O-Level History and Culture of Pakistan Paper 1 Chapter 4: Sir Syed And Languages 4 Marks Questions

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Q1. Who was Sir Syed Ahmed. Khan?

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1. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was a thinker, philosopher , reformer and statesman.

2. He was bon in Delhi in 1817.

3. He was the founder of Aligarh movement and established the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College.

4. He tried to improve relations of British with Muslims after War of Independence 1857 through pamphalets and speeches.

5. He gave the two nation theory which became the basis of Muslim demand and the integral part of Pakistan Movement.

Q2. How did Sir Syed Ahmed Khan try to improve British-Muslim relations?

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1. Muslims were in poor condition without any jobs and were given harsh treatment.

2. He wrote the Loyal Mohammadans of India to highlight the work of those who sided the British.

3. He wrote the pamphlet, “The Causes of Indian Revolt,” which highlighted the wrong steps of British and the causes of War.

4. He wrote “Tabyan-ul-Kalam” in which he brought down the similarities between the two religions in one place.

5. He gave message to Muslimas that they should adopt good habits of british but discard their bad ones and should cooperate with them to get benefits.

Q3. What was the Aligarh Movement?

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1. Sir Syed visited Oxford and Cambridge in 1869 and impressed by their system of education he 

decided to implement in India as well.

2. He started a small movement in Aligarh.

3. He was thus able to form the MAO College.

4. Through this movement he tried to educate Muslims about Science and English language so that communication with British becomes easy.

5. He tried to educate Muslims in the European Style.

Q4. What was the Two Nation Theory?

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1. It was Sir Syed’s believe that Hindus and Muslims should be considered as separate nations.

2. He demanded that As separate Nation Muslims should have Separate Electorate system in a democratic election.

3. He believed that if elections happen in a democratic style then Hindus would be dominant and this would lead to violence.

4. He suggested that due to the great differences between Hindus and Muslims in every field of life, they should be given different treatment.

Q5. What is Punjabi language?

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1. It is the main language of Punjab Province.

2. It is statistically spoken more than Urdu.

3. Hafiz Barkhurdar has been the first person around 1080 AD to use the language by this name.

4. Punjabi is written in the same script as Arabic.

5. It has a vast literature containing very famous folk tales like HEER-RANJHA.

6. It is the man language of Sufi Poets specially famous music literature includes Bulley Shah and Baba Farid Ganjshakar.

Q6. How has the Punjabi Language been promoted?

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1. Punjabi has been used in very famous dramas, short stories and novels in 20th Century.

2. Books in wide variety of Acedemic Subject have been published in Punjabi.

3. Punjabi has been used in the writing style of contemporary age.

4. Punjabi films have been made and it is popular language in theatres and radio.

Q7. What is Sindhi?

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1. Sindhi is very ancient language according to documentation it has been dated back to 12th Century.

2. Initially Sindhi had been written in Arz Nagari script but later the script changed to the Arabic style.

3. It is the main language of Sindh Province.

4. Sindhi literature is famous in the form of Sachel Sarmast’s poetry.

Q8. How has Sindhi been promoted?

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1. Sindhi Literary Board was set up and has printed many books and magazines since then.

2. Several important books on Sindhi Folk Literature have been written.

3. 1954, Bazm-e-Talim-ul-Muala.

4. Sarmast Academy and Sindhiology Department at Sindh University Jamshoru topromote this language.

Q9. What is Balochi?

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1. This is the language spoken in Baluchistan province.

2. Basically spread by Nomadic tribes from Iran and North West Areas.

3. Balochi literature is small but rich in folk tales passed on word of tongue.

4. Balochi literature at the earliest has been reorded as famous folk songs specially of Jam Darang.

Q10. How has Balochi been promoted?

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1. Balochi has seen little development.

2. Radio Pakistan Karachi broadcasts in Balochi.

3. Balochi Literary Ascociation was set up to publish magazines and Balochi literature.

4. Balochi folk tales have been brought down in writing.

5. Quetta Television Studio Broadcasts in Balochi.

Q11. What is Pashto?

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1. Pashto is the main language of Northern regions and most tribes of NWFP though with different dialects.

2. Its first book on Sufism is Khair-ul-Biyan.

3. It has recorded famous poets like Amir Khan and Bayazaid Ansari.

4. Pashto literature achieved its peak in Mughal period and the songs developed the theme of nationalism.

5. The British Rule Period is considered its Golden Age when very high quality writing was produced during this time.

6. Pashto literature played an important role in British Opposition to achieve independence.

Q12. How has Pashto been promoted?

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1. Peshawar University was established.

2. Academy to promote Pahto literature was set up.

3. A widely accepted Pahto Dictionary was produced by Molvi Abdul Qadir leading the Pashto Academy.

4. Post-graduate class in Pashto literature have been established at University level at NWFP.

Q13. What is the importance of Urdu language?

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1. Urdu was the main language of Mughal court after Aurangzeb.

2. Urdu was the language of Muslims of India.

3. It is the language which played a very important role in the Pakistan Movement.

4. Most of the documents and letters had been written in Urdu. Urdu was spoken by a large number of people.

5. The Urdu-Hindi controversy was the one of the main reason that Muslims wanted a separate homeland. Urdu has a very rich literature stock.

Q14. What was the Urdu Hindi Controversy?

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1. Hindu wanted Hindi to be the official language while Muslim wanted Urdu as the official language.\

2. The Hindu started campaigns against Urdu. Muslims thought that Hindus are trying to destroy their identity by trying to harm Urdu.

3. Muslims wanted a separate homeland because their language was in danger. Muslims were horrified when Hindi was made the official alongside English and Urdu.

4. Muslims could not let harm come to Urdu which was very close to Persian and Arabic.