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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at what happened in India in 1857. We will find out about some of the key events and start thinking about why the conflict has been given different names.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What religion was followed by the Mughal Emperor?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Correct answer: Islam
Sikhism
Q2.
What company was originally created to organise trade between Britain and Mughal India?
The Bank of England
Correct answer: The East India Company
The London Stock Exchange
The Virginia Company
Q3.
What was the name of the Indian-born soldiers who served in the East India Company's army?
Merchants
Mughals
Rebels
Correct answer: Sepoys
Q4.
In what year did a conflict break out in India which undermined the East India Company's control?
1600
1760
Correct answer: 1857
1947
Q5.
What happened to India after sepoys rebelled against the East India Company?
India broke up into smaller states ruled by princes
Correct answer: The British government replaced the Company as the government of India
The Mughal Emperor retook control
The Sepoys made India independent

5 Questions

Q1.
Which word best describes "an event when soldiers refuse to obey the orders of their officers"?
Demonstration
Correct answer: Mutiny
Protest
Revolution
Q2.
Which word best describes "an event where a large group of people rebel against authorities"?
Conversion
Petition
Republic
Correct answer: Uprising
Q3.
Which of the following was a cause of the 1857 conflict?
Declaring a descendant of the Mughals as the new emperor
Replacing the East India Company with direct British rule in 1858
Correct answer: Rumours about rifle cartridges containing pig and cow fat
The siege of Jhansi
Q4.
In which town did the conflict start?
Calcutta
Delhi
Jhansi
Correct answer: Meerut
Q5.
Which of the following was a method used by the British to regain control?
Correct answer: Extreme violence and public executions
Making India a democracy
Negotiating with rebel sepoys
Recognising the authority of the new Mughal Emperor

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