Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, a founding father of the All India Muslim League and a prominent figure in the Aligarh Movement, was born as Mushtaq Hussain.
47. Sir Syed was associated with the Urdu language newspaper named :
(A) Jaam-i-Jahan Numa
(B) Mirath al-Akhbar
(C) Sayyid al-Akhbar
(D) Aeena-i-Sikandari
Answer:
(C) Sayyid al-Akhbar
Explanation:
Sayyid al-Akhbar was one of the earliest Urdu newspapers, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s older brother, Syed Muhammad Khan, in 1837. Sir Syed actively contributed to it and managed it after his brother’s death.
48. Vicegereum of Muhammad Ghori at Delhi was:
(A) Nasir Khusro
(B) Qutbuddin Aibak
(C) Nasiruddin Qabacha
(D) Mahmud Ghaznavi
Answer:
(B) Qutbuddin Aibak
Explanation:
After his successful Indian campaigns, Muhammad of Ghor returned west and left his most trusted slave-general, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, as his viceroy/deputy in charge of his Indian territories.
49. Who among the following was involved in the foundation of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh ?
(A) Allama Iqbal
(B) Muhammad Ali Jauhar
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Answer:
(B) Muhammad Ali Jauhar
Explanation:
Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar was a critical founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia when it was established in Aligarh in 1920 (in response to Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement) and served as its first Vice-Chancellor.
50. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan wrote Khutbat-i-Ahmadiya in criticism of the work by:
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) A.J. Arbery
(C) William Muir
(D) Mirza Ghalib
Answer:
(C) William Muir
Explanation:
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote Al-Khutbat al-Ahmadiyya specifically as a scholarly defense of Islam and a direct rebuttal to the highly critical claims made in Sir William Muir’s book, Life of Mahomet
