SEBA Class 10 History MCQ Chapter 3 | Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolts in Assam

Q 1. The immediate cause of India’s first war of independence was____.
(A) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
(B) Suspicion about British interference in religion
(C) Military discontent
(D) Economic exploitation of India
Ans:-(A) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
Q 2. What was the main cause of the 1857 revolt?
(A) Public Outrage
(B) Military discontent
(C) Management of Christian Missionaries
(D) Policy of the British Empire
Ans:- (D) Policy of the British Empire
Q 3. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam?
(A) Maniram Dewan
(B) Kandarpeshwar Singh
(C) Purandar Singh
(D) Piali Barua
Ans:- (A) Maniram Dewan
Q 4. In which year did Moffat Mills come to Assam?
(A) 1811
(B) 1828
(C) 1843
(D) 1853
Ans:- (D) 1853
Q 5. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Bentinck
Ans:- (C) Lord Canning
Q 6. Who among the following was a martyr of the Sepoy Mutiny in Assam?
(A) Piyali Phukan
(B) Kandarpeshwar Singh
(C) Purandar Singh
(D) Piyali Barua
Ans:- (D) Piyali Barua
Q 7. Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
(A) Lord Wellesley
(B) Lord Hastings
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Clive
Ans:- (C) Lord Dalhousie
Q 8. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in the administration to establish British power over the Indian States?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Ans:- (B) Lord Wellesley
Q 9. During the 1857 revolt, the revolutionaries wanted whom of the following as the Mughal Emperor once again?
(A) Alamgir II
(B) Bahadur Shah II Zafar
(C) Akbar Shah II
(D) Shah Alam II
Ans:- (B) Bahadur Shah II Zafar
Q 10. During the 1857 revolt, how many British army regiments were posted in Assam?
(A) one
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
Ans:- (B) Two

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• SEBA Class 10 History MCQ [Chapter 3]- Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolts in Assam

Q 11. Maniram Barbhandar Barua was popularly known as?
(A) Maniram Barua
(B) Maniram Dewan
(C) Maniram Phukan
(D) Madhu Mallik
Ans:- (B) Maniram Dewan
Q 12. Which Ahom Prince did the rebels of Assam want to re-install on the throne in the revolt of 1857?
(A) Kandarpeswar Singha
(B) Purandar Singha 
(C) Jogeswar Singha
(D) Chandrakaanta Singha
Ans:- Kandarpeswar Singha
Q 13. Who was hanged along with Maniram Dewan?
(A) Jivram Dulia Baruah
(B) KamalaBarua
(C) Gomdhar Konwar
(D) Dutiram Baruah
Ans: (B) Piyoli Baruah.
Q 14. Who was the Bengali Muktiyar who helped Maniram Dewan?
(A) Madhu Mallik
(B) Kamala Barua
(C) Dutiram Barua
(D) Mayaram Nazir
Ans: (A) Madhu Mallik
Q 15. Who tried the case of Maniram Dewan?
(A) Moffat Mills.
(B) Captain Holroyd.
(C) J W Quinton.
(D) Jenkins.
Ans: (B) Captain Holroyd.
Q 16. Who wrote an application to Moffat Mills against the increase in land revenue?
(A) Maniram Dewan
(B) Piyoli Baruah
(C) Gomdhar Konwar
(D) Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
Ans:- (D) Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
Q 17. The Ahom Prince who was imprisoned in Bardhaman was_____.
(A) Purandar Singha.
(B) Gomadhar Konwar.
(C) Kandapeswar Singha. 
(D) Jogeswar Singha. 
Ans:- Kandarpeswar Singha
Q 18. When was Maniram Dewan hung to death?
(A) 6 February 1858
(B) 16 February 1858
(C) 22 February 1858
(D) 26 February 1858
Ans:- (D) 26 February 1858
Q 19. Which among the following was not involved in the conspiracy of Maniram Dewan during the 1857 revolt?
(A) Bahadur Gaonburha
(B) Phormud Ali
(C) Piyoli Barua
(D) Haliram Deka
Ans:- (D) Haliram Deka
Q 20. Which of the following statements are true about the causes of the failure of the revolt of 1857?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below the statements.
1. The number of rebels in Assam was minimal.
2. Maniram Dewan and his associates never tried to involve all sections of the society in the revolt.
3. The Assam rebels failed to maintain their activities’ secrecy.
4. The rebels in Assam had access to arms and ammunition as was required.
Code
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 2, 3 and 4
(D) All of the above
Ans:- (B) Only 1, 2 and 3
Q 21. How many percent of taxes rises in Assam between 1854 and 1870?
(A) Twenty percent
(B) Fifty percent
(C) Seventy percent
(D) Hundred percent
Ans:- (D) Hundred percent
Q 22. In which years was the Stamp tax implemented?
(A) 1835
(B) 1851
(C) 1858
(D) 1862
Ans:- (C) 1858
Q 23. In which years was the Income tax implemented?
(A) 1835
(B) 1851
(C) 1858
(D) 1860
Ans:- (D) 1860
Q 24. When did the peasant revolt of Lachima take place?
(A) 1857
(B) 1851
(C) 1861
(D) 1894
Ans:- (D) 1894
Q 25. When did the Phulaguri Dhawa take place?
(A) 1857
(B) 1851
(C) 1861
(D) 1871
Ans:- (C) 1861
Q 26. Which of the following was the first peasant movement in Assam?
(A) The Peasant Revolt of Rangia
(B) Peasant Revolt of Lachima
(C) Phulaguri Dhawa
(D) Peasant Revolt of Patharughat
Ans:- (C) Phulaguri Dhawa
Q 27. In the Phulaguri Dhawa revolt a government officer was killed by the rebels, whose name was______.
(A) B. W Morton
(B) J. D Anderson
(C) J. R Berington
(D) Lieutenant Singer
Q 28. Which of the following peasant movement in Assam was an outcome of the British opium policy?
(A) The Peasant Revolt of Rangia
(B) Peasant Revolt of Lachima
(C) Phulaguri Dhawa
(D) Peasant Revolt of Patharughat
Ans:- (C) Phulaguri Dhawa
Q 29. Consider the following statements in the context of Phulaguri Dhawa.
1. In 1861, the British government completely banned the cultivation of Poppy
2. A news was spread that the British government would impose tax on Tamul-paan also.
Select the correct statements.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:- (C) Both 1 and 2
Q 30. Who was the Deputy Commissioner of Nowgaon at the time of Phulaguri Dhawa?
(A) Herbert Sconce
(B) J. D Anderson
(C) J. R Berington
(D) Lieutenant Singer
Ans:- (A) Herbert Sconce
Q 31. Who among the following was not awarded a death sentence in the Phulaguri Dhawa incident?
(A) Songbor Lalung
(B) Rongbor Deka
(C) Lakkhan Deka
(D) Jati Kalita
Ans:- (D) Jati Kalita
Q 32. Who was the Commissioner of Assam at the time of Phulaguri Dhawa?
(A) Herbert Sconce
(B) Major Henry Hopkinson
(C) J. R Berington
(D) Lieutenant Singer
Ans:- (B) Major Henry Hopkinson
Q 33. When did the peasant revolt of Rangia take place?
(A) 1857
(B) 1883
(C) 1893
(D) 1894
Ans:- (C) 1893
Q 34. When did the peasant revolt of Patharughat take place?
(A) 1857
(B) 1851
(C) 1861
(D) 1894
Ans:- (D) 1894
Q 35. In which of the following peasant movement, 140 peasants were killed as a result of the police firing?
(A) The Peasant Revolt of Rangia
(B) Peasant Revolt of Lachima
(C) Phulaguri Dhawa
(D) Peasant Revolt of Patharughat
Ans:- (D) Peasant Revolt of Patharughat
Q 36. In which districts did the Peasant Revolt of Patharughat take place?
(A) North Kamrup
(B) Nowgong
(C) Darrang
(D) Dibrugarh
Ans:- (C) Darrang
Q 37. Who led the Jaintia revolt in 1861?
(A) Sambhudhan Kachari
(B) Ukiang Nongbah
(C) Kulachandra
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (B) Ukiang Nongbah
Q 38. During the Jaintia Revolt, which of the following leader was hanged to death in public?
(A) Sambhudhan Kachari
(B) Ukiang Nongbah
(C) Kulachandra
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (B) Ukiang Nongbah
Q 39. During which tenure did the Jaintia Kingdom went into the hands of the British from the Jaintia King?
(A) Ram Singh
(B) Lakshmi Singh 
(C) Bijay Narayan 
(D) Rajendra Singh 
Ans:- (D) Rajendra Singh 
Q 40. In which year the British annexed the Jaintia Kingdom?
(A) 1835
(B) 1851
(C) 1861
(D) 1894
Ans:- (A) 1835
Q 41. What was the immediate cause of the Jaintia Revolt?
(A) When community fishing was banned.
(B) When collection of firewood was banned.
(C) When the British implemented House tax.
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (C) When the British implemented House tax.
Q 42. When was the Jaintia Revolt started?
(A) 1835
(B) 1851
(C) 1861
(D) 1862
Ans:- (D) 1862
Q 43. Who led the revolt of the ethnic tribes of North Cachar in 1881?
(A) Sambhudhan Kachari
(B) Ukiang Nongbah
(C) Kulachandra
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (A) Sambhudhan Kachari
Q 44. What was the main centre of the North Cachar Revolt?
(A) Diphu
(B) Haflong
(C) Maibong
(D) Silchar
Ans:- (C) Maibong
Q 45. In which year was J.W Quinton murdered?
(A) 1892
(B) 1889
(C) 1890
(D) 1891
Ans:- (D) 1891
Q 46. Who punished Tikendrajit with the death sentence?
(A) Public
(B) Kulachandra
(c) J.W Quinton
(D) The Court
Ans:- (D) The Court