1871UPPSC2014HistoryEnglish
At the time of 1857-Revolt who was the British Commanding Officer at Barrackpore?
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Correct option: C — Hearsey
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- 1872UPPSC2005HistoryEnglish
Who has made Allahabad the emergency headquarters in 1857?
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Correct option: A — Lord Canning
- 1873UPPSC1991HistoryEnglish
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Revolt of 1857?
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Correct option: B — Palmerston
- 1874BPSC1996HistoryEnglish
What was the main cause of the failure of the Revolt of 1857?
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Correct option: B — Lack of common strategy and central organization
- 1875UPPSC1998HistoryEnglish
First freedom struggle of 1857 failed because
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Correct option: D — All of the above
- 1876RPSC1996HistoryEnglish
The British were able to suppress the uprising of 1857 in Rajput state because
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Correct option: A — The local Rajput rulers did not support revolutionary
- 1877BPSC1995HistoryEnglish
Who called the Revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?
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Correct option: A — Sir James Outram and W. Taylor
- 1878MPPSC2008HistoryEnglish
Modern Historian, who called the Revolt of 1857 as the first Independence War was
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Correct option: C — V.D. Savarkar
- 1879UPPSC2009HistoryEnglish
The first Indian to write in Indian language on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was
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Correct option: A — Syed Ahmed Khan
- 1880UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish
The statement ‘the so-called first national war of independence was neither first, nor national, nor a war of independence’ is associated with
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Correct option: A — R.C. Majumdar
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