Solved MCQs on the background of the Pakistan Movement: Sir Syed and the Aligarh Movement, Minto-Morley reforms, Lucknow Pact, Round Table Conferences and more.
Study the background of the Pakistan Movement from 1857 to 1947: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement, constitutional reforms of 1909 and 1919, the Round Table Conferences, the Quit India Movement and other milestones on the road to independence.
This period produces many questions on dates and the order of events. Make a timeline of the reforms, conferences and movements, and connect each with its result for Muslims.
Correct answer: A. Separate electorates
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 (the Minto-Morley Reforms) accepted the Muslim demand for separate electorates, first raised by the Simla Deputation in 1906.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Indian National Congress
Adopted by the Congress and the League at their sessions in Lucknow in December 1916, it accepted separate electorates and set out minority representation in legislatures.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu, the poet and Congress leader, gave the Quaid this title for his efforts to bring the two communities together.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Dyarchy
Dyarchy divided provincial subjects between elected Indian ministers and British-appointed officials. Provincial autonomy came later, with the 1935 Act.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Amritsar
On 13 April 1919, troops under General Dyer fired on a peaceful gathering in Amritsar, killing hundreds of people.
Correct answer: D. London
Three conferences were held in London. Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal took part in some of the sessions.
Correct answer: B. Three
Three conferences were held between 1930 and 1932. Their discussions fed into the Government of India Act 1935.
Correct answer: C. Government of India Act 1935
The 1935 Act replaced dyarchy with provincial autonomy. An adapted version served as Pakistan's interim constitution until 1956.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 1937
The 1937 elections brought Congress ministries to power. Muslim grievances against their rule led to the Day of Deliverance when they resigned in 1939.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Aligarh Movement
Through the Aligarh Movement and the MAO College (1875), Sir Syed promoted modern education among Muslims after 1857.
Correct answer: D. Banaras
Demands in Banaras to replace Urdu (in Persian script) with Hindi (in Devanagari script) are often linked to the early development of the two-nation idea.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 1942
Sir Stafford Cripps arrived in 1942 with proposals for post-war dominion status, which both Congress and the League rejected.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 1942
Launched in August 1942, it demanded an immediate end to British rule. The Muslim League did not join it.
Correct answer: A. Lord Wavell
Lord Wavell convened the conference to form a new Executive Council. It failed over the Muslim League's claim to nominate all Muslim members.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Almost all Muslim seats in the central legislature
The League won all the Muslim seats in the central legislature and most Muslim seats in the provinces, which established its claim to speak for Muslims.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Finance
As Finance Member, Liaquat Ali Khan presented the 1947 budget, often called the "poor man's budget" because it taxed the wealthy heavily.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten became Viceroy in March 1947 and announced the plan to partition British India on 3 June 1947.
Correct answer: D. Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905, creating a Muslim-majority province of Eastern Bengal and Assam. It was reversed in 1911.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Protect the Ottoman Caliphate after the First World War
Led by the Ali Brothers from 1919, it sought to preserve the Ottoman Caliphate. It faded after Turkey abolished the Caliphate in 1924.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. The causes of the 1857 War of Independence
In this pamphlet Sir Syed argued that British policies, not a Muslim conspiracy, had caused the uprising of 1857.