60. Which major uprising broke out earlier than initially planned, following incidents involving Mangal Pandey and discontented sepoys?
[DFCCIL MTS, 11 July 2025]
(A) Revolt of 1857
(B) Vellore Mutiny
(C) Paika Rebellion
(D) Vizagapatam Mutiny
Answer: (A) Revolt of 1857
Explanation: The 1857 uprising erupted in a series of rapidly developing military incidents rather than following a uniformly executed plan. Mangal Pandey’s action at Barrackpore preceded the wider outbreak at Meerut, from which the movement spread across northern India.
59. Who travelled to places including Bithoor, Kalpi, Delhi and Lucknow to enlist support for the rebellion of 1857?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 18 June 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Tantia Tope
(B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(C) Nana Sahib
(D) Rani Lakshmibai
Answer: (C) Nana Sahib
Explanation: Nana Sahib sought wider backing during the crisis of 1857 and became a central figure at Kanpur. His political ambitions were linked to the deposed Peshwa family. He relied on associates such as Tantia Tope for military operations.
58. Which tribal uprising did NOT take place around the time of the Revolt of 1857?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 14 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Sambalpur uprising
(B) Naikda uprising
(C) Birsa Munda movement
(D) Santhal uprising
Answer: (C) Birsa Munda movement
Explanation: Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan took place in 1899–1900, several decades after 1857. The Santhal Hul erupted in 1855–56, while resistance in Sambalpur and elsewhere overlapped the revolt’s wider era of anti-colonial unrest.
57. Which city was recaptured by the British in September 1857?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 13 June 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Bombay
(B) Delhi
(C) Surat
(D) Madras
Answer: (B) Delhi
Explanation: British forces recaptured Delhi in September 1857 after prolonged fighting. Bahadur Shah Zafar was arrested and subsequently exiled to Rangoon. Although losing Delhi damaged the rebellion’s political symbolism, major resistance continued in Awadh and central India.
56. At which place did the uprising of 10 May 1857 begin?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 13 June 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Awadh
(B) Meerut
(C) Kanpur
(D) Mysore
Answer: (B) Meerut
Explanation: The mutiny at Meerut on 10 May 1857 is the usual starting point for the widespread rebellion. Indian soldiers rebelled after the punishment of comrades in the cartridge controversy, then marched to Delhi to seek imperial support.
55. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in the Sambalpur region?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 12 June 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Veer Surendra Sai
(B) Budhu Bhagat
(C) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(D) Govind Guru
Answer: (A) Veer Surendra Sai
Explanation: Veer Surendra Sai was a noted resistance leader in Sambalpur, now in Odisha. His armed struggle against British authority drew support from local communities. His activities demonstrate that opposition extended beyond the rebellion’s northern Gangetic centres.
54. Which of the following was NOT a major cause of the Revolt of 1857?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 12 June 2025, Shift 1]
(A) British policies favouring social reforms such as widow remarriage
(B) Use of greased rifle cartridges
(C) A gulf between rulers and ruled
(D) Doctrine of Lapse
Answer: (A) British policies favouring social reforms such as widow remarriage
Explanation: The paper distinguishes the listed social-reform policies from the principal political and military causes. Cartridges, annexation and colonial alienation were prominent grievances. In historical interpretation, however, fears about British social intervention also contributed to contemporary distrust.
53. Which elderly zamindar of Bihar fought the British during the Revolt of 1857?
[RRB NTPC (Graduate) CBT-I, 10 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Bakht Khan
(C) Tantia Tope
(D) Ahmadullah Shah
Answer: (A) Kunwar Singh
Explanation: Kunwar Singh was a zamindar of Jagdishpur in Shahabad district, Bihar, and was around eighty when the revolt began. He commanded troops across Bihar and adjoining regions, becoming celebrated for his determined military resistance despite advanced age.
52. On which date did the Revolt of 1857 break out at Meerut?
[RPF Constable, 18 March 2025, Shift 3]
(A) 11 June 1857
(B) 11 May 1857
(C) 10 May 1857
(D) 10 June 1857
Answer: (C) 10 May 1857
Explanation: The outbreak at Meerut occurred on Sunday, 10 May 1857. The immediate background was the punishment of cavalrymen who had refused controversial rifle cartridges. Rebels then moved toward Delhi, transforming the military revolt into a major political crisis.
51. Which statements help explain the failure of the Revolt of 1857: (1) Many princely states did not actively support the rebels; (2) There was no effective unified central leadership?
[RPF Constable, 18 March 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Only statement 2
(B) Both statements 1 and 2
(C) Only statement 1
(D) Neither statement
Answer: (B) Both statements 1 and 2
Explanation: Many powerful princes either remained neutral or supported British forces, depriving rebels of resources. Rebel centres also lacked coordinated command and common long-term objectives. British communications, finance and reinforcements made these structural weaknesses particularly consequential.
