People’s Revolt
1.The Palayakkarar system was instituted in:
a) 1510
b) 1529
c) 1550
d) 1570
Answer: b) 1529
2.The number of Palayams created under the system was:
a) 50
b) 60
c) 72
d) 80
Answer: c) 72
3.The portion of taxes collected by the Palayakkarars that went to the Nayak of Madurai was:
a) 1/3
b) 1/4
c) 1/5
d) 1/6
Answer: a) 1/3
4.Who became the Nayak of Madurai in 1529?
a) Ariyanatha Mudaliyar
b) Viswanatha
c) Krishnadevaraya
d) Ramaraja
Answer: b) Viswanatha
5.Who was the minister consulted by Viswanatha regarding the Palayakkarar system?
a) Krishnadevaraya
b) Ramaraja
c) Ariyanatha Mudaliyar
d) Peddanna
Answer: c) Ariyanatha Mudaliyar
6.The Eastern Palayams were ruled under the control of:
a) Puli Thevar
b) Kattabomman
c) Veerapandya Kattabomman
d) Dheeran Chinnamalai
Answer: b) Kattabomman
7.The Western Palayams were ruled under the control of:
a) Kattabomman
b) Puli Thevar
c) Marudu Pandiyar
d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: b) Puli Thevar
8.Which treaty consolidated English power over the Palayakkars in 1792?
a) Treaty of Madras
b) Treaty of Carnatic
c) Treaty of Allahabad
d) Carnatic Treaty
Answer: d) Carnatic Treaty
9.The two main blocs of Palayakkarars were:
A. Northern and Southern
B. Eastern and Western
C. Coastal and Inland
D. Hindu and Muslim
Answer: B. Eastern and Western
10.Nerkattumseval was attacked by the forces of the Nawab of Arcot in:
A. 1755
B. 1759
C. 1763
D. 1767
Answer: B. 1759
11.The leader of the Nawab of Arcot's forces who attacked Nerkattumseval was:
A. Muzaffar Jung
B. Salabat Jung
C. Nizam Ali Khan
D. Yusuf Khan
Answer: D. Yusuf Khan
12.Puli Thevar was defeated at Anthanallur in:
A. 1759
B. 1761
C. 1763
D. 1767
Answer: B. 1761
13.Puli Thevar recaptured Nerkattumseval in:
A. 1759
B. 1761
C. 1763
D. 1764
Answer: D. 1764
14.Puli Thevar was finally defeated by:
A. Captain Campbell
B. Hyder Ali
C. Tipu Sultan
D. The Nawab of Arcot
Answer: A. Captain Campbell
15.Kattabomman ruled the region of:
A. Thanjavur
B. Madurai
C. Tirunelveli
D. Salem
Answer: C. Tirunelveli
16.Kattabomman was initially a feudatory under the:
A. Cholas
B. Pandyas
C. Vijayanagar Empire
D. Nayaks
Answer: B. Pandyas
17.The capital of Kattabomman's territory was:
A. Virupakshipuram
B. Virupakshiyam
C. Virapandiyapuram
D. Virapandiapuram
Answer: C. Virapandiyapuram
18.Kattabomman's wife's name was:
A. Lakshmi
B. Parvati
C. Jakkammal
D. Rukmini
Answer: C. Jakkammal
19.Which of the following was a brother of Veerapandya Kattabomman?
a) Raja Chola
b) Oomathurai
c) Puli Thevar
d) Ramachandra
Answer: b) Oomathurai
20.Veerapandya Kattabomman’s brothers included:
a) Oomathurai and Ramachandra
b) Oomathurai and Sevathaiah
c) Sevathaiah and Puli Thevar
d) Kattabomman and Ramaraja
Answer: b) Oomathurai and Sevathaiah
21.The balance of the tribute arrears that Kattabomman owed was:
A. 500 pagodas
B. 1080 pagodas
C. 1500 pagodas
D. 2000 pagodas
Answer: B. 1080 pagodas
22.In 1798, who was the collector of Ramanathapuram that wrote letters to Kattabomman?
a) Colin Campbell
b) Colin Jackson
c) Robert Clive
d) James MacDonald
Answer: b) Colin Jackson
23.The Governor of Madras Council who ordered Kattabomman to surrender was:
A. Robert Clive
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Sir Henry Dundas
D. Edward Clive
Answer: D. Edward Clive
24.The collector who was appointed in place of Colin Jackson was:
A. John Munro
B. Thomas Munro
C. S.R. Lushington
D. Thomas Babington Macaulay
Answer: C. S.R. Lushington
25.During the interview, Kattabomman and his minister had to stand before the collector for:
a) One hour
b) Two hours
c) Three hours
d) Four hours
Answer: c) Three hours
26.Who formed the South Indian Confederacy of rebels against the British?
a) Kattabomman
b) Puli Thevar
c) Marudu Pandyan
d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: c) Marudu Pandyan
27.What was the name of the proclamation made by the South Indian Confederacy?
a) Tiruchirappalli Proclamation
b) Madurai Proclamation
c) Panchalamkuruchi Declaration
d) Sivagiri Statement
Answer: a) Tiruchirappalli Proclamation
28.Which location did the British army march towards to counter Kattabomman's actions?
a) Tiruchirappalli
b) Madurai
c) Panchalamkuruchi
d) Sivagiri
Answer: c) Panchalamkuruchi
29.When was Veerapandya Kattabomman executed?
a) 1798
b) 1799
c) 1800
d) 1801
Answer: b) 1799
30.Where was Veerapandya Kattabomman hanged?
a) Ramanathapuram
b) Tiruchirappalli
c) Kayathar
d) Madurai
Answer: c) Kayathar
31.Veerapandya Kattabomman was tried before an assembly of Palayakkarars on:
a) 15th October
b) 16th October
c) 17th October
d) 18th October
Answer: b) 16th October
32.Where was Sivasubramania executed?
a) Kayathar
b) Ramanathapuram
c) Nagalapuram
d) Tiruchirappalli
Answer: c) Nagalapuram
33.Who was Velu Nachiyar married to at the age of 16?
a) Muthu Vaduganathar
b) Gopala Nayaker
c) Marudu Pandyan
d) Puli Thevar
Answer: a) Muthu Vaduganathar
34.Velu Nachiyar is known as:
a) Rani of North India
b) Jhansi Rani of South India
c) Empress of South India
d) Queen of Dindigul
Answer: b) Jhansi Rani of South India
35.What was Velu Nachiyar known as among Tamils?
a) Jhansi Rani
b) Veeramangai
c) Rani of Dindigul
d) Queen of Madurai
Answer: b) Veeramangai
36.Who was known as the “Lion of Sivaganga”?
a) Periya Marudu
b) Chinna Marudu
c) Muthu Vaduganathar
d) Velu Nachiyar
Answer: b) Chinna Marudu
37.In which month and year was the Tiruchirappalli Proclamation issued?
a) April 1801
b) June 1801
c) July 1801
d) September 1801
Answer: b) June 1801
38.How many men did Chinna Marudu collect to challenge the English army?
a) 10,000
b) 15,000
c) 20,000
d) 25,000
Answer: c) 20,000
39.Where was Dheeran Chinnamalai born?
a) Erode
b) Coimbatore
c) Salem
d) Karur
Answer: a) Erode
40.What was Dheeran Chinnamalai's original name?
a) Theerthagiri
b) Dheeran Chinnamalai
c) Odanilai
d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: a) Theerthagiri
41.Where did Dheeran Chinnamalai settle after Tipu Sultan's death?
a) Coimbatore
b) Odanilai
c) Salem
d) Chennai
Answer: b) Odanilai
42.In which fort was Dheeran Chinnamalai hanged in 1805?
a) Odanilai Fort
b) Sankagiri Fort
c) Coimbatore Fort
d) Cauvery Fort
Answer: b) Sankagiri Fort
43.In which year did Dheeran Chinnamalai die?
a) 1801
b) 1802
c) 1804
d) 1805
Answer: d) 1805
44.Who was the Governor of Madras in 1803?
a) Sir John Cradock
b) William Cavendish Bentinck
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Thomas Munro
Answer: b) William Cavendish Bentinck
45.What was the name given to the new turban introduced by General Agnew?
a) Agnew’s Cap
b) Agnew’s Helmet
c) Agnew’s Turban
d) Agnew’s Hat
Answer: c) Agnew’s Turban
46.In which month and year did General Agnew introduce the new turban?
a) June 1804
b) June 1805
c) June 1806
d) June 1807
Answer: c) June 1806
47.According to V.D. Savarkar, the Vellore revolt of 1806 is considered:
a) A separate rebellion
b) The beginning of British rule
c) A prelude to the first War of Indian Independence
d) An isolated incident
Answer: c) A prelude to the first War of Indian Independence
48.Who referred to the Vellore revolt of 1806 as the prelude to the first War of Indian Independence in 1857?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) V.D. Savarkar
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: c) V.D. Savarkar
49.On what date did Mangal Pandey refuse to use the greased cartridge?
a) 25 March 1857
b) 28 March 1857
c) 29 March 1857
d) 30 March 1857
Answer: c) 29 March 1857
50.Where did Mangal Pandey’s actions take place?
a) Delhi
b) Kanpur
c) Barrackpur
d) Lucknow
Answer: c) Barrackpur
51.The Palayakkarar system was instituted in –
(a) 1519
(b) 1520
(c) 1529
(d) 1530
Answer:(c) 1529
52.Which of the following Palayakkarar of Tamil Nadu was the pioneer against the English rule –
(a) Pulitevan
(b) Yusuf Khan
(c) Kattabomman
(d) Marudhu brothers
Answer:(a) Pulitevan
53.Colin Jackson was the collector of –
(a) Madurai
(b) Tirunelveli
(c) Ramanathapuram
(d) Tuticorin
Answer:(c) Ramanathapuram
54.Veera Pandiya Kattabomman was hanged at the fort of –
(a) Panchalamkurichi
(b) Sivagangai
(c) Tiruppathur
(d) Kayathar
Answer:(d) Kayathar
55.Velu Nachiyar was a queen of –
(a) Nagalapuram
(b) Sivagiri
(c) Sivagangai
(d) Virapachi
Answer:(c) Sivagangai
56.Tiruchirapalli proclamation was issued by –
(a) Marudhu Pandiyars
(b) Krishnappa Nayak
(c) Velu Nachiyar
(d) Dheeran Chinnamalai
Answer:(a) Marudhu Pandiyars
57.Which of the following place was associated with Dheeran chinnamalai –
(a) Dindigul
(b) Nagalapuram
(c) Pudukottai
(d) Odanilai
Answer:(d) Odanilai
58.Rani Lakshmi Bai led the revolt at –
(a) Central India
(b) Kanpur
(c) Delhi
(d) Bareilly
Answer:(a) Central India
59.The Eastern Palayams were ruled under the control of which leader?
a) Kattabomman
b) Chinna Marudu
c) Marudu Pandiyan
d) Puli Thevar
Answer: c) Marudu Pandiyan
60.Who instituted the Palayakkarar system with the consultation of his minister Ariyanatha Mudaliyar?
a) Vishwanatha Nayakar
b) Muthu Vaduganathar
c) Veerapandya Kattabomman
d) Chinna Marudu
Answer: a) Vishwanatha Nayakar
61.The ancestors of Kattabomman belonged to which region?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra
d) Kerala
Answer: c) Andhra
62.Who was known by Tamils as Veeramangai and the Jhansi Rani of South India?
a) Velu Nachiyar
b) Chinna Marudu
c) Kattabomman
d) Sivasubramaniam
Answer: a) Velu Nachiyar
63.Who was called the ‘Lion of Sivagangai’?
a) Kattabomman
b) Chinna Marudu
c) Marudu Pandiyan
d) Puli Thevar
Answer: b) Chinna Marudu
64.Who described the revolt of 1857 as the First War of Indian Independence?
a) V.D. Savarkar
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: a) V.D. Savarkar
65.Viswanatha instituted the Palayakkarar system in ……………..
(a) 1546
(b) 1529
(c) 1539
(d) 1549
Answer:(b) 1529
66.The Western Palayams were the ……………..
(a) Cheras
(b) Cholas
(c) Maravas
(d) Nayaks
Answer:(c) Maravas
67……………… policy followed by the English split the forces of the Palayakkarars.
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Divide and Rule
(c) Subsidiary Alliance
(d) Permanent Settlement
Answer:(b) Divide and Rule
68…………… was the capital of chinna Marudhu.
(a) Palayamkottai
(b) Sivaganga
(c) Siruvayal
(d) Mysore
Answer:(c) Siruayal
