Pedagogy MCQs

The correct answer is Maulana M. Ali Johar because he was one of the primary revolutionary founders of the institution and served as its very first Vice-Chancellor upon its creation.

• Maulana M. Ali Johar: This is the correct choice. Jamia Millia Islamia was founded on October 29, 1920, in Aligarh during the British Raj as an independent national university free from colonial influence. Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar (Jauhar), a towering nationalist and Khilafat movement leader, was highly instrumental in its creation and managed its initial executive operations as Vice-Chancellor from 1920 to 1923.


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  • Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan: This is incorrect. He passed away in 1898 and was the legendary visionary behind the Aligarh Movement and the M.A.O. College (which later became Aligarh Muslim University), rather than Jamia Millia.
  
  
  • Maulana Shaukat Ali Johar: This is incorrect. While he was the influential brother of Mohammad Ali Johar and a massive proponent of the Khilafat Movement, he was not the specific individual designated as the primary institutional founder and executive head of Jamia.
  
  
  • Hakeem Ajmal: This is incorrect in this selective context. While Hakim Ajmal Khan was a critical founding father and served as the university's very first Chancellor from 1920 until his death in 1927, your specific past paper template maps the correct option exclusively onto choice 4 (Maulana M. Ali Johar).
  
  

The correct answer is Maulana M. Yaqub Nanautwi because he was officially appointed as the foundational principal and head lecturer (Sadr Mudarris) when the seminary was established in 1866.

• Maulana M. Yaqub Nanautwi: This is the correct choice. When Darul Uloom Deoband began its historical educational operations on May 31, 1866, at the Chatta Mosque, Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Nanautwi served as its very first principal and executive academic head, managing classroom affairs until 1883.


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  • Maulana Shah Wali Ullah: This is incorrect. The prominent Islamic reformer passed away nearly a century earlier in 1762, though his ideological thoughts heavily inspired the founders of Deoband.
  
  
  • Maulana Mahmood ul Hassan: This is incorrect. He holds the distinct historical honor of being the very first student enrolled at the Deoband Academy rather than its first head.
  
  
  • Shabbir Ahmad Usmani: This is incorrect. He was a prominent later scholar and leader of the Pakistan Movement who studied and taught at the seminary long after its foundational phase.