M.P. Board Class 8th Social Science
Online Lecture
Textual Exercise
Choose the correct option for the following.
1. Which was not tribal uprising
(a) Vellore uprising
(b) Bull uprising
(c) Santhal uprising
(d) Munda uprising
Ans. (a) Vellore uprising
2. Who did not join 1857 struggle
(a) Rani Laxmi BaI
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Dileep Singh
Ans. (d) Dileep Singh
3. Which of the British policy Thred Bhil to revolt?
(a) Industrial policy
(b) Agriculture policy
(c) Religious policy
(d) State’s interference
Ans. (b) Agriculture policy
Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. Which book mentions about Sanyasi struggle?
Ans. Bankim Chandra Çhatarjee mentioned about Sanyasi uprising in his book. “Anand Math”
2. Who Ied the Santhal uprising”
Ans. The Santhal uprising was led by leaders Sido and Kanhu.
3. Who was the leader of Wahabi uprising?
Ans. Sayyed Ahmed of Raibareily led the Wahabi uprising.
Short Answer Type Questions
1. When and where Kohl uprising took place?
Ans. The kohl led Budho Bhagat Bharat launched revolit in 1831 in singhbham ranchi palamu hajari bagh manbhumi and other pleces the kohls protested against their landas given to muslim and sikh peasants.
2. Name the places of India where 1857 struggle was ‘widespread?
Ans. The places where the 1857 struggle was widespread were Delhi, Awadh. Rohilkhand, Bundelkhand, Allahahad, Agra, Meerut, Kanpur and jhansi.
Long Answer Type Questions
1. Describe the Santhal uprising?’
Ans. The Santhal revolt was led by Santhal leaders and Sido and Kanhu in 1856. It was one of the most powerful uprisings. ‘The opposed the maltreatment up-rings they opposed the maltreatment of lands revenue off al in daman-e-koh area. This area lies between Bhagalpur and Rajmahal the santhals declared end of the company rule in their region and revolt and were later suppressed by Britisher’s.
2. What were the causes of resentment among sepoys?
Ans. The causes of discontent among the Indian soldiers of the British army were as under:
- the salaries of Indian soldiers were very low and were practically for them the higher posts in the army were reserved for European officers only .
- there was great disparity between the salaries of Indian and European soldiers.
- the Indian soldiers felt the injustices which the old Royal families in Indian had been suffering the increased misery which the common people had to suffer affected the soldiers directly as they were part and parce of the Indian society
- the cartridges of the newly introduced rifle were greased with cows and pigs fat. Their covers had to be cut with teeth before loading the rifle. The use of these greased cartage offended the religions sentiments of both the Hindu and the Muslim soldiers it became the immediate cause of the Revolt.
3. What were the major causes of the failure of 1857 struggle?
Ans. There were many causes that led to the failure of the revolt of 1857:
- Not Planned - The revolt of 1857 was not well planned. It sparked off abruptly.
- No Single or Common Object – The leaders of revolt in varies part of the country had different and limited Sanous parts of the objectives before them
- No Common Leadership – There was no common leader for the whole uprising each region had its own leader.
- No Coordination – The uprising suffered from lack of coordination. There was no coordination among the rebel in various religions of the country
- Localized – It was not an all-India revolt. It was localized in certain areas. it dd not start in South and Punjab
- New Emerging middle class did not participated
- Some Indian rulers are sided with the British: some Indian rulers kept away while some rulers sided with the English
- Lack of resource – the rebel did not have enough financial resources and weapons of war.
4. Write notes on:
1. Sanyasis uprising
2. Whabi uprising
Ans. 1. Sanyasis uprising:
this upring was important among other civil up-rings. the apathy of British government after 1770 famine in Bengal economic loot and ban on religious they attacked fractious colonies and forts of the company governor General Warren Hastings could brought the revolt under control.
2. Wahabi uprising :
Sayyed Ahmed of Railbareilly led the Wahabi And changes in Islam Sayyed Ahmed launned revolt against sikh rule in Punjab and when company took control over Punjab in 1849 Wahabi raised rebellion against British rule got most powerful challenge from Wahabi struggle.
5. Make an album with the help of leaders who participated in 1857 struggle.
Ans. (Do yourself)