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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
One major institutional legacy of Deoband was the creation of:
A. A chain of commercial banks
B. A decentralized network of community-funded madrasas
C. A British-controlled military academy network
D. A princely federation
Correct Answer: B
The Deoband model inspired a wide network of independently funded seminaries across South Asia and beyond.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Graduates associated with the scholarly lineage of Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi are often styled:
A. Qasmi
B. Farooqi only
C. Abbasi only
D. Nizami only
Correct Answer: A
The nisbah 'Qasmi' is commonly used by graduates and scholars connected with the Deoband educational lineage.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Which language became especially important for communicating Deobandi religious teaching to South Asian Muslims?
A. French
B. Portuguese
C. Russian
D. Urdu
Correct Answer: D
Urdu became a major medium for teaching, publication and popular religious guidance, alongside Arabic and Persian scholarship.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Unlike the Aligarh Movement's early policy, many leading Deobandi ulama became known for:
A. Active anti-colonial political engagement
B. Promotion of Persian as the sole official language
C. Permanent loyalty to British rule
D. Opposition to all religious teaching
Correct Answer: A
Deobandi leaders such as Mahmud Hasan and later JUH figures played prominent roles in anti-British politics.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Which comparison between the Deoband and Aligarh movements is most accurate?
A. Both rejected all forms of education
B. Aligarh was a Sufi order and Deoband was a political party
C. Deoband was founded before 1857 and Aligarh after 1947
D. Deoband emphasized traditional Islamic sciences, while Aligarh emphasized modern Western education
Correct Answer: D
Deoband's main focus was classical Islamic learning, whereas the Aligarh Movement promoted modern Western-style education for Muslims.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
The early Tablighi Jamaat mainly emphasized:
A. Industrial nationalization
B. Grassroots religious renewal and personal practice
C. Armed revolution
D. Colonial civil-service recruitment
Correct Answer: B
Its primary focus was individual religious reform, preaching and basic Islamic practice among ordinary Muslims.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
The founder of the Tablighi Jamaat, a movement influenced by the Deobandi tradition, was:
A. Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
B. Abul A'la Maududi
C. Sir Aga Khan III
D. Ghulam Ahmad
Correct Answer: A
Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi, a Deobandi-trained scholar, founded the Tablighi Jamaat.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Which Deobandi scholar became especially renowned for advanced Hadith scholarship in the early twentieth century?
A. Chaudhry Rahmat Ali
B. Viqar-ul-Mulk
C. Anwar Shah Kashmiri
D. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Correct Answer: C
Anwar Shah Kashmiri was among the most celebrated Hadith scholars associated with Darul Uloom Deoband.
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Which scholar, known as 'Hakim al-Ummat', was an influential figure in the wider Deobandi tradition?
A. Syed Ameer Ali
B. Shibli Nomani
C. Muhammad Iqbal
D. Ashraf Ali Thanawi
Correct Answer: D
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi was a major Deobandi scholar, spiritual guide and reformist writer known as Hakim al-Ummat.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
The 1945 split between Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and the group led by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was primarily over:
A. The teaching of Hadith
B. The location of Deoband
C. The language of instruction
D. The demand for Pakistan
Correct Answer: D
The key disagreement concerned whether Muslims should support the Muslim League's demand for Pakistan.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
The pro-Pakistan Deobandi organization established in 1945 was:
A. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
B. Majlis-i-Ahrar
C. All-India Khilafat Committee
D. Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam
Correct Answer: A
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam emerged in 1945 as a pro-Pakistan breakaway from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.
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Which prominent Deobandi scholar supported the Muslim League and the Pakistan Movement?
A. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
B. Maulana Kifayatullah Dehlavi
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani
Correct Answer: A
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani broke with the JUH's political position and supported the creation of Pakistan.
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What was the general pre-Partition position of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind leadership?
A. It remained officially neutral on all politics
B. It demanded direct British rule
C. It opposed the creation of Pakistan and favoured a united India
D. It supported the Cabinet Mission only after 1947
Correct Answer: C
The JUH leadership, including Hussain Ahmad Madani, opposed the Muslim League's Pakistan demand and supported composite nationalism.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Which work is associated with Hussain Ahmad Madani's defence of composite nationalism?
A. Now or Never
B. Asrar-e-Khudi
C. The Causes of the Indian Revolt
D. Muttahida Qaumiyat aur Islam
Correct Answer: D
Madani's Urdu work Muttahida Qaumiyat aur Islam defended the compatibility of Islam and composite nationalism.
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Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani is best known politically for advocating:
A. Restoration of Mughal monarchy
B. Abolition of all religious education
C. British imperial federation
D. Composite nationalism in a united India
Correct Answer: D
Madani argued that Muslims and non-Muslims could form a common territorial nation while retaining religious identities.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Deobandi ulama were prominently involved in which pan-Islamic movement after the First World War?
A. Khilafat Movement
B. Brahmo Samaj
C. Arya Samaj
D. Home Rule League only
Correct Answer: A
Many Deobandi scholars participated actively in the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was most closely associated with which political approach during British rule?
A. Support for colonial permanence
B. Complete withdrawal from public life
C. Support for princely absolutism
D. Anti-colonial struggle and cooperation with broader nationalist forces
Correct Answer: D
JUH participated in the freedom struggle and often cooperated with the Indian National Congress.
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was founded in:
A. 1906
B. 1930
C. 1911
D. 1919
Correct Answer: D
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was founded in 1919 and became a major platform for Deobandi ulama in anti-colonial politics.
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Which Deobandi scholar was detained in Malta with Mahmud Hasan?
A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B. Muhammad Ali Bogra
C. Hussain Ahmad Madani
D. Liaquat Ali Khan
Correct Answer: C
Hussain Ahmad Madani was among the associates detained with Shaykh al-Hind in Malta.
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1866 - Muslim Reform Movements - Deoband Movement
Where was Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud Hasan detained by the British?
A. South Africa
B. Andaman Islands
C. Malta
D. Burma
Correct Answer: C
Mahmud Hasan and several companions were held in detention in Malta.