Free Aligarh Movement MCQs with Answers

111. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan set himself to the task of protecting which language?

• A. Arabic
• B. Urdu
• C. Farsi
• D. Hindi

Explanation: Sir Syed defended Urdu during the Hindi-Urdu controversy because he regarded it as an important Muslim cultural and educational language. Arabic and Persian had religious or literary importance, but Urdu was the language directly threatened in North India.

112. "Congress is mainly a hindu body which can never be sincere to the Muslims". Who said these lines?

• A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• C. Fatima Jinnah
• D. Rahmat Ali

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan opposed the Congress because he believed its majoritarian structure would allow Hindu interests to dominate Muslim political concerns. Jinnah later developed this criticism into a stronger demand for Muslim political safeguards.

113. Al-Hilal weekly was started by____________?

• A. Abul Kalam Azad
• B. Jawaharlal Nehru
• C. M.K Gandhi
• D. Iqbal

Explanation: Abul Kalam Azad launched the Urdu weekly Al-Hilal in 1912 to promote political awareness and anti-colonial thought among Indian Muslims. Nehru and Gandhi were associated with other newspapers, not this publication.

114. The book "Indian Musalmans" published in 1871 was written by _____________?

• A. Joseph Rudyard Kipling
• B. Syed Ameer Ali
• C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• D. William Wilson Hunter

Explanation: Indian Musalmans was written by William Wilson Hunter and published in 1871. Hunter examined the political and social position of Indian Muslims, making the book an important background text for the Aligarh era.

115. What was the real name Shah Wali Ullah________________?

• A. Qutubddin Ahmed Faruqi
• B. Qutubddin Ahmed Siddiqui
• C. Qutubddin Ahmed
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shah Waliullah's personal name was Qutbuddin Ahmad. The longer forms sometimes attached to his name refer to lineage or place, but among these options the accepted answer is Qutbuddin Ahmad.

116. Why Syed Amir Ali resigned from the Muslim league in 1913 __________?

• A. The Muslim league did not do sufficient work for its members
• B. It criticized the Government
• C. It started supporting the Hindu cause
• D. The party had no clear cut policy

Explanation: Syed Amir Ali resigned from the Muslim League in 1913 because he considered its policy and direction unclear. The League was then undergoing a change in its political objectives, which caused disagreement among its leaders.

117. Arya Samaj was founded in_______________?

• A. 1875
• B. 1877
• C. 1878
• D. 1879

Explanation: Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1875. It was a Hindu reform movement that later became an important factor in Hindu revivalist politics.

118. Who initiated the cult of Shivaji against the Muslims of India________?

• A. Bal Ganga dher tilak
• B. Bennerji
• C. Pandit madan mohan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularised the Shivaji festival and used Shivaji’s image to mobilise Hindu political sentiment against Muslim and British rule. The other listed figures are not associated with initiating this cult.

119. Who called the"spiritual guide"as shopkeepers____________?

• A. Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi
• B. Shah Waliullah
• C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shah Waliullah criticised self-serving religious intermediaries by comparing certain spiritual guides to shopkeepers. His broader aim was to reform Muslim religious and social life in India.

120. Who constructed five canals to remove scarcity of water___________?

• A. Alauddin Khaliji
• B. Ghyas-ud-Din Tughlaq
• C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq
• D. Akbar

Explanation: Firoz Shah Tughlaq constructed canals to bring water to cultivated areas and reduce irrigation shortages. His canal-building work is one of the notable public-works achievements of the Tughlaq period.