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On what date was the All India Muslim League founded?
A. 16 October 1905
B. 30 December 1906
C. 1 October 1906
D. 12 December 1911
Correct Answer: B
The All India Muslim League was established on 30 December 1906.
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The All India Muslim League was founded in Dhaka in:
A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1909
D. 1911
Correct Answer: B
The League was founded on 30 December 1906 during the Dhaka gathering of Muslim leaders.
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Which Bengali Muslim writer strongly criticised the Swadeshi Movement?
A. Mir Mosharraf Hossain
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D. Dwijendralal Roy
Correct Answer: A
Mir Mosharraf Hossain was a prominent Muslim literary critic of the Swadeshi campaign.
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Which publication described Swadeshi as a Hindu movement and warned of hardship for common people?
A. Islam Pracharak
B. Sanjivani
C. Jugantar
D. Bande Mataram
Correct Answer: A
Islam Pracharak reflected Muslim concerns about the religious colouring and economic effects of the campaign.
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Which groups generally supported the partition?
A. Faraizi, Wahabi and Taiyuni groups
B. Only Congress Moderates
C. The British Labour Party only
D. All revolutionary groups
Correct Answer: A
Traditional and reformist Muslim groups such as the Faraizi, Wahabi and Taiyuni generally supported it.
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Which Muslim leader was among those who supported anti-partition constitutional politics?
A. Abdur Rasul
B. Bampfylde Fuller
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lancelot Hare
Correct Answer: A
Abdur Rasul was one of a number of liberal Muslims who opposed the partition.
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Which Muslim leader opposed partition and moved a resolution against it at the 1906 Congress session?
A. Khwaja Atiqullah
B. Nawab Salimullah
C. Aga Khan III
D. Shamsul Huda
Correct Answer: A
Khwaja Atiqullah, Salimullah's step-brother, represented the minority of liberal Muslims opposing partition.
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Which Muslim organisation issued a pro-partition manifesto signed by seven leading personalities?
A. Mohammedan Literary Society
B. Khilafat Committee
C. Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
D. Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam
Correct Answer: A
The Mohammedan Literary Society circulated a manifesto urging support for the partition.
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Who was selected as patron of the Mohammedan Provincial Union?
A. Nawab Salimullah
B. Lord Curzon
C. Bampfylde Fuller
D. Aurobindo Ghosh
Correct Answer: A
Nawab Salimullah was unanimously selected as patron.
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Which organisation emerged from the Northbrook Hall meeting?
A. Mohammedan Provincial Union
B. Indian National Congress
C. All India Home Rule League
D. Anushilan Samiti
Correct Answer: A
The Mohammedan Provincial Union was founded as a political platform for Muslims of the new province.
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On 16 October 1905, Salimullah presided over a Muslim leaders' meeting at:
A. Northbrook Hall
B. Calcutta Town Hall
C. Aligarh College
D. Delhi Durbar
Correct Answer: A
The meeting at Northbrook Hall helped create a new political platform for Bengal Muslims.
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Nawab Salimullah initially objected to aspects of the partition plan at:
A. Ahsan Manzil
B. Red Fort
C. Viceregal Lodge Simla
D. Aligarh College
Correct Answer: A
He criticised elements of the early proposal at a gathering at Ahsan Manzil on 11 January 1904.
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Which Dhaka leader became the most prominent Muslim supporter of the new province?
A. Nawab Salimullah
B. Khwaja Atiqullah
C. Abdur Rasul
D. Maulana Azad
Correct Answer: A
Nawab Salimullah organised Muslim opinion in support of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
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Why did many Muslim leaders later support the expanded partition scheme?
A. They expected greater administrative attention and opportunities
B. They wanted Bengal abolished
C. They opposed education in Dhaka
D. They wanted Calcutta to remain the only centre
Correct Answer: A
A self-contained Muslim-majority province was expected to address educational, administrative and economic disadvantages.
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What was the initial response of some Muslim leaders to the earliest partition proposals?
A. Some opposed them
B. All supported them immediately
C. They demanded independence
D. They remained completely unaware
Correct Answer: A
Several Muslim organisations and leaders criticised the first scheme, especially the idea of rule under a Chief Commissioner.
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Which Moderate leader cautioned against terrorist actions?
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. Bipin Chandra Pal
Correct Answer: A
Gokhale and Surendranath Banerjea feared that terrorism would produce disorder and uncontrollable violence.
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At which Congress session did the Moderates and Extremists split?
A. Surat Session, 1907
B. Calcutta Session, 1906
C. Lucknow Session, 1916
D. Lahore Session, 1929
Correct Answer: A
The Congress split between Moderate and Extremist groups at Surat in 1907.
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Bengal revolutionary terrorism reached a peak during:
A. 1901–1903
B. 1908–1910
C. 1914–1916
D. 1919–1921
Correct Answer: B
Banglapedia identifies 1908–1910 as the peak period for revolutionary terrorism and official repression.
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Which newspapers reflected the militant spirit of the period?
A. Bande Mataram, Sandhya and Jugantar
B. Dawn, Jang and Nawa-i-Waqt
C. The Times, Guardian and Telegraph
D. Comrade, Zamindar and Al-Hilal only
Correct Answer: A
These nationalist newspapers helped spread militant and revolutionary ideas.
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The National Council of Education grew mainly out of:
A. The national education and Swadeshi movement
B. The Khilafat Movement
C. The Cabinet Mission
D. The Cripps Mission
Correct Answer: A
The Council emerged from efforts to build an indigenous educational system during the anti-partition struggle.