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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed's civil-service career was important to his reform programme because it:
A. Gave him practical knowledge of education, law and government
B. Made him commander of the British army
C. Turned him into a hereditary nawab
D. Removed his interest in Muslim society
Correct Answer: A
His administrative experience helped him design realistic educational and social reforms.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed worked for the East India Company and later the British administration for approximately:
A. Five years
B. Ten years
C. Nearly thirty years
D. Sixty years
Correct Answer: C
English Heritage notes that he spent almost three decades in Company service.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Before 1857, Sir Syed's outlook was shaped by both Mughal cultural inheritance and:
A. Colonial administrative experience
B. Japanese industrialization
C. American civil-rights politics
D. Ottoman military service
Correct Answer: A
His thought developed through direct engagement with traditional Delhi culture and British institutions.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed's early scholarly work was written largely in:
A. Urdu
B. Latin
C. French
D. Russian
Correct Answer: A
He became one of the influential builders of modern Urdu prose.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Which Mughal administrative text did Sir Syed edit in the 1850s?
A. Ain-i-Akbari
B. Akbarnama
C. Baburnama
D. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
Correct Answer: A
He prepared an edition of the Ain-i-Akbari, showing his continuing interest in Mughal history and institutions.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed's work on Delhi's monuments is significant because it preserved information about:
A. Precolonial urban heritage
B. European railway timetables
C. Maratha naval bases
D. African kingdoms
Correct Answer: A
The work documented buildings, inscriptions and cultural life that were later damaged or transformed.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
'Asar-us-Sanadid' demonstrates Sir Syed's early interest in:
A. History and archaeology
B. Naval strategy
C. Industrial chemistry only
D. Electoral politics only
Correct Answer: A
Before becoming famous as a reformer, he made a serious contribution to historical and antiquarian scholarship.
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A substantially revised second edition of 'Asar-us-Sanadid' appeared in:
A. 1854
B. 1864
C. 1870
D. 1886
Correct Answer: A
Sir Syed produced a revised second edition in 1854.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
The first edition of 'Asar-us-Sanadid' was published in:
A. 1838
B. 1847
C. 1857
D. 1867
Correct Answer: B
The first version appeared in 1847.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
The famous work 'Asar-us-Sanadid' deals primarily with:
A. The monuments and historical environment of Delhi
B. The Battle of Plassey
C. European political economy
D. The geography of Arabia
Correct Answer: A
Asar-us-Sanadid is a pioneering study of Delhi's buildings, inscriptions, people and historical landscape.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed served in a number of towns in:
A. Northern India
B. Southern Africa
C. Central Asia
D. The Persian Gulf
Correct Answer: A
His judicial postings were concentrated in north India, including Bijnor, Moradabad, Ghazipur and Aligarh.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed's government career exposed him directly to:
A. British administration and Indian social conditions
B. Ottoman naval reforms
C. French colonial Africa
D. Russian court politics
Correct Answer: A
His official work helped him understand colonial institutions and the educational disadvantages facing Muslims.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Which office is particularly associated with Sir Syed's judicial career?
A. Sadr Amin
B. Diwan-i-Arz
C. Mir Bakshi
D. Qazi-ul-Quzat of the Mughal Empire
Correct Answer: A
He rose to become a Sadr Amin, an Indian judicial officer in the colonial court system.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed initially served the East India Company mainly in the:
A. Subordinate judicial and administrative service
B. Royal Navy
C. Military cavalry
D. Foreign diplomatic corps
Correct Answer: A
He pursued a long career in the subordinate judicial service in several north Indian towns.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan began his career in government service in:
A. 1828
B. 1838
C. 1848
D. 1858
Correct Answer: B
He entered the service of the East India Company in 1838.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
The life of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan extended from 1817 to:
A. 1857
B. 1877
C. 1888
D. 1898
Correct Answer: D
He lived from 1817 until 1898.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is best described as a nineteenth-century Muslim:
A. Educationist, reformer and thinker
B. Military conqueror
C. Poet-emperor
D. Provincial nawab
Correct Answer: A
His lasting importance rests on educational, social, religious and political reform.
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Which of the following was Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's son and later an important supporter of the Aligarh project?
A. Syed Mahmood
B. Mohsin-ul-Mulk
C. Viqar-ul-Mulk
D. Altaf Husain Hali
Correct Answer: A
Syed Mahmood, educated at Cambridge, helped develop plans for the college and a future university.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed's intellectual formation initially combined Islamic learning with the culture of:
A. Late Mughal Delhi
B. Victorian London only
C. Safavid Isfahan
D. Ottoman Istanbul
Correct Answer: A
He grew up in the surviving cultural world of the Mughal capital before engaging deeply with Western education.
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1817-1898 - Muslim Reformers - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Which family member exercised particularly strong influence over Sir Syed's moral upbringing?
A. His mother Aziz-un-Nisa
B. His son Syed Mahmood
C. Theodore Beck
D. William Muir
Correct Answer: A
Biographical accounts emphasize his mother's role in discipline, character and education.