Free Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers

111. Which Muslim leader received the title of "Knighthood" in 1888?

• A. Rahmat Ali
• B. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• C. Maulana M.Ali Jauhar
• D. Maulana Shaukat Ali

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan received a knighthood in 1888 and thereafter became widely known as Sir Syed. The Ali brothers received prominence later through the Khilafat Movement, not this honour.

112. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan received his early education from his _________?

• A. Father
• B. Maternal Grand Father
• C. Mother
• D. Maternal Grand Mother

Explanation: Sir Syed received his early education from his maternal grandfather, Khwaja Fariduddin, who was a learned scholar. This early religious and literary training influenced his later reformist work.

113. Who was appointed first secretary of the Board of Trustees of Aligarh College?

• A. Syed Muhammad
• B. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• C. Hakeem Ajmal khan
• D. Nawab Viqar-ul-malik

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan served as the first secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh. Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk and Hakim Ajmal Khan became associated with the movement later.

114. Who introduced "Two nations theory" in the subcontinent?

• A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• C. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• D. Zafar Ali khan

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was the earliest prominent Muslim leader in British India to explain Hindus and Muslims as distinct nations with separate social and political interests. Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah later developed and politically advanced this idea.

115. 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.

116. "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.

117. 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.

118. 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.

119. 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.

120. 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.