46. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan came from Ghazipur to Aligarh in the year :
(A) 1864 A.D.
(B) 1865 A.D.
(C) 1866 A.D.
(D) 1867 A.D.
Answer:
(A) 1864 A.D.
Explanation:
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who originally founded the Scientific Society in Ghazipur in 1864, was officially transferred to Aligarh later that exact same year, bringing the Society’s operations with him.
Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri was a renowned 13th-century Sufi saint from Bihar. He was famously the leading spiritual master of the Firdausiyya silsilah (a branch of the Suhrawardiyya order). The options reflect scanning/print anomalies from the original paper.
48. The author ‘Hayat-i-Javed’ is:
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Muhammad Husain Azad
(C) Maulana Altaf Husain
(D) Maulana Abu’l Hasan Ali
Answer:
(C) Maulana Altaf Husain
Explanation:
Hayat-i-Javed is the definitive biography of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, masterfully written by his close companion and renowned poet, Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali.
49. Chiragh Dehlawi’s real name was:
(A) Zaheeruddin
(B) Kaleemuddin
(C) Naseeruddin
(D) Abdullah
Answer:
(C) Naseeruddin
Explanation:
Nasiruddin Mahmud, Chiragh-e-Dehli famously known by his title (The Illuminated Lamp of Delhi), was a prominent 14th-century mystic and the last major Chishti Sufi saint in Delhi.
50. The real name of Viqarul Mulk is:
(A) Ahmad Husain
(B) Mushtaq Husain
(C) Altaf Husain
(D) Shaukat Husain
Answer:
(B) Mushtaq Husain
Explanation:
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, a prominent figure in the Aligarh Movement and a founding member of the All-India Muslim League, was born as Mushtaq Hussain.
