Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (A) | Two-Nation theory | (I) | Frontier Gandhi |
| (B) | Tryst with Destiny | (II) | Editor Nagmani magazine |
| (C) | Abdul Gaffar Khan | (III) | Muslim League |
| (D) | Amrita Pritam | (IV) | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Two-Nation theory — this matches (III) Muslim League, which advanced it.
(B) Tryst with Destiny — this matches (IV) Jawaharlal Nehru, who gave the speech on the night of 14-15 August 1947.
(C) Abdul Gaffar Khan — this matches (I) Frontier Gandhi.
(D) Amrita Pritam — this matches (II) Editor Nagmani magazine, a Punjabi monthly.
NCERT (2026-27): “Challenges for the new nation-state At the hour of midnight on 14-15 August 1947, India attained independence. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of free India, addressed a special session of the Constituent Assembly that night. This was the famous ‘tryst with destiny’ speech that you are familiar with.… Partition: displacement and rehabilitation … According to the ‘two-nation theory’ advanced by the Muslim League, India consisted of not one but two ‘people’, Hindus and Muslims. That is why it demanded Pakistan, a separate country for the Muslims.… Process of Partition … Secondly, not all Muslim majority areas wanted to be in Pakistan. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, the undisputed leader of the North Western Frontier Province and known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’, was staunchly opposed to the two-nation theory.…”
Leader box ‘Amrita Pritam’: editing ‘Nagmani’ a Punjabi monthly magazine |
