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Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Who was the Viceroy of India during the formation of Muslim League?

  1. Lord Minto

  2. Lord Montague

  3. Lord Hardinge

  4. Lord Mountbatten
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The Viceroy of India during the formation of Muslim League was Lord Minto who held the position from 1905 to 1910. The 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 formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

When was the Muslim League formed?

  1. 1905

  2. 1906

  3. 1907

  4. 1908
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Muslim League was founded in 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original purpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India. An early leader in the League, Muhammad Iqbal, was one of the first to propose (1930) the creation of a separate Muslim India.

Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

The establishment of Muslim League was a threat to__________.

  1. secularism

  2. communalism

  3. socialism

  4. regionalism
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The establishment of Muslim league was a big threat to secularism. The Hindus and the Muslims were fighting together against the British. But due to the formation of Muslim league the demand and other policies were separated. Basically, the Muslim League gradually demanded a separate state for them. 

Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Who rejected the demand of creation of Pakistan?

  1. Congress

  2. Muslim League

  3. Cripps Mission

  4. None of above
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Cripps Mission rejected the demand of creation of Pakistan. In March 1942 , a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war.

Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Who criticised the idea of single Indian Union?

  1. Muslim League

  2. Congress

  3. British

  4. None of above
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The Muslim League was founded in 1906 at Dhaka to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims. It was a political group that did not believe in the idea of a single Indian union and 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 formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Who regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one Quam?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

  3. Md. Ali Jinnah

  4. All of the above
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Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan was great educationist and social reformer. He regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one Quam. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh which had both Hindu and Muslim patrons.

Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Where Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan founded Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College?

  1. Banaras

  2. Bengal

  3. Aligarh

  4. Delhi
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Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan was a great educationist and social reformer. He regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one Quam. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh which had both Hindu and Muslim patrons.

Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

When Lord Mayo adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims?

  1. 1871

  2. 1875

  3. 1873

  4. 1879
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In 1871 Lord Mayo’s government adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims in primary and secondary schools and increased government aid to educational institutions run by the Muslims. They tried to create hatred among the Hindus and the Muslims by portraying Muslim rulers as plunderers, and Hindu rulers as cruel kings to their Muslim subjects.
Multiple choice history formation of the muslim league introduction to the formation of the muslim league surat split and formation of the muslim league the growth of communalism

Who adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims?

  1. Lord Mayo

  2. Lord Curzon

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Lord Wellesley
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In 1871 Lord Mayo’s government adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims in primary and secondary schools and increased government aid to educational institutions run by the Muslims. They tried to create hatred among the Hindus and the Muslims by portraying Muslim rulers as plunderers, and Hindu rulers as cruel kings to their Muslim subjects.