Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers – 1857 to 1947 – Page 10

Question 181 Pakistan Movement

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

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Question 182 Pakistan Movement

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

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Question 183 Pakistan Movement

In which city did the Urdu-Hindi controversy begin in 1867?

Correct answer B. Banaras

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Question 184 Pakistan Movement

Why did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan oppose the introduction of elections on a purely majority basis in India?

Correct answer D. He feared Muslims would be permanently outvoted by the Hindu majority

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Question 185 Pakistan Movement

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is regarded as one of the earliest proponents of which idea later central to the Pakistan Movement?

Correct answer A. Two-Nation Theory

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Question 186 Pakistan Movement

Who founded the Sindh Madressatul Islam in Karachi in 1885?

Correct answer C. Hassan Ali Effendi

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Question 187 Pakistan Movement

In which year was the Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam founded in Lahore?

Correct answer A. 1884

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Question 188 Pakistan Movement

Which scholar, once a teacher at the MAO College, is closely associated with the Nadwat-ul-Ulama?

Correct answer A. Shibli Nomani

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Question 189 Pakistan Movement

What was the real name of Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, an associate of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?

Correct answer C. Mushtaq Hussain

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Question 190 Pakistan Movement

What was the real name of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, a leading figure of the Aligarh Movement?

Correct answer C. Syed Mehdi Ali

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Question 191 Pakistan Movement

Who wrote Hayat-e-Javed, a well-known biography of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?

Correct answer D. Altaf Hussain Hali

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Question 192 Pakistan Movement

Which publication of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan aimed to show that many Muslims had stayed loyal to the British in 1857?

Correct answer B. The Loyal Muhammadans of India

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Question 193 Pakistan Movement

Which book by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan describes the historic buildings of Delhi?

Correct answer A. Aasar-us-Sanadeed

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Question 194 Pakistan Movement

In which year did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Theodore Beck establish the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association?

Correct answer A. 1893

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Question 195 Pakistan Movement

Which conference did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan found in 1886 to spread modern education among Muslims?

Correct answer C. Muhammadan Educational Conference

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Question 196 Pakistan Movement

Which Englishman served as principal of the MAO College, Aligarh, from 1883 until 1899?

Correct answer A. Theodore Beck

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Question 197 Pakistan Movement

Which English universities served as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s model for the college at Aligarh?

Correct answer D. Oxford and Cambridge

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Question 198 Pakistan Movement

In which year was the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College upgraded to Aligarh Muslim University?

Correct answer A. 1920

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Question 199 Pakistan Movement

In which year did Sir Syed’s Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental school begin classes at Aligarh?

Correct answer D. 1875

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Question 200 Pakistan Movement

Which Viceroy laid the foundation stone of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1877?

Correct answer A. Lord Lytton

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