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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 88 of 200

Q88
Indian National MovementPress, Literature & Cultural Institutions
“Sare Jahan Se Accha” was written by
  1. a.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  2. b.Nawab Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah
  3. c.Muhammad Iqbal
  4. d.Abdul Latif

Answer: (C) Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal wrote 'Saare Jahan Se Achha' (Tarana-e-Hind) in Urdu in 1904. Later, in his presidential address to the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, he proposed a Muslim state in north-west India. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875. Nawab Abdul Latif founded the Mohammedan Literary Society in Calcutta in 1863.