North South University

Department of History and Philosophy

SwH1 - HIS 03
Quiz-01 (10 Marks)
MD Salauddin Imran, Roll 14, Id: 1911371030

1. Write T for True and F for False at the end of following statements: 0.5*8=04

a. The initial British arrival in India was an indirect result of fierce competition with Spanish and
Portuguese trading interests in Asia. False

b. In 1857, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was serving in East India Company as a judicial officer and strove hard
to remove the hostility of the British rulers towards the Hindus. False

c. Germany, Austo-Hungary & Italy formed Triple Alliance. True

d. Rebel Poet KaziNazrul Islam had also joined in WW1 with 49th Bengal unit (1917-1922). True

e. Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842–1918) launched his pan-Islamist program in a bid to protect
the Ottoman Empire from Western attack and dismemberment. He sent an emissary, Jamaluddin
Afghani, to India in the late 19th century to obtain support from the Indian Muslims who otherwise
felt obliged to the Ottoman Caliph being the leader of Sunni Muslims and the guardian of Mecca and
Medina holy sites. True

f. In the 1936-1937 elections, there were 11 provinces in which there were total 1585 seats of which a
total of 482 were reserved for Muslim candidates. True

g. Initially, both All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress in principle accepted the
Cabinet Mission's plan but Nehru on 10 July 1946 through a press conference declared despite
Congress’s agreement, it reserved the right to modify the Cabinet Plan as it saw fit. True

h. In 1957,Awami Muslim League got split into Awami League underMoulanaBhashani (Suhrawardy)
and NationalAwami Party under Suhrawardy. False

2. Multiple Choices (Tick the right answer): 0.5*6=03

a. Loading of the Enfield rifle required tearing off one end of the greased cartridge using one's teeth
which was made of:

(1) Cow fat (2) Sow fat (3) Both

b. The introduction of legal and land policies, western education, technology, capitalist enterprise,
communication and commerce gave rise to:

(1) Indian middle class societies (2) Landlords (3) Warrior class

c. Nearly 1.5 m Muslim, Sikh and Hindus joined the war as opposed to 1.3 million:

(1) Canadians (2) Australians (3) New Zealanders(4) South Africans

(5) All
 d. Rowlett Act or Black Act was passed in March 1919 that indefinitely extended "emergency
measures" enacted to control unrest:

(1) During WW 1 (2) During Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(3) Chauri Chaura massacre in Uttar Pradesh

e. The Cabinet Mission plan's main characteristic was the grouping of provinces which are mentioned
as under:

(1) Group A - UP, CP, Bombay, Bihar, Orissa and Madras.

(2) Group B - Sind, Punjab, Northwest Frontier and Baluchistan
(3) Group C - Bengal and Assam
(4) All

f. In 1953, following language movement agitation in Dacca and couple of other violent activities in
Lahore and Punjab, Governor General dismissed Prime Minister Nazimuddinunder the authority of:

(1) Government of India Act 1935 (2) Black Act of 1919

(3) Governor General’s special power

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: 0.5*6=03

a. The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was defeated in Battle of Buxar (Bihar) in 1764, when the East
India Company obtained the diwani for which they didn’t have trained
officials to supervise the landlords.

b. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established Aligarh Mulim University in 1875 to

educate the Muslim students and warned them not to join Indian National Congress in the interest
of Muslim community.

c. WW-1 links to …Fanco german war of 1871………………………………………. when French and

confederation of North Germany allied with German state of South fought for 6 months and ended
up annexing slice of French territory.

d. On 28 June 1919, Versailles treaty signed and Germany forced to meet all demands like paying
compensation, dismantling armed forces, including Austo-Hungarian and Ottoman empire
are dismembered making way for new country to emerge.

e. Although, in the Provincial Elections of 1937, the Muslim League stood second but it was still very
embarrassing because it gained only 20 % of 482 Muslim reserved seats.

f. When Sindh High Court's Chief Justice Sir George Constantine ruled the of Governor-General's
decision illegal, the Supreme Court of Pakistan overturned it led
by Chief Justice Muhammad Munir, in a split decision.