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Multiple choice history the education and british rule contribution of revolutionary organisation in freedom movement revolutionary movement and important revolutionaries revolutionary movement in india

The ____________ was formed in 1906 to look after the interest of the Muslims in India.

  1. Indian League

  2. Pakistan League

  3. Muslim League

  4. Home Rule League
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Muslim League was founded in 1906 at Dhaka to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims. It was a political group that led the movement calling for a separate Muslim nation to be created at the time of the partition of British India in 1947 because it feared that an independent India would be dominated by Hindus.

Multiple choice history the education and british rule contribution of revolutionary organisation in freedom movement revolutionary movement and important revolutionaries revolutionary movement in india

Anglo-Oriental School at Aligarh was started in 1875 by _________.

  1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

  2. Sir Mirza Ismail

  3. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  4. Ali brothers
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Explanation

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875. The college started as a primary school on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24 May 1875 known as Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School. It was established as Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind in 1875 and after two years it became Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. The Anglo–Indian statesman Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the predecessor of AMU, the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 having already established two schools. The movement of Muslim awakening associated with Syed Ahmad Khan and M.A.O. College came to be known as Aligarh Movement.

Multiple choice history the education and british rule contribution of revolutionary organisation in freedom movement revolutionary movement and important revolutionaries revolutionary movement in india

Who gave the 'two-nation' theory ?

  1. Mian Iftikhar-ud-din

  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  3. G.V. Mavalankar

  4. Lord Mountbatten
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Explanation

The two nation theory was given by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Two nation theory is the basis of creation of Pakistan. It states that Muslims and Hindus are two separate nations from every definition, therefore Muslims should have a separate homeland in the Muslims majority areas of India , where they can spend their lives according to the glorious teachings of Islam.

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In which year did the Muslim league started demanding a separate nation for the Muslims?

  1. 1919

  2. 1925

  3. 1929

  4. 1940
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Explanation

From the year 1940, the Muslim League started demanding a separate nation for the Muslims. It was based on the two-nation theory. The Muslim League demanded that the areas in which the Muslims are in a majority as in the North-Western and Eastern Zones of India should be grouped to constitute an Independent State.

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Which policy British decided to follow to encourage communal and separatist tendencies?

  1. Divide and Rule Policy

  2. Separation Policy

  3. Education Policy

  4. Religious Policy
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Explanation

After the First War of Independence in 1857, the British became apprehensive of the safety and stability of their empire in India. They saw the unity between the Hindus and Muslims as a threat to them. Thus, to check the growth of a united national feeling in India and to encourage communal and separatist tendencies in Indian politics they decided to follow the policy of 'Divide and Rule'.

Multiple choice history the education and british rule contribution of revolutionary organisation in freedom movement revolutionary movement and important revolutionaries revolutionary movement in india

Who sowed the seeds of dissension between the two communities and encouraged separatist and communal tendencies?

  1. Muslim

  2. Hindu

  3. British

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

After the 1870s, the British government changed its attitude and followed the policy of appeasing the Muslims in order to undermine the Nation Movement. They sowed the seeds of dissension between the two communities and encouraged separatist and communal tendencies.