 1857 with Solutions: Practice CUET Previous Year Questions

The rebel leaders issued Proclamations and few ________ to propagate their ideas during the 1857 revolt.
Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II:

A	Nana Sahib	(I)	Awadh
B	Rani Lakshmi Bai	(II)	Arrah
C	Kunwar Singh	(III)	Kanpur
D	Birjis Qadr	(IV)	Jhansi

Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Bell of arms was a store room in which weapons were kept.
(B) The army of Awadh supported the British.
(C) Firangi is a term of Persian origin applied to the British by the rebels.
(D) The 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry accepted the new cartridges in early May.
(E) Local leaders emerged, urging peasants, zamindars, and tribals to revolt.

During the Revolt of 1857, where did Henry Lawrence collect the Christian population and took refuge ?

Match List - I with List - II :-

List - I Imageries of Revolt of 1857		List - II Painters and Publishers
(A)	Execution of Mutineers in Peshawar	(I)	Joseph Noel Paton
(B)	Relief of Lucknow	(II)	Punch
(C)	The British Lion's Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger	(III)	Thomas Jones Barker
(D)	“In Memoriam”	(IV)	Illustrated London News

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In 1857 “the life has gone out of the body” was said in reference to which state?

Match LIST I with LIST II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Begum Hazrat Mahal	I	Barout
B	Kunwar Singh	II	Kanpur
C	Nana Sahib	III	Arrah
D	Shah Mal	IV	Lucknow

Choose the Correct answer from the options given below

Who was the Commissioner of Lucknow when the rebels besieged it during the Revolt of 1857?

Choose the correct statements about the Revolt of 1857 :
(A) The rebels have not left any records on their point of view.
(B) The British official accounts abound in the form of letters, diaries, autobiographies and official histories.
(C) British newspapers and magazines narrate in gory detail the violence of the mutineers.
(D) Pictorial images produced by the British and Indians constitute an important record of the mutiny.
(E) British newspapers and magazine stories did not inflame public feelings and provoked demands of retribution and revenge.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Who was the leader of the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56?

Correct statements: (A) Bentinck abolished Sati (1829)
(B) Kunwar Singh led in Bihar
(C) Lakshmibai died June 1858
(D) Revolt began at Meerut
(E) British won at Chinhat Choose the correct answer:

Who wrote one of the earliest histories of the Uprising of 1857?

Arrange in a chronological order :
(A) Mutiny starts in Meerut.
(B) Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley.
(C) Rani Jhansi killed in battle.
(D) Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah deposed.
(E) Shah Mal killed in battle.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which one of the following was NOT an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?