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Question 6(A) The Uprising of 1857 paved the way for the rise of the national movement.(R) Although the Uprising failed to achieve its objectives, it...
Question 14Arrange the following events in chronological order(A) Battle of Plassey(B) Queen Victoria's Proclamation(C) Lord Dalhousie annexed...
Question 1Study the picture and answer the following questions:(a) Who are the persons in the picture? How were they treated by their British...
Question 7Explain the term: Doctrine of Lapse. Name the two States annexed by the British using the Doctrine of Lapse.
Question 8Which policy was used by Lord Dalhousie against Rani Laxmi Bai? Why did Rani Laxmi Bai become a bitter enemy of the British?
Question 9State two announcements which adversely affected the Mughal dynasty in India.
Question 10Mention any two consequences of the annexation of Awadh.
Question 11State any two consequences of the disbanding of the armies of the annexed States by the British.
Question 12Give the meaning of Absentee Sovereignty. Why was it resented by the Indians?
Question 13What were the apprehensions of Indians about the introduction of the railways?
Question 15Mention any two measures which point to the policy of social discrimination followed by the British in India.
Question 16Give any two grievances of the peasantry against the British.
Question 17What did the British do to reduce the landed aristocracy to poverty?
Question 18What was the provision of the General Service Enlistment Act which was resented by the Indian soldiers? Why was it resented?
Question 19Mention any two grievances harboured by the Indian soldiers which created an atmosphere favourable to the First War of Independence.
Question 20State two effects of the defeat of the British in the first Afghan War and the Punjab Wars on the Indian soldiers.
Question 21What was the immediate cause of the First War of Independence?
Question 22Who was Mangal Pandey? What did he do?
Question 23State two consequences of the First War of Indian Independence on the East India Company.
Question 24What were the aims of India's foreign policy after the Queen's Proclamation?
Question 25Mention any two drawbacks of the First War of Independence.
Question 2Economic exploitation of the country produced discontent, resentment and resistance among the people that culminated in the Great Uprising...
Question 3Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:These rebels of Delhi must be made an example to all their countrymen for...
Question 4Although the First War of Independence of 1857 failed, it had important consequences for India. In this context, answer the following...
Question 5India gained independence from the British rule 90 years after the First War of Independence. Why, do you think, it took so long for us to...