96. Which one of the following centres of uprising of 1857 was recaptured by the British?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Meerut
(c) Delhi
(d) Kanpur
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97. Who had suppressed the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
(a) General Campbell
(b) Havelock
(c) William Taylor
(d) Hugh Rose
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98. The British were able to suppress the uprising of 1857 in Rajput state because [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996](a) the local Rajputs ruler did not support revolutionary.
(b) the educated middle class supported the British.
(c) the soldiers in cantonments were not prepared to accept the leadership of revolution from outside Rajasthan.
(d) the newspaper could not project the aim of revolution.
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99. Sir Hugh Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Rani Lakshmibai
(c) Kunwar Singh
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
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100. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmibai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is –
(a) Agra
(b) Jhansi
(c) Varanasi
(d) Vrindavan
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