Free Aligarh Movement MCQs with Answers

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. When Urdu Language gets official status in subcontinent?

• A. 1831
• B. 1837
• C. 1833
• D. 1834

Explanation: Urdu received official status in the North-Western Provinces in 1837, when the British replaced Persian with English and regional languages for official work. The year 1831 is associated with the martyrdom of Syed Ahmad Shaheed, not Urdu’s official recognition.

68. What was the important element in the strength of the revolt of 1857?

• A. leadership of nana sahib
• B. leadership of rani of jhansi
• C. support of bahadur shah
• D. Hindu Muslim unity

Explanation: Hindu-Muslim unity gave the 1857 revolt its broadest social strength by bringing soldiers and local groups from both communities into resistance against British rule. The individual leaders listed were important, but none alone explains the revolt’s wider support.

69. When Quaid e Azam left Congress?

• A. 1913
• B. 1915
• C. 1920
• D. 1918

Explanation: Jinnah left the Indian National Congress in 1920 after the Congress adopted Gandhi’s non-cooperation programme and increasingly mixed politics with mass religious mobilisation. He had joined the Congress in 1906 and the Muslim League in 1913.

70. When Liaqat Ali Khan became the secretary of All India Muslim League?

• A. 1936
• B. 1937
• C. 1933
• D. 1938

Explanation: Liaquat Ali Khan became secretary of the All-India Muslim League in 1936, helping reorganise it before the 1937 elections. The date is associated with the League's early phase of expansion under Jinnah's leadership.