Free Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers

121. Arya Samaj was founded in_______________?

• A. 1875
• B. 1877
• C. 1878
• D. 1879

Explanation: Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1875. It was a Hindu reform movement that later became an important factor in Hindu revivalist politics.

122. Who initiated the cult of Shivaji against the Muslims of India________?

• A. Bal Ganga dher tilak
• B. Bennerji
• C. Pandit madan mohan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularised the Shivaji festival and used Shivaji’s image to mobilise Hindu political sentiment against Muslim and British rule. The other listed figures are not associated with initiating this cult.

123. Who called the"spiritual guide"as shopkeepers____________?

• A. Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi
• B. Shah Waliullah
• C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shah Waliullah criticised self-serving religious intermediaries by comparing certain spiritual guides to shopkeepers. His broader aim was to reform Muslim religious and social life in India.

124. Who constructed five canals to remove scarcity of water___________?

• A. Alauddin Khaliji
• B. Ghyas-ud-Din Tughlaq
• C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq
• D. Akbar

Explanation: Firoz Shah Tughlaq constructed canals to bring water to cultivated areas and reduce irrigation shortages. His canal-building work is one of the notable public-works achievements of the Tughlaq period.

125. Who rejected the verdicts of jurists that idol worshippers are liable to be murdered____________?

• A. Mahmood Ghaznawi
• B. Shamd-ud-Din Iltumish
• C. Jalal-ud-Din Deroz
• D. None of these

Explanation: Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish rejected the jurists' demand that idol worshippers should automatically be killed, taking a more pragmatic approach to governing India. Mahmood Ghaznawi is instead remembered for repeated raids against temples.

126. Anjuman-e-Islamia Punjab was founded for the renaissance of Islam in the year______?

• A. 1849
• B. 1859
• C. 1869
• D. None of these

Explanation: Anjuman-e-Islamia Punjab was founded in 1869 to promote the religious and educational renaissance of Muslims in Punjab. It belonged to the wider nineteenth-century Muslim reform environment that also produced the Aligarh Movement.

127. Clive in one of his Gazettes made it mandatory that no Muslim shall be given an employment higher than that of chaprasy or a junior clerk has recorded by______________?

• A. Majumdar
• B. Hasan Isphani
• C. Karamat Ali
• D. None of these

Explanation: The claim about restricting Muslim employment to chaprasi or junior-clerk posts is attributed in this account to Hasan Isphani. It illustrates the post-1857 decline in Muslim representation in government service.

128. Which organization is considered the first Muslim political body continued to represent the Muslims of the subcontinent as a whole_______?

• A. Anjuman-e-Mussalmanan-e-Hind
• B. Central National Mohammadan Association
• C. Urdu Defence Association
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Central National Muhammadan Association, founded by Syed Ameer Ali in 1877, was among the earliest organisations claiming to represent Muslims across India. The Urdu Defence Association had a narrower language-related purpose.

129. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan established a Translation Society (later, renamed as 'Scientific society') in 1864. In which town was it founded__________?

• A. Bijnaur
• B. Aligarh
• C. Ghazipur
• D. None of these

Explanation: Sir Syed established the Translation Society at Ghazipur in 1864, and it was later renamed the Scientific Society after its activities expanded. Aligarh became its later centre, which creates the common confusion.

130. Where, during the War of Independence, was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan working/ posted__________?

• A. Delhi
• B. Bijnaur
• C. Aligarh
• D. None of these

Explanation: During the 1857 uprising, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was serving at Bijnor, where he worked to protect people and maintain order. He was not posted at Aligarh during that episode.