Free Lucknow Pact MCQs with Answers

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The Lucknow Pact of 1916 brought the All-India Muslim League and Indian National Congress into a joint constitutional agreement during the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other negotiators. It covers the pact’s demands for self-government, separate electorates, Muslim representation and weightage, along with its significance and later limitations.

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Fairly easy
  • A. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
  • B. Shibli Nomani
  • C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • D. Zafar Ali Khan

Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah played the central organising role in bringing the Congress and Muslim League together at Lucknow in 1916.

Correct answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Fairly easy
  • A. Zafar Ali Khan
  • B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • C. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah played the central role in bringing the Muslim League and Congress together at Lucknow in 1916.

Correct answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Fairly easy
  • A. Mumbai
  • B. Lahore
  • C. Kanpur
  • D. Dhaka

Explanation: The Muslim League held its 1915 annual session in Bombay, where growing League-Congress cooperation helped prepare the ground for the…

Correct answer: Mumbai
Easy
  • A. 1900
  • B. 1906
  • C. 1916
  • D. 1930

Explanation: The Lucknow Pact was signed in 1916 between the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League.

Correct answer: 1916
Fairly easy
  • A. Delhi
  • B. Bombay
  • C. Calcutta
  • D. Lucknow

Explanation: Jinnah first met Gandhi at the 1916 Congress-League session in Lucknow, the same session associated with the Lucknow Pact.

Correct answer: Lucknow
Moderate
  • A. Muhammad Shafi
  • B. Mrs. Soronji Naidu
  • C. Abdul Kalam Azad
  • D. Allama Iqbal

Explanation: Sarojini Naidu called Jinnah the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” because of his efforts to bring the Muslim League and Congress…

Correct answer: Mrs. Soronji Naidu
Fairly easy
  • A. 1910
  • B. 1912
  • C. 1913
  • D. 1916

Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam and Gandhi first met in the political context of the 1916 Lucknow session, when Congress and the Muslim League reached the…

Correct answer: 1916
Moderate
  • A. Minto - Morley Reforms, 1909
  • B. Lucknow pact
  • C. Cripps Mission
  • D. Gandhi - Irwin Pact

Explanation: The Lucknow Pact of 1916 supported expansion of elected legislatures and elections on the basis of adult franchise.

Correct answer: Lucknow pact

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