2.

Multiple Choices (Tick the right answer):

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. Who introduced a system of 5-yearly inspections and
temporary tax farmers?
(1) Warren Hastings (2) Lord Minto (3) Lord
Curzon
c. Following events contributed to the awakening of
the Muslims:
(1) Birth of Congress in 1885 (2) Partition of Bengal in
1905 (3) Mutiny of 1857
d. 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
e. The acceptance of the Deputation’s demands proved
to be a turning point in the history of the Sub-continent.
It is in this sense that the beginning of separate
electorate may be seen as the beginning of the
realization of the Two-Nation theory. Select the name of
the Delegation from below:
(1) Cripps Mission (2) Shimla Delegation (3)
Lucknow Delegation
f. 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
g. There is no doubt that conflict over the new rifle
cartridges sparked the uprising in 1857, but following
factors set the stage for the rebellion. The reality is that
social, political, and even technological reforms had set
the stage for what happened?
(1) Social (2) political (3) technological reforms
(4) All

h. In 1857, when Delhi was in the rebel hand, who was

the Emperor?
(1) Bahadur Shah II (2) Emperor Aurangzeb (3)
Emperor Shahjahan

i. This pact demonstrated Hindu-Muslim unity and

Indian National Congress’s tacit acceptance of two
communities with different interests in India marked the
beginning of communal politics in India.
(1) Lucknow pact 1916 (2) Montagu-Chelmsford pact
1918 (3) Rowlett Act
j. 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
k. After the fall of which city Churchill termed it as the
worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history.
(1) Singapore (2) Hong Kong (3) Taiwan
l. Presidential address to All Indian Muslim League on
29 December 1930 is seen by some as the first exposition
of the two-nation theory in support of what would
ultimately become Pakistan. This was delivered by :
(1) Allama Iqbal (2) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (3)
Prince karim Agha Khan
m. Indian National Army led by Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose was another factor for which the British
Government sent the Cripps mission to India with a
package comprising:
(1) Stafford Cripps (2) S. S. Amery (3) A. V.
Alexander (4) All
n. 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
o. Orthodox Islam has undergone a huge
transformation because of:
(1) Cultural traditions of Persia and Central Asia (2)
Tolerant and Catholic attitudes of Hinduism (3)
Both
p. In 1953, following language movement agitation in
Dacca and couple of other violent activities in Lahore and
Punjab, Governor General dismissed Prime Minister
Nazimuddin under the authority of:
(1) Government of India Act 1935 (2) Black Act of 1919
(3) Governor General’s special power
q. In February 1960’s referendum to repose people’s
confidence in Ayub Khan, it was asked: "Have you
confidence in President?” A yes vote meant following:
(1) Ayub was authorised to make the constitution
(2) Deemed to have been elected President for the first
term
(3) Both

r. In the face of mass movement Gen Ayub Khan

handed over the power to Gen Yahya Khan on:
(1) 25 March 1969 (2) 25 March 1970 (3) 25
March 1971
s. In 1916 Jinnah was the Chairman of AIML and by
then rose to the national stage as a next-generation
successor to Congress leaders like:
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji (2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (3)
Netajee Subash Bose

t. As Jinnah returned to India in 1934, his new

objective was to be “sole spokesman” of the
subcontinent’s :
(1) 95 million Muslim (2) 75 million Muslim
(3) 65 million Muslim

u. AIML too formed coalition government in following

provinces as under
(1) Punjab – In coalition with Unionist Party of
Sikandar Hayat Khan (2) Bengal – In coalition with
Krishak Praja Party of Fazlul Haq (3) In Sindh with Jamat
Islam

v. Although, Muslim League stood 2nd in the Election

of 1936-1937, but it was still very embarrassing because
out of 482 Muslim reserved seats, it only succeeded in:
(1) 20% seats (2) 30% seats (3) 15% seats
w. On 3rd Sep 1939, who declared that declared that
India is going to support Britain in WW II without
consulting Indian political leaders?
(1) Viceroy Lord Linlithgow (2) Viceroy Lord Curzon (3)
Viceroy Chelmsford

x. Which proposal turned out to be the model for 1947

partition?
(1) Right to be a dominion including framing of own
constitution.
(2) freedom to the provinces to be a separate union
(3) right to secede from Commonwealth

y. In Punjab the protest was very strong and on 10

April 1919, following Indian National Congress leaders
were arrested:
(1) Dr. Satya Pal (2) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew (3)
Master Da Surya Sen

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

a. The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was defeated in

Battle of Buxar (Bihar) in 1764, when the East India
Company obtained the Diwani/right to collect tax for
which they didn’t have trained officials to supervise the
landlords.
b. Doctrine of lapse was another issue under which
Company would take control of Indian states in which a
local ruler had no heir.
c. In 1864, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded Translation
Society which was later renamed as ‘The Scientific
Society’ to publish Urdu translations of English books.
d. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established Aligarh Muslim
University in 1875 to educate the Muslim students and
warned them not to join Indian National Congress in the
interest of Muslim community.
e. In 1905, Viceroy Lord Curzon, partitioned Bengal
showing administrative reasons although underlying
reasons were to create Hindu-Muslims divid.
.
f. When Lieutenant Governor Fuller of East Bengal and
Assam had to resign on account of difference of opinion
with central government in 1906, Muslims became
unsure of their position.
g. WW-1 links to Franco-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.
h. To safeguard Muslim’s interests, a 35 Member
delegation led by Sir Aga Khan met Lord Minto at Shimla
on
01 October 1906.
 .
i. All India Muhammadan Educational Conference with
3000 leaders from all over India met at Shahbagh,
Dhaka from 27-30 December 1906 where in its political
session All India Muslim League was formed.
j. On 12 December 1911, the royal couple George V and
Merry of Teck received homage from the native princes
and finally announced the move of India's capital from
Calcutta to Delhi including annulment of the  Partition of
Bengal.
k. In 1916 Jinnah was the Chairman of AIML and by then
rose to the national stage as a next-generation successor
to Congress leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji & Gopal
Krishna Gokhale.
l. In Balkan is the region between Adriatic Sea in the
West and Black sea in the East.
m. 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.
n. Anticipating major repercussion, on 13 April 1919,
Brigadier Dyer banned all meetings in Jallianwala Bagh.
o. In 1920, when Indian National Congress adopted
satyagraha as strategy of on-going campaign, Jinnah
resigned since to him this was just a political anarchy and
he believed Khilafat had no consequence for Indian
Muslims.
p. On 5 Feb 1922, a massacre took place at Chauri
Chaura a small town in Uttar Prodesh. When a police
officer had attacked some volunteers, whole crowd that
had gathered there went to the police station and set fire
killing twenty two men inside it.
q. Turkish nationalists led by Mustafa Kamal drove out
the foreigners from part of Turkey and gave a final blow
to the Khilafat movement by abolishing the Ottoman
sultanate in 1922 and the Caliphate in 1924.
r. In protest of Simon report, an all Parties Conference
was convened to solve the constitutional problems and a
committee was set up under Motilal Nehru. This
committee prepared a report which is known as Nehru
Report that demanded "Dominion Status" for India.
s. In 1929, Ramsay MacDonald became new Labour
Prime Minister and wanted desired to hold a conference
of Indian and British leaders in London to discuss India's
future.
t. Over the years, Jinnah had moved away from his ideas
of Hindu-Muslim unity to a more concrete approach on
communal issue as he saw his chances of leading
Congress evaporated.
u. Based on the white paper which was issued after three
round table conferences held in London, the Government
of India Act 1935 was passed introducing provincial
autonomy in all the provinces in British India.
v. In 1935, there were total 11 provinces in India -
Madras, Central Province, Bihar, Orrisa, Uttar Prodesh,
Bombay Presidency, Assam, North West Frontier
Province, Bengal, Punjab & Sindh.
w. 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.
x. On 2 December 1939, Jinnah celebrated 22 December
1939 as the day of deliverance and thanksgiving.
y. The Muslim League promised its support to the British,
with Jinnah calling on the Muslims to help the Raj
by ............................. at the critical and difficult juncture.
z. One of the significant proposals of Cripps Mission was
the setting up of an Indian dominion which would have
the freedom to remain with British Commonwealth or
to secede from it including liberty to take part in
international organizations.
aa. The failure of Cripps Mission and exclusion of
Congress from wartime government visa-vis Muslim
support for the war efforts placed All India Muslim
League in a much advantageous position in regards to
partition which was in the offing.
bb. In 1945 Election, Suhrawardy campaigned against K.
Nazimuddin for Premiership of Bengal, and secured All
India Muslim League’s support that allowed him to form
the provincial government as its PM - only AIML-led
government in India in 1946.
cc. After Nehru’s tacit rejection of Cabinet Mission Plan,
All India Muslim League also withdrew its agreement to
the plan and announced a general strike on 16 August,
terming it as Direct Action Day to assert its demand for a
separate Muslim homeland.
dd. Of the central leaders of Pakistan, Jinnah was from
Bombay and Liaqat Ali Khan and Choudhury
Khaliquzaman from Uttar Prodesh. They were
constitutionally fighting with the British and the Indians
to safeguard Muslim interest and never exercised real
power before.
ee. East Pakistani leaders supported Pakistan movement
to get rid of the Hindu governance as the people they
represented were suppressed by the Hindu landlords for
a long time.
ff. Ahead of East Pakistan Provincial Election of 1954, in
1953, like-minded political parties formed United Front
based on 21 point pogramme to mobilize support from
the workers and peasants in East Bengal to defeat the
ruling Muslim League government.
gg. Among the most significant aspects of the 1954
United Front Election was the defeat of several ministers
including Chief Minister Nurul Ami. .
hh. Because of Governor General’s irrational use of
power, in 1954, the Constituent Assembly made
legislative attempts to try changing the 1935 act to
establish checks and balances on the Governor-General's
powers.
ii. 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.
jj. In 1956, Pakistan adopted the first indigenous
constitution which replaced the British monarchy with an
Islamic republic - its National Assembly unanimously
elected Iskander Mirza as the First President.
kk. To Ayub, the public was too illiterate to be trusted
with adult franchise. So he created 80,000 Basic
Democrats to vote him in February 1960 in a referendum
to repose their confidence in him.
ll. Once 1st phase of Ayub’s consolidation of state power
through the implementation of Basic Democracy was
complete, Suhrawardy was released from jail on 19
August 1962.
.
mm. After coming out from Jail, Suhrawardy united pro-
democratic forces of Pakistan and formed National
Democratic Front (NDF) in October 1962 to dislodge the
undemocratic regime of a military dictator.

nn. Though Miss Jinnah lost in the election of 1965, but

it created a lot of stir in public & exposed the hollowness
and anti-people character of the so-called Basic
Democracy system.
.. .
oo. When Indo-Pak war broke out in September 1965,
over sharing of river water that flowed from India, East
Pakistan was denuded of the military & could be taken
over by India.
pp. The Tashkent Declaration signed on 10 January
1966 ended the Indo-Pak war of 1965.
qq. To suppress the Six Point based popular movement,
in 1968, the Pakistan Government filed the Agartala Case
against .
rr. While the trial was on in 1969, co-accused Sergeant
Zahurul Haque was killed in prison by the Pakistani
sentries.
ss. In this reception, Tofael Ahmed the President of the
Sangram Parishad, bestowed on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
the title of ‘Bangabandhu’.
tt. On 13 February 1971, Gen Yahya announced his
decision to call the National Assembly Session on 3
March 1971.
.
uu. On 1 March Gen Yahya postponed the National
Assembly for an indefinite period.
vv. Both sides resorted to trench warfare making a 700
km trench from North Sea to Switzerland.
ww. On 2 March 1971, ASM Abdur Rab, the then Vice
President of DU Students Union raised the first flag of
independent Bangladesh at the Dhaka University premise
popularly known as Bat-tala. .
xx. Bangabandhu, Bhutto and Yahya Khan held
negotiations in Dhaka from 16-24 March
in a final attempt to defuse the crisis but failed.
yy. The Indian National Congress led by Netaji Subas
Bose emerged as the largest party, winning 59 of the 102
elected seats and the All India Muslim League under
Jinnah won 30 seats.
zz. Due to rapid political instability in East Bengal, from
the portfolio of Defence Secretary, Mirza was asked to
take over as Governor of East Bengal in June 1954.