Multiple choice

The basic defect of the Lucknow Pact was

  1. it was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule

  2. it was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities

  3. it was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff

  4. it was a pact between powerless potentates
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Lucknow Pact of 1916 is often criticized for accepting the principle of separate electorates for Muslims, which reinforced the idea that Hindus and Muslims were distinct political communities rather than a unified national entity.

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