Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Understanding Partition

Question:

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:
(1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

4

Explanation:

(A) The Lucknow Pact - (IV) 1916
The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim League whereby the Congress accepted separate electorates. The Pact provided a joint political platform for the Moderates, Radicals and the Muslim League.

(B) The Muslim League - (III) 1906
The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906. The Party began to make demands for autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent and/or Pakistan in the 1940s.

(C) The Hindu Mahasabha - (I) 1915
The Hindu Mahasabha was founded in 1915. It was a Hindu Party that had an influence in North India. It aimed to unite Hindus by encouraging them to transcend the divisions of caste and sect. It sought to define Hindu identity in opposition to Muslim identity.

(D) The Pakistan Resolution - (II) 1940
Pakistan Resolution passed by Muslim League- 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.