Q67 According to the Lucknow Pact which was signed between INC and Muslim League in 1916:
i) Muslims should be given one-third representation in the state government.
ii) Separate electorates for Muslims were accepted.
iii) Self-government in India was to be demanded.
Choose the correct option.
Q67 According to the Lucknow Pact which was signed between INC and Muslim League in 1916:
i) Muslims should be given one-third representation in the state government.
ii) Separate electorates for Muslims were accepted.
iii) Self-government in India was to be demanded.
Choose the correct option.
The correct option is B b) ii and iii only
67 Ans B
Explanation: Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the joint session of both the parties, held in Luck now, in the year 1916. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then a member of the Congress as well as the League, made both the parties reach an agreement to pressure the British government to adopt a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country, besides safeguarding basic Muslim demands. After the unpopular partition of Bengal, Jinnah approached the League to make it more popular among the Muslim masses. Jinnah himself was the mastermind and architect of this pact. Due to the reconciliation brought about by Jinnah between the Congress and the League, the Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, gave him the title of “the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity”.
The main features are:
- There shall be self-government in India.
- The same method should be adopted for the Executive Councils of Governors.
- The Indian Council must be abolished.
- The salaries of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs should be paid by the British government, not from Indian funds
- The executive should be separated from the judiciary..
- The number of Muslims in the provincial legislatures should be laid down province by province.
- Muslims should be given 1/3 representation in Central Govt.
- There should be separate electorates for all communities until they ask for joint electorate.
- System of weight-age should be adopted.
- Term of Legislative Council should be 5 years.
- Half of the members of Imperial Legislative Council must be Indians.
- Dominion Status
b) ii and iii only
67 Ans B
Explanation: Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the joint session of both the parties, held in Luck now, in the year 1916. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then a member of the Congress as well as the League, made both the parties reach an agreement to pressure the British government to adopt a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country, besides safeguarding basic Muslim demands. After the unpopular partition of Bengal, Jinnah approached the League to make it more popular among the Muslim masses. Jinnah himself was the mastermind and architect of this pact. Due to the reconciliation brought about by Jinnah between the Congress and the League, the Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, gave him the title of “the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity”.
The main features are:
- There shall be self-government in India.
- The same method should be adopted for the Executive Councils of Governors.
- The Indian Council must be abolished.
- The salaries of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs should be paid by the British government, not from Indian funds
- The executive should be separated from the judiciary..
- The number of Muslims in the provincial legislatures should be laid down province by province.
- Muslims should be given 1/3 representation in Central Govt.
- There should be separate electorates for all communities until they ask for joint electorate.
- System of weight-age should be adopted.
- Term of Legislative Council should be 5 years.
- Half of the members of Imperial Legislative Council must be Indians.
- Dominion Status
