NCERT Class 8 History Chapter 5 When People Revolt 1857 and After Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 5, When People Revolt 1857 and After, from the NCERT Class 8 Our-Pasts-III textbook. The 29 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
29 mins
Questions
29 MCQs
Total Marks
29 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.How had the position of nawabs and rajas changed since the mid-eighteenth century?
- AResidents were stationed in their courts, their freedom was reduced, their armed forces disbanded, and their revenues and territories taken away by stages
- BThey were made members of the Company's Court of Proprietors
- CThey kept full control of their armies but lost the right to collect revenue
- DThey were given larger territories in exchange for accepting British advisers
Q2.What request did Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi make to the Company, and how was it answered?
- AThat Jhansi be exempted from the subsidiary alliance, a plea the Company granted
- BThat she be allowed to keep her husband's armed forces, a plea the Company granted
- CThat her adopted son be recognised as heir to the kingdom after her husband's death, a plea the Company refused
- DThat she be given her father-in-law's pension, a plea the Company refused
Q3.On what ground did Governor-General Dalhousie justify the takeover of Awadh in 1856?
- AThat the Nawab had failed to pay for his subsidiary forces
- BThat the Nawab had died without a male heir, so the kingdom lapsed
- CThat the Nawab had supported the sepoys who refused to sail to Burma
- DThat the territory was being misgoverned and British rule was needed to ensure proper administration
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