CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Vidya Mandir Scheme was particularly associated with:
A. Central Provinces and Berar
B. Punjab
C. Bengal
D. Sind
Correct Answer: A
The Vidya Mandir elementary education proposal was introduced in the Central Provinces and Berar.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Why did many Muslim League leaders criticize the Wardha Scheme?
A. It established separate Muslim universities
B. It made Urdu the only language
C. It abolished elementary education
D. They believed it could transmit Hindu-majoritarian cultural values
Correct Answer: D
League critics argued that its textbooks, symbols, and cultural emphasis could weaken distinct Muslim identity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The original Wardha Scheme proposed free and compulsory education broadly for children aged:
A. 3 to 5 years
B. 15 to 21 years
C. 7 to 14 years
D. Only adults above 25
Correct Answer: C
The scheme advocated free and compulsory basic education for children in the usual elementary-age range.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
A central educational feature of the Wardha Scheme was:
A. Exclusive university education
B. Learning through productive craft
C. Military training as the only subject
D. English as the sole medium from grade one
Correct Answer: B
The scheme linked general education with socially useful productive work or craft.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which committee prepared the detailed Wardha Basic Education plan?
A. Zakir Husain Committee
B. Pirpur Committee
C. Sharif Committee
D. Simon Commission
Correct Answer: A
A committee chaired by Dr. Zakir Husain developed the detailed basic education scheme.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Wardha educational conference was held in:
A. 1919
B. 1928
C. 1946
D. 1937
Correct Answer: D
The national education conference at Wardha was held in October 1937.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which educational plan introduced during the period is also called Basic National Education or Nai Talim?
A. Hunter Scheme
B. Sadler Scheme
C. Wardha Scheme
D. Wood's Dispatch
Correct Answer: C
The Wardha Scheme promoted craft-centred basic education.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Urdu-Hindi controversy under the Congress ministries mainly concerned:
A. Land revenue only
B. Language, script, education, and cultural identity
C. Military recruitment only
D. Foreign trade only
Correct Answer: B
Language policy had educational and symbolic importance for Muslim cultural identity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which language issue became a major Muslim grievance under Congress rule?
A. Promotion of Hindi at the expense of Urdu
B. Promotion of Persian over Hindi
C. Abolition of all Indian languages
D. Compulsory French
Correct Answer: A
Muslim leaders protested against policies they believed reduced the position of Urdu.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which political symbol was alleged to have been displayed on public buildings under Congress ministries?
A. The Muslim League flag
B. The Unionist flag
C. The British naval ensign only
D. The Congress tricolour flag
Correct Answer: D
League reports objected to the use of the Congress flag on public buildings as a partisan national symbol.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Who wrote Anandamath?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D. Munshi Premchand
Correct Answer: C
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay authored Anandamath, the source of Bande Mataram.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Bande Mataram was taken from which novel?
A. Aag Ka Darya
B. Anandamath
C. Gitanjali
D. The Discovery of India
Correct Answer: B
The song appeared in Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Anandamath.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which song became a major point of Muslim objection during Congress rule?
A. Bande Mataram
B. Sare Jahan Se Achha
C. God Save the King
D. Tarana-e-Milli
Correct Answer: A
Muslim League reports criticized the official or ceremonial use of Bande Mataram.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which phrase best describes the change in the League after 1937?
A. From a mass party to a secret society
B. From a provincial party to a British department
C. From a religious body to a trade union
D. From an elite organization toward a mass political party
Correct Answer: D
Jinnah used the post-election crisis to expand organization, membership, and Muslim political unity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
From the Pakistan Movement perspective, the Congress-League conflict of 1937–1939 demonstrated the problem of:
A. Excessive provincial independence from Britain
B. Universal adult franchise
C. Majority rule without mutually accepted minority safeguards
D. A fully sovereign federation
Correct Answer: C
Muslim League leaders argued that numerical majority rule could threaten Muslim political and cultural interests.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Congress ministries were generally directed by a central party authority often called the:
A. Muslim League Council
B. Congress High Command
C. Governor's Secretariat
D. Federal Court Bench
Correct Answer: B
Congress ministries remained politically accountable to the party's central leadership.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which development gave the Muslim League a new organizational opportunity after its weak election result?
A. Congress's refusal to share power on acceptable terms
B. The abolition of Muslim seats
C. The end of all provincial parties
D. The immediate implementation of federation
Correct Answer: A
The coalition failure allowed Jinnah to portray Congress as unwilling to recognize the League.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Muslim League interpreted the Muslim Mass Contact campaign as:
A. A formal recognition of League supremacy
B. A plan to create separate Muslim provinces
C. A British military recruitment scheme
D. An attempt to bypass and weaken the League
Correct Answer: D
League leaders treated the campaign as a direct organizational challenge.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Congress 'Muslim Mass Contact' campaign aimed primarily to:
A. Recruit British officials
B. Abolish provincial legislatures
C. Reach Muslim voters directly and reduce League influence
D. Form the Unionist Party
Correct Answer: C
The campaign sought support among Muslim masses without recognizing the League as their sole representative.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Jinnah responded to Nehru's 'two forces' statement by identifying a third force as:
A. The princely states
B. The Muslim nation
C. The British Army
D. The landlords
Correct Answer: B
Jinnah asserted that Indian Muslims constituted a distinct political force.