Free Khilafat Movement MCQs with Answers

1. The aim of the Silk Handkerchief Movement was to achieve freedom of which country?

• A. Afghanistan
• B. Subcontinent
• C. Turkey
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Silk Handkerchief Movement, or Reshmi Rumal Tehrik, was a Deobandi-led plan to end British rule in India. Thus, “Subcontinent” is the intended answer, not Turkey, although it was connected with wider Muslim political concerns.

2. The third Khilafat conference was held in 1921 in:

• A. Dhaka
• B. Karachi
• C. Istanbul
• D. None of these

Explanation: The third Khilafat Conference was held at Karachi in 1921. Karachi was a major centre of Khilafat activism and also hosted the movement’s important early gatherings.

3. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?

• A. Civil Disobedience Movement
• B. Quit India Movement
• C. Non-Cooperation Movement
• D. None of these

Explanation: Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement in August 1942 with the demand that Britain leave India. The Civil Disobedience and Non-Cooperation movements belonged to earlier phases of the anti-colonial struggle.

4. Khilafat movement was launched in the subcontinent in ___________?

• A. 1920
• B. 1919
• C. 1917
• D. 1918

Explanation: The Khilafat Movement formally emerged in 1919 after the formation of the All-India Khilafat Committee. It sought to defend the position of the Ottoman Caliph after the First World War.

5. Rowlatt Act came into operation in __________?

• A. 1917
• B. 1918
• C. 1919
• D. 1920

Explanation: The Rowlatt Act came into operation in 1919 and extended wartime emergency powers after the First World War. Its opposition contributed to the wider political unrest that preceded the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.

6. All India Khilafat Committee was formed on __________?

• A. 05 July 1919
• B. 05 August 1919
• C. 05 September 1919
• D. 05 October 1919

Explanation: The All India Khilafat Committee was formed on 5 July 1919 to organise Muslim opposition to the proposed postwar treatment of the Ottoman Caliphate. It later became the main platform of the Khilafat Movement in India.

7. The Khilafat in Turkey was abolished on __________?

• A. 03 March 1922
• B. 03 March 1923
• C. 03 March 1924
• D. 03 March 1925

Explanation: Mustafa Kemal’s Turkish National Assembly abolished the institution of the Caliphate on 3 March 1924. This ended the central demand around which the Indian Khilafat Movement had mobilised.

8. In March 1920, an Indian Khilafat Deputation visited England. The Deputation was headed by?

• A. Sir Aga Khan
• B. Mohsin-ul-Mulk
• C. Maulana M.A. Johar
• D. Sir M. Shafi

Explanation: Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar headed the Khilafat Deputation that went to England in March 1920. The delegation sought protection for the Ottoman Caliphate and Muslim holy places.

9. First khilafat conference was held in Delhi in 23 November 1919, where was the second khilafat Conference took place ____ ?

• A. Lucknow
• B. Lahore
• C. Amritsar
• D. Delhi

Explanation: The second Khilafat Conference was held at Amritsar in December 1919. The first major Khilafat Conference had been held in Delhi on 23 November 1919.

10. Sykes picot agreement also known Minar agreement was signed in ______________?

• A. 1915
• B. 1916
• C. 1917
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Sykes-Picot Agreement was signed in 1916 by Britain and France to divide Ottoman territories into spheres of influence. It became an important background issue for Muslim political opinion and the later Khilafat Movement.