7. Who w & Which policy was used Laxmi Bai become a bitter enemy of the British 9. State two announcements which adversely affected the Mughal dynasty in India 11. State any two consequences of the disbanding of the armies of the annexed Stal 10. Mention any two consequences of the annexation of Awadh. 14. Mention any two social reforms advocated by the British which affected the relig 12. Give th
e meaning of Absentee Sovereignty. Why was it resented by the Indians 13. What were the apprehensions of Indians about the introduction of the railways? 15. Mention any two measures which point to the policy of social discrimination follo 16. Give two examples to show how the British exploited resources of India. traditions of the Indian people. by the British in India. 17. Give any two grievances of the peasantry against the British. 18. What did the British do to reduce the landed aristocracy to poverty? 19. What was the provision of the General Service Enlistment Act which was resented the Indian soldiers? Why was it resented? 20. Mention any two grievances harboured by the Indian soldiers which created atmosphere favourable to the First War of Independence. 21. State two effects of the defeat of the British in the first Afghan War and the Puni Wars on the Indian soldiers. 22. What was the immediate cause of the First War of Independence? 2 TT71
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Answer:
The policy which was used by Lord Dalhousie against Rani Lakshmi Bai was Doctrine of Lapse . Rani Lakshmi Bai became a bitter enemy of the British because her adopted son , Anand Rao , was not recognized as a lawful successor to the throne of Jhansi .
Explanation:
1) What was the nature of revolts against the British before the First War of Independence ?
1) The nature of revolts against the British before the First War of Independence was :
i) Highly localised and scattered .
ii) Did not offer a serious resistance to the British rule in India .
2) Why was the ‘ War of 1857 ’ hailed as the First War of Independence ?
2) The ‘ War of 1857 ’ was hailed as the First War of Independence because :
i) It was the first mass uprising - all the sections of Indian society participated against the
British .
ii) Paved the way for the rise of modern National Movement .
3) Mention two political causes of the First War of Independence .
3) The two political causes of the First War of Independence were :
i) Policy of expansion .
ii) Disrespect shown to Bahadur Shah .
4) Name two ways in which the British expanded their territorial power in India .
4) The two ways in which the British expanded their territorial power in India were :
i) By the system of Subsidiary Alliance .
ii) By adopting the Doctrine of Lapse .
5) What was the Subsidiary Alliance ? Name two Indian states brought under the British control
using the Subsidiary Alliance .
5) Subsidiary Alliance was an agreement between the British East India Company and the Indian
Princely States by virtue of which these States lost their sovereignty ( the power of a ruler to
rule independently without any outside interference ) to the British .
The two Indian states brought under the British control by using the Subsidiary Alliance were
Awadh ( Oudh ) and Hyderabad .
6) Explain the term Doctrine of Lapse . Name the two states annexed by the British using the
Doctrine of Lapse .
6) According to Doctrine of Lapse , if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would
“ lapse ” , that is , it would come under the company's territory in India . The two states
annexed by British using the Doctrine of Lapse were Jhansi and Satara .
7) Who was Nana Saheb ? What was his main grievance against the British ?
7) Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Bajirao II , the last Peshwa . His main grievance against
the British was that the British refused to grant Nana Saheb the pension they were paying to
Bajirao II and he was forced to live at Kanpur , far away from his family seat at Pune .