Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Who said, "seperate electorates were self-destructive, since they isolated the minorities from the majaority"?

Options:

Jawaharlal Nehru

Begum Aizaas Rasul

Sarojini Naidu

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Correct Answer:

Begum Aizaas Rasul

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Begum Aizaas Rasul

Not all Muslims supported the demand for separate electorates. Begum Aizaas Rasul, for instance, felt that separate electorates were e self-destructive since they isolated the minorities from the majority. By 1949, most Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly were agreed that separate electorates were against the interests of the minorities. Instead, Muslims needed to take an active part in the democratic process to ensure that they had a decisive voice in the political system.