British India: Reason for the Rebellions failure (Indian)

Question 1

What was the range of the Brown Bess musket?

Answer 1

100 yards

Question 2

What musket had a range of 100 yards?

Answer 2

Brown Bess musket

Question 3

What was the issue with using the Brown Bess musket?

Answer 3

Shorter range than the Enfield rifle so it was less destructive

Question 4

What armies remained loyal?

Answer 4

Armies of Bombay and Madras

Question 5

What happened to the armies of Bombay and Madras?

Answer 5

Remained loyal

Question 6

What happened to the recently annexed Punjab?

Answer 6

Remained quiet

Question 7

What recently annexed state remained quite?

Answer 7

Punjab

Question 8

What fraction of troops mutinied?

Answer 8

Less than half

Question 9

What did less than half of the Indian troops do?

Answer 9

Mutinied

Question 10

How did many Indians react to the rebellion?

Answer 10

Rejected and saw it as dangerous and futile

Question 11

What fraction of soldiers in the Bengal army joined the rebellion?

Answer 11

Only a quarter

Question 12

Out of which army did a quarter of sepoys join the rebellion?

Answer 12

Bengal army

Question 13

In a British attack on Delhi, how many out of the 11,200 troops were Indian?

Answer 13

7,000

Question 14

In an attack on Delhi, how many Indian soldiers were there in the British troops?

Answer 14

7000 were Indians out of the 11,200 British troops

Question 15

What was the leadership like for the Indians?

Answer 15

Disorganised

Question 16

Who did some of the Indians want to return to their throne even though he was unwilling?

Answer 16

Mughal emperor

Question 17

How did many native princes react to the rebellion?

Answer 17

Remained loyal

Question 18

Give some example of princes who remained loyal?

Answer 18

Maharajas of Rajputana

Nizam of Hyberabad

Question 19

How did Maharajas of Rajputana react to the rebellion?

Answer 19

Remained loyal

Question 20

How did Nizam of Hyberabad react to the rebellion?

Answer 20

Remained loyal

Question 21

What Indian prince supported the rebellion?

Answer 21

Nana Saheb and Rani of Jhansi

Question 22

What was the limitation of the Indian princes support for the rebellion?

Answer 22

Limited to the area they controlled

Question 23

What was the effect of British trade and education?

Answer 23

Many Indians benefited from these so they created influential groups that worked with the British

Question 24

Why were there there influential groups of Indians who worked with the British?

Answer 24

Benefitted from trade and education

Question 25

In what areas, did influential group of Indians work with the British?

Answer 25

Large cities like Calcutta and Delhi

Question 26

Why did the rebellion fail in places like Madras?

Answer 26

People were getting on with their lives under the British

Question 27

What was the impact of Indians accepting British rule?

Answer 27

In areas like Madras, the rebellion failed

Question 28

What border states offered no assistance?

Answer 28

Afghanistan and Nepal

Question 29

How did Afghanistan and Nepal react?

Answer 29

The bordering states didn’t offer help to the rebels

Question 30

What was the role of Sikhs from the Punjab and Gurkhas recruited from Nepal do?

Answer 30

Played a massive role in suppressing the mutiny

Question 31

What did some of the mutineers do in the countryside?

Answer 31

Looting and as a consequence this hindered support

Question 32

What areas did the peasantry who joined come from?

Answer 32

Improvised and declining areas

Question 33

Why did most of the peasantry who joined back out of the rebellion?

Answer 33

Ferocity of the British and loyalist counterattack

Question 34

What did many regiments do while progressing through the countryside?

Answer 34

Playing British marching tunes and using British regimental flags flying proudly

Question 35

What fractions of the country remained loyal?

Answer 35

2/3

Question 36

What was the size of the mutiny?

Answer 36

Small