The Bengal Partition

Q. All India Muslim League was formed at Dacca in ______.

1. 1906 CE
2. 1905 CE
3. 1911 CE
4. 1904 CE

Q. In 1905 CE, Bengal was partitioned by ______.

1. Viceroy Wavell
2. Viceroy Curzon
3. Lord Canning
4. Viceroy Litton

Q. In ______, the British Government agreed to the demand of the All India Muslim League to reserve some seats in the council for Muslims.

1. 1909
2. 1906
3. 1910
4. 1908

Q. Which of these people opposed the partition of Bengal?

1. Moderates of the Indian National Congress.
2. Radicals or Extremists of the Indian National Congress.
3. The British people.
4. The British Government.

Q.

When did the partition of Bengal take place?

1. 1907

2. 1906

3. 1905

4. 1904

Q. Who partitioned the Bengal Presidency in January 1905?

1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Lord Cubbon
4. Lord Curzon

Q. Which areas were separated from Bengal to form separate administrative units?

1. Hindi
2. Oriya
3. Assamese
4. All above

Q. The Bang Bhang movement was started by the people of India, to protest against the partition of Bengal.

1. False
2. True

Q. Lord Curzon had partitioned Bengal citing administrative reasons. What was the real reason for the partition? What was one of the major impacts of this in the Indian political climate?

Q. When was the All India Muslim League formed?

1. 1899
2. 1901
3. 1903
4. 1906

Q. Before its partition in 1905, Bengal was the biggest province of British India and it included parts of ______ and ______.

1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Orissa
4. Uttar Pradesh

Q. When Lord Curzon partitioned the Bengal presidency into two parts, Eastern Bengal with Muslim majority was merged with Assam.

1. False
2. True

Q. Who among the following laid foundation for the Ryotwari System?

1. Babar
2. Shersha
3. Akbar
4. Jahanger

Q. Under which of the following categories did the personalities like Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak fall?

1. None of the above
2. Moderates
3. Neutrals
4. Radicals

Q. When Lord Curzon partitioned the Bengal presidency into two parts, Eastern Bengal with Muslim majority was merged with Assam.

1. False
2. True

Q. Lord partitioned the Bengal presidency in .

1. 1915
2. Mountbatten
3. 1905
4. Curzon