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Khilafat Movement

📆 October 21, 2024

Total Questions: 17

11. Who warned Gandhiji not to encourage fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders and their followers? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Solution:Gandhi linked the issue of Swaraj with the Khilafat issue to bring Hindus and Muslims together in one movement. Mohammad Ali Jinnah opposed this. Jinnah criticized Gandhi's support of the Khilafat Movement, which he saw as an endorsement of religious zealotry. According to K.M. Munshi, "Jinnah warned Gandhiji not to encourage the fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders" in the Khilafat Movement.

12. Who among the following had denounced the participation of Mahatma Gandhi in the Khilafat Movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

Correct Answer: (d) M.A. Jinnah
Solution:Gandhi linked the issue of Swaraj with the Khilafat issue to bring Hindus and Muslims together in one movement. Mohammad Ali Jinnah opposed this. Jinnah criticized Gandhi's support of the Khilafat Movement, which he saw as an endorsement of religious zealotry. According to K.M. Munshi, "Jinnah warned Gandhiji not to encourage the fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders" in the Khilafat Movement.

13. Which one of the following was the result of the Khilafat movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (a) Hindu-Muslim differences were narrowed down
Solution:Gandhi described the Khilafat movement as the golden opportunity for the unity of Hindu and Muslim. Hence, the outcome of this Movement was the unity of Hindu and Muslim, which arose due to anger against the British Government on the question of Turkey.

14. The person who on April 4, 1919, delivered a speech on Hindu-Muslim unity from the pulpit of Jama Masjid in Delhi was: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (d) Swami Shraddhanand
Solution:Gandhi described the Khilafat movement as the golden opportunity for the unity of Hindu and Muslim. Hence, the outcome of this Movement was the unity of Hindu and Muslim, which arose due to anger against the British Government on the question of Turkey.

15. Who of the following had started the Khilafat Movement? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

Choose the answer from the codes given below:

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Mohammad Ali
  3. Shariatullah
  4. Abul Kalam Azad

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Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4
Solution:The Khilafat Movement was mainly started by Maulana Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, with some other Muslim leaders such as Hasrat Mohani, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and Dr. Hakim Ajmal Khan, who joined hands and created an All India Khilafat Committee at Lucknow. Haji Shariatullah was an eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian sub-continent in British India. He is known for founding the Faraizi Movement.

16. Who among the following were prominent leaders of the Khilafat Movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Solution:The Khilafat Movement was mainly started by Maulana Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, with some other Muslim leaders such as Hasrat Mohani, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and Dr. Hakim Ajmal Khan, who joined hands and created an All India Khilafat Committee at Lucknow. Haji Shariatullah was an eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian sub-continent in British India. He is known for founding the Faraizi Movement.

17. Which of the following were the main objectives of the Khilafat Movement? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]

  1. To rouse anti-British feelings among the Muslims of India.
  2. To reform the Muslim society.
  3. To demand separate electorates and preserve the Khilafat.
  4. To save the Ottoman Empire and preserve the Khilafat.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 4
Solution:The Muslims of India considered the Sultan of Turkey as the Khalifa (Caliph) of the Islamic empire. In the First World War, Turkey was fighting against allied countries. Before the war, the British Government had promised fair treatment to Turkey to win the support of Indian Muslims. Turkey was dismembered, and the Khalifa was stripped of his post. This act of the British angered Indian Muslims. As a result, they started a movement to defend the Ottoman Empire of Turkey and to retain the Khalifa in his post. The Khilafat Movement started to protest against the partition of Turkey and acquired an aggressive approach with the joining of Gandhi in the movement.
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