Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Understanding Partition

Question:

Name the leader from North-West frontier province who opposed the idea of partition.
(1) M.A. Jinnah
(2) Maulana Azad
(3) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

The leader from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) who opposed the idea of partition was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan or the "Frontier Gandhi," was a prominent political and spiritual leader from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in British India. He was a key figure in the Indian independence movement and played a significant role in the political landscape during the pre-partition era.