Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The Lucknow Pact required adequate electoral representation for:
A. Only government officials
B. Important minorities
C. Only landowners
D. Only Europeans
Correct Answer: B
The scheme called for adequate representation of important minorities by election.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The three-fourths communal safeguard applied to:
A. Bills, clauses, and resolutions affecting a community
B. Only money bills
C. Only judicial appointments
D. Only military expenditure
Correct Answer: A
The safeguard covered a bill, any clause of it, or a non-official resolution affecting a community.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Under the communal safeguard, a measure affecting a community could be blocked if opposed by what fraction of that community's council members?
A. One-half
B. Two-thirds
C. Four-fifths
D. Three-fourths
Correct Answer: D
A bill, clause, or resolution affecting a community could not proceed if three-fourths of that community's members in the council opposed it.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Muslim members under the Lucknow Pact were generally to be elected through:
A. Government nomination only
B. Joint electorates only
C. Separate Muslim electorates
D. University constituencies only
Correct Answer: C
The pact provided special or separate Muslim electorates in the provincial and imperial legislative councils.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
What proportion of the Indian elected members in the Imperial Legislative Council was reserved for Muslims?
A. One-fourth
B. One-third
C. One-half
D. Two-thirds
Correct Answer: B
The scheme provided that one-third of the Indian elected members of the Imperial Legislative Council should be Muslims.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The most important Muslim political safeguard accepted in the Lucknow Pact was:
A. Separate electorates
B. A unitary constitution
C. Universal adult franchise
D. Abolition of reserved seats
Correct Answer: A
Separate Muslim electorates were expressly retained and accepted under the Congress-League Scheme.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Which statement about the Lucknow Pact is correct?
A. It ended separate electorates
B. It demanded the immediate creation of Pakistan
C. It abolished provincial legislatures
D. It presented joint constitutional demands to the British
Correct Answer: D
The pact was a joint Congress–League constitutional program; it did not demand Pakistan or abolish separate electorates.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The Lucknow Pact was primarily a:
A. Trade treaty
B. Religious decree
C. Constitutional and electoral reform agreement
D. Military alliance
Correct Answer: C
It was a political-constitutional agreement setting out common demands on legislatures, executives, representation, and administration.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Which political development helped draw the Muslim League closer to a self-government program before 1916?
A. Its boycott of every legislature
B. Its constitutional shift toward self-government
C. Its rejection of all constitutional politics
D. Its merger with the Unionist Party
Correct Answer: B
The League's increasing support for self-government created common constitutional ground with Congress.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
What major change did Congress make at Lucknow regarding separate electorates?
A. It accepted separate Muslim electorates in the joint scheme
B. It demanded their abolition immediately
C. It replaced elections with nominations
D. It extended them only to Europeans
Correct Answer: A
Congress formally accepted separate electorates for Muslims as part of the compromise with the League.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Which earlier reforms had introduced separate Muslim electorates before the Lucknow Pact?
A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Indian Councils Act 1892
C. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms 1919
D. Morley-Minto Reforms 1909
Correct Answer: D
Separate Muslim electorates had been introduced under the Indian Councils Act 1909, commonly called the Morley-Minto Reforms.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The central political objective shared by Congress and League in the Lucknow Pact was:
A. Abolition of all provincial governments
B. Restoration of Mughal rule
C. Greater self-government through constitutional reform
D. Immediate partition of India
Correct Answer: C
The joint scheme sought representative institutions, wider Indian participation, and progress toward self-government.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The Lucknow Pact emerged during which major international conflict?
A. Russo-Japanese War
B. First World War
C. Second World War
D. Crimean War
Correct Answer: B
The agreement was negotiated during the First World War, when Indian constitutional expectations were rising.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Before final adoption in 1916, Congress and League committees were authorized to prepare a joint reform scheme at meetings held in:
A. Bombay in 1915
B. Delhi in 1912
C. Lahore in 1914
D. Calcutta in 1911
Correct Answer: A
In December 1915, the Congress and Muslim League met separately in Bombay and created committees to work on constitutional proposals.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Which leader's return symbolized the reunion of the Extremists with Congress at Lucknow?
A. W.C. Bonnerjee
B. C.R. Das
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Correct Answer: D
Tilak and other nationalist leaders participated at Lucknow and fraternized with Moderate leaders.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The 1916 Lucknow session also marked reunion between which groups within Congress?
A. Liberals and socialists
B. Congress and Khilafat leaders
C. Moderates and Extremists
D. Zamindars and peasants
Correct Answer: C
The session reunited the Moderate and Nationalist/Extremist wings of Congress after the Surat split.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Which leader played the most prominent bridging role in Congress–League negotiations at Lucknow?
A. Lord Curzon
B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C. Syed Ahmad Khan
D. Lord Minto
Correct Answer: B
Muhammad Ali Jinnah worked to bring the Congress and Muslim League together and was a central figure in the negotiations.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Who presided over the Ninth Annual Session of the All-India Muslim League at Lucknow in 1916?
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Nawab Salimullah
C. Mian Muhammad Shafi
D. Aga Khan III
Correct Answer: A
Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered the presidential address at the Muslim League's Ninth Annual Session in Lucknow in December 1916.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
The Muslim League session that approved the Lucknow Pact was its:
A. Sixth annual session
B. Twelfth annual session
C. Seventh annual session
D. Ninth annual session
Correct Answer: D
The All-India Muslim League approved the joint reform scheme at its Ninth Annual Session at Lucknow.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1916 - Hindu Muslim Cooperation - Lucknow Pact
Who presided over the 1916 Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Ambica Charan Mazumdar
D. Annie Besant
Correct Answer: C
Ambica Charan Mazumdar presided over the 31st Congress session held at Lucknow in 1916.