Which leader played the central role in bringing about the Lucknow Pact and was praised as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
Correct answer A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Under the Lucknow Pact, what share of the elected seats in the central legislature was to go to Muslims?
Correct answer B. One-third
What was the most significant concession made by the Congress in the Lucknow Pact of 1916?
Correct answer D. Acceptance of separate electorates for Muslims
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Who presided over the Muslim League session at Lucknow in 1916 at which the Lucknow Pact was approved?
Correct answer A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were embodied in which act?
Correct answer B. Government of India Act 1919
Which system of dividing provincial subjects into ‘reserved’ and ‘transferred’ was introduced by the Government of India Act 1919?
Correct answer D. Dyarchy
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced?
Correct answer D. Lord Chelmsford
Edwin Montagu’s statement of August 1917 promised what goal for India?
Correct answer D. Gradual development of self-governing institutions
The Government of India Act 1919 provided that a commission would review its working after how many years?
Correct answer C. 10 years
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Which two brothers led the Khilafat Movement in India?
Correct answer B. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar and Maulana Shaukat Ali
On what date did the Simla Deputation meet the Viceroy?
Correct answer B. 1 October 1906
Who was the first Muslim to serve as president of the Indian National Congress?
Correct answer A. Badruddin Tyabji
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Indian National Congress was founded?
Correct answer A. Lord Dufferin
Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Correct answer A. W. C. Bonnerjee
Who is credited as the founder of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
Correct answer C. Allan Octavian Hume
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In which script is Hindi written, as demanded by its supporters in the Urdu-Hindi controversy?
Correct answer A. Devanagari
Who led the Muslim response to the 1900 Hindi order by forming the Urdu Defence Association?
Correct answer C. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Which Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ordered in 1900 that Hindi in Devanagari be allowed in courts alongside Urdu?
Correct answer D. Sir Antony MacDonnell
To which British official did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan reportedly say in 1867 that Hindus and Muslims would drift apart over the language issue?
Correct answer B. Mr Shakespeare, Commissioner of Banaras
In which city did the Urdu-Hindi controversy begin in 1867?
Correct answer B. Banaras