Aligarh Movement MCQs with Answers

What made Sir Syed Ahmad Khan conclude that Hindus and Muslims could not work together anymore?

• A.The Shimla Deputation
• B.The Partition of Bengal
• C.The Hindi-Urdu controversy
• D.The Minto-Morley Reforms

Who was the Viceroy of India when MAO High School was elevated to the level of a college in 1877?

• A.Lord Northbrook
• B.Lord Lytton
• C.Lord Ripon
• D.Lord Mayo

The first Muslim to serve as a High Court judge in the British Raj was ?

• A.Abdul Rahim
• B.Syed Ameer Ali
• C.Badruddin Tyabji
• D.Syed Mahmood

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College was established by ?

• A.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• B.Maulana Shibli Nomani
• C.Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
• D.Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali

What was Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's attitude towards the positive aspects brought by the British?

• A.He accepted them only for military advancement
• B.He rejected them entirely as foreign impositions
• C.He remained neutral and took no clear stance
• D.He admired and advocated for adopting them

After which incident, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan predicted that the gulf of differences between Hindus and Muslims of India shall widen with the passage of time?

• A.Partition of Bengal
• B.Lucknow Pact
• C.Hindi-Urdu Controversy
• D.Khilafat Movement

Past Paper MCQ

Who wrote the book Asar-ul-Sanadid?

• A.Altaf Hussain Hali
• B.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• C.Shibli Nomani
• D.Maulana Zafar Ali Khan

In which year was the MAO College founded?

• A.1875
• B.1885
• C.1877
• D.1906

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan promoted the theory of?

• A.Two Nation Theory
• B.One Nation Theory
• C.Hindu-Muslim Unity
• D.Pan-Islamism

What was the main objective of the movement started by some prominent Hindus of Banaras in 1867 regarding the court language?

• A.Replacement of Urdu by Hindi written in Nagiri script
• B.Replacement of Persian by Sanskrit written in Devanagari script
• C.Introduction of English as the sole court language
• D.Recognition of both Urdu and Hindi as official court languages