Vellore Revolt of 1806

Q. summoned Colonel Gillespie to the Vellore Fort after a mutiny.

1. Major Cootes
2. Captain Young
3. Sir John Cradock

Q. Assertion [A]: New military regulations introduced by Sir John Cradock among the Indian sepoys was a direct insult for the sepoys.
Reason [R]: The most objectionable military regulation was the addition of a leather cockade made of animal skin.

1. A and R are false.
2. A and R are true and R is the correct justification of A.
3. A is true but R is false.
4. A and R are true but R is not the correct justification of A.

Q. Choose the correct option based on the statements given below.

Statement 1: The Vellore Revolt had the makings of the Revolt of 1857.

Statement 2: Unlilke the Sepoy Mutiny, there was no civil rebellion right after this.

1. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
2. Statement 2 is correct but statement 1 is correct.
3. Both statements are correct and statement 2 is correct reason.
4. Both statements are correct but statement 2 is incorrect reason.

Q. What was the main reason for the failure of the Vellore Revolt?

1. It failed because there was no immediate help from outside.
2. It failed because there was no proper organisation.
3. It failed because the sepoys were double crossed.
4. It did not fail.

Q. Which of the following did not occur during the Vellore Revolt?

1. Major Armstrong, Lieutenant Elly and Lieutenant Popham were officers who were killed in this revolt.
2. Gillespie tied soldiers who were convicted to cannons and blew them.
3. Only Sir John Cradock was removed from office.
4. Gillspie was hanged for treason.

Q. was annexed at the end of the Anglo-Mysore War in 1799.

1. Vellore
2. Salem
3. Coimbatore
4. Bellary

Q. How was the peasant movement linked with Non cooperation movement

Q. participation of peasants in civil disobedience movement?

Q. The sepoys of which regiments opened fire on their higher officials that led to the Vellore Revolt of 1806?

1. 1st and 24th regiments
2. 1st and 23rd regiments
3. 11th and 24th regiments
4. 1st and 22nd regiments

Q. Select the following pairs that are related by confrontation betweeen the EIC and the Palayakkarars.

1. Captain Campbell
2. Annexation of Sivagangai
3. Col. Agnew and Col. Innes
4. Major Bannerman
5. Puli Thevar is defeated
6. Battle at Kallarpatti

Q. Which of the following places did not see revolts similar to the Vellore Revolt of 1806?

1. Bellary
2. Walajabad
3. Nandydurg
4. Mysore

Q. What were the reasons behind the Vellore Revolt of 1806?

1. The low wages and poor working conditions of the sepoys.
2. The direct violation of religious sentiments by the new regulations.
3. The experiments in land tenures and famine seen during this period.
4. The sepoys being stationed overseas to fight in wars.