Pakistan Movement (1857-1947)
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Q121.Who was the first Muslim to demand Partition of Bengal be maintained?
Correct Answer: A
Nawab Saleemullah of Dhaka strongly supported the 1905 partition, which benefited Bengali Muslims.
Q122.Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?
Correct Answer: B
Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon after the 1857 War of Independence.
Q123.Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
Correct Answer: B
All seven members were British; Indians protested with "Simon Go Back".
Q124.At partition, Pakistan received what share of the armed forces assets?
Correct Answer: C
Pakistan was to get about one-third of military assets; a large portion was withheld by India.
Q125.Bande Mataram, resented by Muslims during Congress rule, was?
Correct Answer: B
Bande Mataram, from the novel Anandamath, was imposed in schools and resented by Muslims.
Q126.Delhi Durbar of 1911 announced, besides annulment of partition, the shifting of capital from Calcutta to?
Correct Answer: C
King George V announced the transfer of the capital to Delhi in 1911.
Q127.Diarchy introduced by the 1919 Act operated at which level?
Correct Answer: B
Diarchy divided provincial subjects into reserved and transferred categories.
Q128.In the Cabinet Mission grouping, Section B included?
Correct Answer: B
Group B comprised the Muslim-majority northwestern provinces.
Q129.Islamia College Peshawar was founded by?
Correct Answer: B
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan founded Islamia College Peshawar in 1913.
Q130.Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council over which act?
Correct Answer: B
Jinnah resigned in protest against the Rowlatt Act in 1919.
Q131.Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar delivered his famous "I will not return to a slave country" speech at?
Correct Answer: B
At the First RTC (1930), the ailing Jauhar declared he would not return alive to a slave country.
Q132.Minto-Morley Reforms are also known as?
Correct Answer: A
The Indian Councils Act 1909 is commonly called the Minto-Morley Reforms.
Q133.Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in which year?
Correct Answer: B
The Government of India Act 1919 embodied the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and diarchy.
Q134.Muhammadan Educational Conference was founded in which year?
Correct Answer: B
Sir Syed founded the Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1886; AIML was born at its 1906 session.
Q135.Pakistan's share of financial assets agreed at partition was?
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan was to receive Rs. 750 million; Rs. 550 million was initially withheld until Gandhi's fast.
Q136.Rajagopalachari Formula (1944) proposed?
Correct Answer: B
The C.R. Formula offered post-independence plebiscites; Jinnah rejected it as a "shadow of Pakistan".
Q137.Shah Waliullah translated the Holy Quran into which language?
Correct Answer: B
Shah Waliullah translated the Quran into Persian; his sons later translated it into Urdu.
Q138.Tehzib-ul-Akhlaq was a journal published by?
Correct Answer: B
Sir Syed launched Tehzib-ul-Akhlaq in 1870 for social and religious reform.
Q139.The Aligarh Institute Gazette was started by?
Correct Answer: B
Sir Syed started the Aligarh Institute Gazette in 1866.
Q140.The capital of the new province of East Bengal and Assam (1905) was?
Correct Answer: C
Dhaka became the capital of the new Muslim-majority province.