Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions best reflects both the achievement and limitation of the Lucknow Pact?

  1. It created an executive fully responsible to and removable by the legislature.
  2. It merged the Congress and Muslim League into a single organization based on joint electorates.
  3. It united the Hindu and Muslim masses while rejecting special safeguards against majority domination.
  4. It established a joint constitutional front, but accepted separate political identities without building comparable unity among the masses.
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  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
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