Steps to reproduce:
Open Minecraft PE
Open a world
Hit "Back" on the Android navbar to bring up the pause screen
Select Options
Hit "Back" on the Android navbar
Expected:
Options should close and bring me back to the pause screen
Actual:
Nothing happens
Interestingly, the back button works on the Options screen if you open it from the main menu (without a world loaded)
Sorry if this is a duplicate.
Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy S4 (phone) with Android 5.0.1 running MCPE 0.11.0 build 10.
The "back" button referenced is always the dedicated back button on your device, not the "back" button on screen in MCPE. That had be a bit confused at first.