UGC NET History Practice Question

The Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act of 1909) introduced which controversial political mechanism?

Separate Electorates for Muslims ✓

Dyarchy in Provincial Governments

Federal Assembly representation

Universal adult suffrage

The Morley-Minto reforms (1909) introduced separate electorates for Muslims, a step widely seen as institutionalising communal politics.

The All-India Muslim League was established in December 1906 at Dacca under the leadership of:

Nawab Salimullah, Aga Khan, and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk ✓

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

The Muslim League was founded at Dacca in December 1906 under Nawab Salimullah, the Aga Khan, and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk.

The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was historically significant because it marked:

Reunification of Moderates and Extremists, and a joint political agreement between Congress and Muslim League ✓

Unconditional endorsement of British war effort

Total rejection of constitutional reforms

Declaration of Purna Swaraj

The 1916 Lucknow Pact reunited Moderates and Extremists within Congress and secured a rare Congress-League agreement on constitutional reforms.

Who founded the All-India Home Rule League in April 1916 with headquarters at Belgaum?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak ✓

Annie Besant

G.K. Gokhale

Joseph Baptista

Tilak founded the Home Rule League at Belgaum in April 1916, demanding self-government within the British Empire.

Annie Besant launched her branch of the Home Rule League in September 1916 based at:

Adyar (Madras) ✓

Bombay

Poona

Calcutta

Annie Besant's Home Rule League, based at Adyar, Madras, was launched a few months after Tilak's, in September 1916.

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