English IX - Chapter No.7 - Reference To Context (Prose Section)

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Allama Iqbal

Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book One For Class IX

Explain With Reference To Context (Prose)

1. "India is a continent of human groups belonging to different races, speaking different
languages and believing in different religions. Their behavior is not governed by a
common race feeling. "
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) Where and when did the speaker says these words?
(iii)
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii) In his presidential address Dr. Allama Iqbal spoke these words in 1930, over the Allahabad meeting of the All- India Muslim League.
(iii)

2.  "These groups are all separate nations. The principle of European democracy cannot be applied to India without recognizing the fact of different groups. The Muslim demand to create a Muslim India within India is in no way without justice".
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) Where and when did the speaker says these words?
(iii) What are the synonym of "race"?
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii) In his presidential address Dr. Allama Iqbal spoke these words in 1930, over the Allahabad meeting of the All- India Muslim League.
(iii) The synonym of "race" is breed or nation

3. "For my part I would like to go one step forward; I would like to see the Punjab, North West Frontier Province, Sindh and Baluchistan united under a single Muslim State".
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) Where and when did the speaker says these words?
(iii)
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii) In his presidential address Dr. Allama Iqbal spoke these words in 1930, over the Allahabad meeting of the All- India Muslim League.
(iii)

4. The Muslims are anxious to have a separate state, because they fear the Hindu majority which, they believe, will not allow Muslims to develop freely."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) Where and when did the speaker says these words?
(iii)
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii) In his presidential address Dr. Allama Iqbal spoke these words in 1930, over the Allahabad meeting of the All- India Muslim League.
(iii)

5. "Don't you think that the time for such a demand has already arrived?"
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) When and to whom speaker wrote these words?
(iii)
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii) In May 1937, Dr Allama Iqbal wrote a letter to Quaid- e-Azam Mohammad Ali jinnah. In which he advised him to demand for separate state.
(iii)

6. "A separate federal state of Muslim provinces, formed on the lines I have proposed, is the only way by which, we can have a peaceful India and save Muslims from the rule of non-Muslims."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) When and to whom speaker wrote these words?
(iii)
Ans:
(i) These words were written by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal"
(ii)  On 21^st June 1937, Dr Allama Iqbal once again wrote a letter to Quaid- e-Azam Mohammad Ali jinnah. In which he advised him to demand for separate state
(iii)

7. 'To me was a friend, guide and philosopher and during the darkest moments through which the Muslim League had to go, he stood like a rock ............"
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) Whom the speaker was talking about?
(iii) When did speaker say these words?
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Quaid -i-Azam, and these lines are taken from the chapter Allama Iqbal.
(ii) The speaker Quaid-i-Azam praised Allama Iqbal in above lines on his death.
(iii) Quaid-i-Azam praised Allama Iqbal's role in this message on his death.

8. "I have learned one lesson from the history of Muslims. At difficult moments in their history, it is Islam that has saved Muslims and not Muslims that have saved Islam. If today you put your faith in Islam, you will become strong and united once again and save yourselves from complete destruction".
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) When did speaker say these words?
(iii) Write two lines about the speaker?
Ans:
(i) These words are spoken by Allama Iqbal, and these lines are taken from the chapter "Allama Iqbal".
(ii) In his Allahabad address Allama Iqbal  spoke these words.
(iii) Allama Iqbal was a great poet, philosopher and politician. He believed that faith in Islam made the Indian Muslims one nation separate and apart from the Hindus. He always advised Muslims to remain true to their faith. He played a major role in the creation of Pakistan.