Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | The Lucknow Pact | (I) | 1915 |
| (B) | The Muslim League | (II) | 1940 |
| (C) | The Hindu Mahasabha | (III) | 1906 |
| (D) | The Pakistan Resolution | (IV) | 1916 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) The Lucknow Pact — this matches (IV) 1916. The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim League, in which the Congress accepted separate electorates.
(B) The Muslim League — this matches (III) 1906. The Muslim League was initially floated in Dhaka in 1906 and was quickly taken over by the U.P.-based Muslim elite.
(C) The Hindu Mahasabha — this matches (I) 1915. Founded in 1915, it was a Hindu party that remained confined to North India.
(D) The Pakistan Resolution — this matches (II) 1940. On 23 March 1940, the League moved a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Understanding Partition’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “3.3 The ‘Pakistan’ Resolution … The Pakistan demand was formalised gradually. On 23 March 1940, the League moved a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent. This ambiguous resolution never mentioned partition or Pakistan.…”
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