1. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R). (JUNE 2012)

Assertion (A): The 1857 Mutiny was suppressed by the British.
Reason (R): Except for a few like Rani of Jhansi, a very few Indian rulers participated in the mutiny.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false

Answer: 1

2. The Indian Rebellion of 1857, was not one movement……… it was many’. The above statement has been made by (JUNE 2012)

(1) S.N. Sen
(2) R.C. Majumdar
(3) C.A. Bayly
(4) Eric Stokes

Answer: 3

3. The main reason for the peasants to join the 1857 revolt was (DEC 2013)

(1) Inordinately high revenue demands
(2) The revenue policies not only uprooted the ordinary peasants but also destroyed the gentry of the country
(3) The beneficiaries of the new revenue policies were also not satisfied
(4) All of the above

Answer: 4