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Question 1

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sir syed was born on 19th september 1839
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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sir syed thought that if british left india,hindus would not share power with muslims
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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he tried persuading the muslim leaders in _____ that fighting the british is useless.
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  • bijnaur
  • delhi
  • east india company
  • india

Question 4

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he was disturbed by:
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  • attempts of urdu to be replaced with hindi as second important language after english in northern provinces
  • the fact that the british were too strong to be challenged and that the indian revolt was useless and a waste of time
  • people calling him a traitor or a pro-british man
  • technological advantages of europeans over asia

Question 5

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he realized that education was more advanced in the east.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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he was criticized for his emphasis on:
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  • science
  • english
  • urdu

Question 7

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his famous book was:
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  • Athar-ul-sanadeed
  • tabyin-ul-kalam
  • tahdib-ul-akhlaq

Question 8

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he laid foundations of hatred with hindus.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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the scientific society at ghazipur translated works in ____,____,____ to urdu
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  • english
  • arabic
  • persian
  • hindi

Question 10

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he was sent as ______to ______ after 1846
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  • chief judge to binjaur
  • judge to delhi
  • president to dhaka

Question 11

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his son's name was:
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  • Syed Mahmud
  • Syed Mohammad
  • Syed Khan

Question 12

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he was raised in a ______ family:
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  • orthodox
  • religious
  • modern
  • western-style

Question 13

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he started service and became judge in:
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  • east india company
  • Indian civil service

Question 14

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in 1846 he became a judge in bijnaur:
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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he passed away on:
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  • 27th march 1898
  • 17th october 1897
  • 23rd march 1846

Question 16

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he built:
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  • Muslim self-confidence
  • bridges with the british
  • western style education

Question 17

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he was on the side of the british during the indian revolt:
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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he was called a leader and a anti-british man
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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he did not accept _____ from the british:
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  • reward as an estate
  • reward as ruling an area
  • reward as a leader

Question 20

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he wrote a pamphlet on:
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  • tahdib-ul-akhlaaq
  • tabyin-ul-kalam
  • essay on the causes of the indian revolt

Question 21

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he tried building a relationship between hindus and muslims
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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he risked his image by writing the 'Loyal mohammedens of india'
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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he wrote the tabyin-ul-kalam to:
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  • show similarities between islam and christianity
  • show differences between hinduism and islam

Question 24

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his belief was that the british were too strong to be challenged
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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he demanded for:
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  • separate seats for muslims in local councils
  • a school
  • a dinosaur:p

Question 26

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he said that hindus and muslims were separate enough to have:
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  • separate lands
  • separate elections
  • separate schooling systems

Question 27

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he was the first muslim to speak of congress
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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sir syed didnot attend first ____ meeting in _____
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  • congress meeting in 1885
  • patriotic alliance meeting in 1846
  • east india company meeting in 1898

Question 29

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he believed that congress was only working for hindu interests
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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he formed _____________ which later became mohammaden defence association
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  • united patriotic alliance
  • muslim league
  • indian national congress
  • east india company

Question 31

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hindu-muslim conflict rose and caused:
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  • a ban to slaughter cows
  • music was played in mosques
  • pigs were not allowed to be slaughtered
  • people died

Question 32

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he spoke of hindus and muslims as:
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  • two different communities who needed to work together
  • two different nations who couldnot stay together on the same land

Question 33

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his major obsession became:
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  • educational state of the muslims
  • political state of muslims
  • hindu-muslim conflict

Question 34

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the society had its own:
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  • buildings
  • printing press
  • system

Question 35

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he earned money for a venture to look at british universities by:
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  • selling his library
  • selling books
  • selling his house
  • selling a monkey

Question 36

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he wrote tahdib-ul-akhlaq to persuade muslims that western education would not affect islam negatively
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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he used to argue with british about certain questions
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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he pointed out that the Holy Quran tells us not to study anything.
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  • True
  • False

Question 39

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he persuaded muslims enough to earn enough funds for a library
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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the mao college became the aligarh university in ______
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  • 1875
  • 1898
  • 1846

Question 41

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he was following an educational tradition of the:
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  • mughals
  • british
  • hindus

Question 42

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aligarh university contributed to creation of pakistan because:
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  • leaders like liaquat ali khan and ayub khan studied there
  • leaders like gandhi and nehru studied there

Question 43

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he arranged the mao educational conference to:
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  • popularize the educational methods at aligarh
  • show western style education

Question 44

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he argued that education could only come up to english standards if students were taught in
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  • english
  • urdu
  • persian

Question 45

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he thought that the real value of english style education was to improve the:
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  • morals of the society
  • ethics of the community
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