Class 8 History Chapter 1 Question Answers - Our Pasts III (Part - I)

Q1: What was the first step taken by the company towards ending the Mughal dynasty?
Ans: The name of the Mughal king was removed from the coins minted by the Company.

Q2: Under what pretext did the British annex Awadh?
Ans: In 1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on Awadh, and in 1856 it was taken over.

Q3: Who was ’Viceroy’?
Ans: The Governor-General of India was given the title of Viceroy, that is, a personal representative of the Crown.

Q4: Who took charge of a large force of fighters who came to Delhi?
Ans: Bakht Khan, a soldier from Bareilly, took charge of a large force of fighters who came to Delhi.

Q5: Who was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah?
Ans: Birjis Qadr was the son of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.

Q6: When was Mangal Pandey hanged to death and why?
Ans: On 29 March 1857, a young soldier, Mangal Pandey, was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrackpore.

Q7: Who translated the memoirs of Sitaram Pande into English?
Ans: Norgate translated it into English.

Q8: Name the country where the Indian Sepoys were asked to go through the sea route.
Ans: Burma

Q9: What is mutiny?
Ans: When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army, then it is called mutiny.

Q10: Who declared himself as a governor under Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar?
Ans: Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao declared that he was a governor under Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Q11: What is Bakht Khan?
Ans: Bakht Khan, a soldier from Bareilly, took charge of a large force of fighters who came to Delhi. He became a key military leader of the rebellion.

Q12: Which Governor-General decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king?
Ans: In 1856, Governor-General Canning decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king.

Q13: Who was the leader of the mutiny as proclaimed by the sepoys?
Ans: Bahadur Shah Zafar

Q14: What was Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah’s prophecy?
Ans: Ahmadullah Shah, a maulvi from Faizabad, prophesied that the rule of the British would come to an end soon.

Q15: Who led the revolt in Kanpur?
Ans: Nana Saheb

Q16: What rumour spread among the sepoys of the Meerut regiment about the new cartridges?
Ans: The rumour spread that the new cartridges were greased with the fat of cows and pigs.

Q17: Who was the mother of Birjis Qadr?
Ans: Begum Hazrat Mahal

Q18: Who was the last Peshwa?
Ans: Peshwa Baji Rao II

Q19: Who wrote the book Majha Pravaas?
Ans: The book Majha Pravaas was written by Vishnubhatt Godse, a Brahman from a village in Maharashtra.

Q20: What did the Bahadur Shah Jafar do after he was declared the leader of the rebel?
Ans: He wrote letters to all the chiefs and rulers of the country to come forward and organise a confederacy of Indian states to fight the British.