The Congress and the Muslim League

Q. Select the false statements regarding the 1937 provincial elections.

1. The Muslim League won in most of the provinces.
2. The Muslim League secured 102 out of 485 Muslim seats.
3. The Muslim League was popular in Bengal.
4. The winning parties could not form the government.

Q. On what basis was the demand of the Congress to set up the national government denied by the British?

1. The British wanted the Muslim League to set up the national government.
2. The British believed that the Congress did not represent the whole of India.
3. The British wanted all Indian parties to merge to form the national government.
4. The British wanted them to observe the functioning of their own government in London for a year.

Q. All India Muslim League was formed in ___________.

1. 1907
2. 1904
3. 1905
4. 1906

Q. How did British colonialists practice their ‘divide and rule’ policy in India?

Q.

In which year was the ‘rat hunt’ started?

1. 1902

2. 1903

3. 1899

4. 1894

Q. Which of the following was the condition put forth by the Muslim League for cooperating with Britain in the Second World War?

1. Immediate independence to India.
2. No constitutional advances without the consent of Muslim League.
3. Withdrawal of Britain from the War.
4. Control of existing British colonies.

Q. In which year was the All-India Muslim League formed?

1. 1906

Q. Who was the first president of Muslim League?

1. Nawab Salimullah.
2. Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
3. Abul Kalam Azad.
4. Agha Khan.

Q. Nehru accepted Jinnah's request to form a coalition government with the Muslim League in 1937.

1. True
2. False

Q. All India Muslim League was formed in ___________.

1. 1904
2. 1905
3. 1906
4. 1907

Q. The Muslim League was formed in _____.

1. 1906
2. 1904
3. 1905
4. 1903

Q. Under which Act from the 1930s could Indian parties form a government in pre-Independence India?

1. Government of India Act of 1935
2. Political Parties of India Act of 1935
3. Government of India Act of 1930
4. Election Act of 1935

Q. The first regular session of Muslim League was held at __________ in December 1907.

1. Lahore
2. Dacca
3. Amritsar
4. Karachi

Q. ______ was the leader of the Muslim League.

1. M A Jinnah
2. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
3. Syed Ahmad Khan
4. Shaukat Ali

Q. When Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of country?

1. 1939
2. 1940
3. 1942
4. 1946

Q. During WWII, the Labour Party of Britain was willing to help Indian attain freedom.

1. True
2. False

Q. Select the false statements regarding the 1937 provincial elections.

1. The Muslim League won in most of the provinces.
2. The Muslim League secured 102 out of 485 Muslim seats.
3. The Muslim League was popular in Bengal.
4. The winning parties could not form the government.

Q. I was founded in the year 1885 and emerged victorious in the provincial election conducted in India in 1937. I once banned my members from joining other political organisations in 1938. India's second Prime Minister was one of my members. Who am I?

1. Indian National Congress
2. Muslim League
3. Vishwa Hindu Parishad
4. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Q. On what basis was the demand of the Congress to set up the national government denied by the British?

1. The British wanted the Muslim League to set up the national government.
2. The British wanted all Indian parties to merge to form the national government.
3. The British believed that the Congress did not represent the whole of India.
4. The British wanted them to observe the functioning of their own government in London for a year.