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प्रश्न
Choose the correct reason and complete the sentence.
The British adopted the policy of 'divide and rule' because _______________.
पर्याय
they wanted to establish peace with the Indian people
they became aware of the power of united Indian people during the 1857 war
the East India company ordered the framing of this policy
they wanted to annex the princely states.
उत्तर
The British adopted the policy of 'divide and rule' because they became aware of the power of the united Indian people during the 1857 war.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks:
Dalhousie annexed the states of __________ and _________ on the basis of the Doctrine of Lapse.
State whether the following statement is True or false:
The British supported Sati.
- Dudu Mian laid emphasis on the egalitarian nature of Islam and declared that “Land belongs to God”.
- According to the Doctrine of Lapse, new territories under the corrupt Indian rulers were to be annexed.
- The British officials after the suppression of the 1857 Revolt were given the power to judge and take the lives of Indians without due process of law.
- One of the causes of the failure of the Revolt of 1857 was many of the Indian princes and zamindars remained loyal to the British.
In ______ the sepoys at Barrackpur near Calcutta refused to go to Burma by sea, as it meant the loss of their caste.
In 1858, the Royal Durbar was held at ______.
The precursor to the revolt was the introduction of new ______ of the Enfiled Rifles.
- The British annexed more territories through two major policies.
- Indian sepoys accepted the new dress code and overseas service.
- Before loading into Enfield Rifle the cartridges had to be bitten off.
- The Indian Sepoys felt humiliated and racially abused by their seniors.
Match the Column I with Column II :
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A | Begum Hazarat Mahal | (i) | Delhi |
| B | Rani Lakshmi Bai | (ii) | Barrackpore |
| C | khan bahadur | (iii) | Lucknow |
| D | Bahadur Shah - II | (iv) | Bareilly |
| E | Mangal Pandey | (v) | Jhansi |
| (vi) | Allahabad |
What were the grievances of the company regarding the Nawabs of Bengal?
Mention the places of the 1853 revolt and the Indian leaders involved.
