Free Aligarh Movement MCQs with Answers

• A. October 1932
• B. June 1939
• C. October 1936
• D. June 1940

Explanation: The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference was founded in October 1932 to represent Muslim political interests in the princely state.

• A. Sir Saleemullah
• B. Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk
• C. Sir Aga Khan
• D. Sir Adamjee Pir Bhai

Explanation: Sir Aga Khan III was chosen as the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League.

• A. Maulana Mehmood-ul-Hassan
• B. Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madni
• C. Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi
• D. Maulana Rasheed Ahmed

Explanation: Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband was founded in 1866 by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.

• A. Aga Hassan Ali Effendi
• B. Sir Aga Khan
• C. Khalifa Hameeduddin
• D. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Explanation: Sindh Madrasah-tul-Islam was established in Karachi by Hassan Ali Effendi in 1885.

• A. Jahangir
• B. Humayun
• C. Akbar
• D. Shah Jahan

Explanation: Emperor Jahangir permitted the English East India Company to establish a factory at Surat after the English victory over the Portuguese in…

• A. 1909
• B. 1910
• C. 1911
• D. 1912

Explanation: The Indian Councils Act, commonly called the Morley-Minto Reforms, became law in 1909.

• A. Asur-us-sanadeed
• B. Ahkame Taam-E-Ahle kitab
• C. Khutbat e Ahmedia
• D. Tehzeeb ul Aklaq

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote Khutbat-e-Ahmadiya to respond to Western criticisms and allegations concerning the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace…

• A. Vectoria
• B. Gulshan
• C. Muhamadan Anglo oriental School
• D. Danissh school

Explanation: Sir Syed established the Gulshan School at Muradabad in 1859, before founding the more famous Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh…

• A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• B. Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
• C. Mohsin-ul-Mulk
• D. None of these

Explanation: Mohsin-ul-Mulk helped establish Anjuman-i-Taraqqi-i-Urdu in 1903 to promote and defend Urdu.

• A. English to Urdu
• B. Urdu to English
• C. Persian to Urdu
• D. Arabic to Urdu

Explanation: The Scientific Society, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, translated modern scientific and educational works from English into Urdu.

• A. Nawab Muzzamil Ullah Khan
• B. Nawab Salim Ullah Khan
• C. Sir Adamjee Pir Bhai
• D. None of these

Explanation: The second session of the All-India Muslim League was held in Karachi in 1907 at the residence of Nawab Muzzamil Ullah Khan.

• A. 1913
• B. 1916
• C. 1922
• D. 1934

Explanation: In 1913, the Muslim League revised its objective from merely supporting the British government to seeking self-government while…

• A. Sir Syed
• B. Lord Elgin
• C. Henry Siddons
• D. Theodore Beck

Explanation: Henry Siddons was the first principal of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh.

• A. Sir Syed
• B. Lord Elgin
• C. Henry Siddons
• D. Theodore Beck

Explanation: The first principal of the Anglo-Oriental College, later called M.A.O. College, was Henry Siddons. Theodore Beck succeeded him in 1883.

• A. 1895
• B. 1896
• C. 1897
• D. 1898

Explanation: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani died in Istanbul in 1897. He was an important Muslim reformer whose ideas influenced political and educational…

• A. 1886
• B. 1887
• C. 1888
• D. 1889

Explanation: The Aligarh Trusteeship Bill was passed in 1889, strengthening the institutional administration of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College…

• A. Sir Agha Khan
• B. Nawab Waqar ul Mulk
• C. Nawab Saleem ullah Khan
• D. None of them

Explanation: Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, was chosen as the first president of the All-India Muslim League at its establishment in 1906.

• A. Delhi
• B. Lahore
• C. Dhaka
• D. Allahabad

Explanation: The All-India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in December 1906 during the session of the Muhammadan Educational Conference.

• A. Delhi
• B. Bombay
• C. Kanpur
• D. Allahabad

Explanation: The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in 1885, with A. O. Hume playing a central organisational role.

• A. Dr. Safdar Mahmood
• B. Abdul Haleem Sharar
• C. Sir Syed Amir Ali
• D. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Explanation: Khutbat-e-Ahmadia was written by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as a response to William Muir's criticism of the Prophet Muhammad.