When the two-nation theory was gaining ground, who taunted the Morley–Minto reforms by saying that the real originator of Pakistan was not Iqbal or Jinnah but Minto?
- AC. Rajagopalachari
- BDr. Rajendra Prasad
- CGovind Ballabh Pant
- DJawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Explanation
Dr. Rajendra Prasad criticised the Morley–Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act, 1909), which gave Muslims separate electorates for the first time. He wrote that the real originator of Pakistan was not Iqbal or Jinnah but Lord Minto, the Viceroy, because separate electorates laid the base for communal politics.
John Morley was Secretary of State for India at the time.