This Madhya Pradesh quiz on 1857 and the Freedom Struggle in Madhya Pradesh puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 3 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Rani Avantibai Lodhi, who led the revolt of 1857 in the Narmada valley, ruled which estate?
Rani Avantibai Lodhi governed Ramgarh, a small estate in the Mandla region of the Narmada valley, after the death of her husband.
Read the full explanation →Raja Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah, blown from the mouths of cannon at Jabalpur in September 1857, belonged to which ruling house?
Shankar Shah was the head of the Gond royal line of Garha-Mandla, the house of Sangram Shah and Rani Durgavati, which had been reduced to a pension by the Company.
Read the full explanation →Tatya Tope, the last great commander of the revolt of 1857, was hanged in April 1859 at which place in present Madhya Pradesh?
After the loss of Gwalior in June 1858 Tatya Tope fought a guerrilla war for about ten months through Guna, Rajgarh, Jhalawar and the Chambal ravines, crossing and recrossing the Narmada to avoid British columns.
Read the full explanation →On which date did the troops of the Holkar state attack the British Residency at Indore, a rising that spread to the Mhow cantonment the same day?
On that day the Holkar artillery and the Bhil levies turned on the British Residency at Indore.
Read the full explanation →Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was killed in June 1858 while fighting at Kotah-ki-Serai, near which city of present Madhya Pradesh?
After the fall of Jhansi in April 1858 the Rani joined Tatya Tope and Rao Sahib, and in June 1858 they took Gwalior when the Scindia army went over to them.
Read the full explanation →Which British commander captured Jhansi in April 1858 and retook Gwalior in June 1858?
Rose commanded the Central India Field Force, which marched from Mhow, reduced Rahatgarh and Garhakota, relieved Sagar, forced the Madanpur pass of the Vindhyas, took Jhansi in April 1858 and finally recovered Gwalior fort in June 1858.
Read the full explanation →Chandra Shekhar Azad was born in the village of Bhavra, in which present district of Madhya Pradesh?
Azad was born in 1906 at Bhavra, a village in the Alirajpur area of the old Jhabua tract, and spent his boyhood among the Bhils there before moving to Banaras.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement is correct? I. In 1801, a subsidiary treaty was imposed on Oudh. II. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in Rangoon Jail in November 1862.
Under the subsidiary treaty of 1801 the Nawab of Awadh surrendered about half his territory to the Company and agreed to keep a British force at his own cost, the step that reduced Awadh to dependence and led on to its annexation in 1856, one of the causes of the…
Read the full explanation →Who gave Father of the Nation title to Mahatma Gandhi?
Bose addressed Gandhi as the Father of the Nation in a radio broadcast from Rangoon in 1944, and the name stayed with him.
Read the full explanation →Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
Gandhi called Gokhale his political guru, met him on returning from South Africa and, on his advice, spent a year travelling through India before taking up public work.
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