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Indian General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams   

  Q :  

One of the following pairs is not correctly matched.

(A) Barrackpore: Mangal Pandey

(B) Delhi: Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan

(C) Delhi: Maulavi Ahmadullah

(D) Lucknow: Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Consider the following statement (s) related to the causes of the failure of the 1857 revolt.

I. Lack of unity and coordination

II. Lack of military strategy

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Both I and II

(D) Neither I nor II

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Who among the following British officer captured Banaras during the revolt of 1857?

(A) General John Nicholson

(B) Sir Hugh Wheeler

(C) Colonel Oncell

(D) William Taylor and Eye

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Match the following:

   Set I

a. Henry Lawrence

b. Major General Havelock

c. William Taylor and Eyed

d.Hugh Rose


   Set II

1. He was Chief Commissioner of Awadh and died during the seizure of British residency by rebels at Lucknow on 2nd July 1857.

2. He defeated the rebels (Nana Sahib's force) on 17th July 1857 and died at Lucknow in December 1857.

3. He suppressed the revolt at Arrah in August 1857.

4. He suppressed the revolt at Jhansi and recaptured Gwalior on 20th June 1858. The whole of Central India and Bundelkhand was brought under British control by him.

Code:

a   b     c    d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 1 4 2 3

(D) 4 1 3 2

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The natural conditions for the selection of an ideal site are:

(A) favourite climate

(B) availability of water

(C) suitable land

(D) all of these

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

In which of the following settlements are the people engaged in activities like fishing, agriculture, crafts work, etc.?

(A) Rural settlements

(B) Urban settlements

(C) Forestry settlements

(D) None of these

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following act abolished all laws affecting the rights of persons converting to another religion or caste?

(A) Abolition of Sati (1829)

(B) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1856)

(C) Religious Disabilities Act of 1850

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Who among the following British officer died soon due to a mortal wound received during the fighting during the 1857 revolt in Delhi?

(A) General John Nicholson

(B) Sir Hugh Wheeler

(C) Major Hudson

(D) General Neil

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following was the impact of the 1857 revolt?

(A) Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn

(B) End of Peshwaship and the Mughal rule

(C) Control of Indian administration was passed on to the British Crown

(D) All of the above

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which of the following pair is correctly matched?

(A) Kanpur: Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of Nana Sahib)

(B) Alahabad : Maulavi Liyakat Ali

(C) Farrukhabad : Tufzal Hasan Khan

(D) All of the above

Correct Answer : D

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