Free Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers

61. Urdu Defence Association was founded In August 1900 In _____ City ?

• A. Delhi
• B. Karachi
• C. Luckhnow
• D. Calcutta

Explanation: The Urdu Defence Association was founded at Lucknow in August 1900 to safeguard Urdu against the Hindi movement. Lucknow is therefore the city associated with its foundation.

62. When Captain William Hawkins Visited the Mughal Court of Jahangir?

• A. 1606
• B. 1607
• C. 1609
• D. None of these

Explanation: Captain William Hawkins reached Jahangir’s court in 1609 as a representative of the English East India Company. He sought permission to establish English trading privileges in Mughal territory.

63. In which century the British began to come in the Indian Subcontinent?

• A. 15th century
• B. 16th century
• C. 17th century
• D. None of these

Explanation: The English East India Company was formed in 1600, and its activities in the subcontinent expanded during the seventeenth century. This makes the 17th century the appropriate answer.

64. Who convinced Quaid-e-Azam to join Muslim League?

• A. Nawab Mohsin -ul-Mulk
• B. Muhammad Husain Azad
• C. Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
• D. Sir Agha Khan

Explanation: Jinnah joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913 after persuasion from Muslim leaders, commonly identified in this MCQ as Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar. Sir Agha Khan helped lead the League but is not the expected answer here.

65. Who advised Muslims to stay away from All India Congress?

• A. Sir Muhammad Shafi
• B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• C. Moulana Muhammad Ali Johar
• D. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan advised Muslims to avoid joining the Congress because he believed Muslims and Hindus had distinct political interests and that Muslims were not yet sufficiently organized. Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jauhar came later in the political movement.

66. Where was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan born on 17 October 1817?

• A. Lucknow
• B. Bijnor
• C. Delhi
• D. Rampur

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi on 17 October 1817, linking him directly with the city where his educational and reform career began. Bijnor was associated with his service, not his birthplace.

67. When did Iqbal write an essay ISLAMIC CULTURE?

• A. 1911
• B. 1914
• C. 1912
• D. 1913

Explanation: Allama Iqbal wrote the essay “Islamic Culture” in 1911, during the early phase of his intellectual and political development. It reflects his effort to explain Islamic civilization in response to modern Western thought.

68. When did All India Muslim League succeed in getting the right of separate electorate?

• A. 1908
• B. 1909
• C. 1906
• D. 1907

Explanation: The Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 accepted separate electorates for Muslims, allowing them to elect Muslim representatives separately. The demand had been pressed by Muslim leaders before and after the Muslim League was founded.

69. What was the idea of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan?

• A. To create an atmosphere of mutual understanding between the British government and the Muslims
• B. To motivate the Muslims to learn Western education
• C. To persuade Muslims to abstain from agitational politics
• D. All of these

Explanation: Sir Syed promoted modern Western education, cooperation and understanding with the British, and avoidance of confrontational politics. Since all three aims formed part of his policy, “All of these” is correct.

70. During the war of independence 1857 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was working in __________?

• A. Bijnaur
• B. Meerut
• C. Ghaziabad
• D. None of these

Explanation: During the 1857 uprising, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was serving as a judicial official in Bijnor. His experience there influenced his later writing on the causes of the revolt and his reformist approach.