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Pakistan movement and history
Government jobs · Pakistan affairs · 22 questions
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
The Lahore Resolution was passed in:
- A December 1906
- B March 1940
- C August 1947
- D April 1946
Who presided over the Lahore session of the All India Muslim League in 1940?
- A Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- B Liaquat Ali Khan
- C Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 at:
- A Dhaka
- B Delhi
- C Aligarh
- D Lahore
Allama Iqbal presented the idea of a separate Muslim state in his address at:
- A Simla, 1906
- B Lahore, 1940
- C Lucknow, 1916
- D Allahabad, 1930
The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was an agreement between:
- A The Muslim League and the Indian National Congress
- B The British and the Muslim League
- C The Congress and the Hindu Mahasabha
- D The Khilafat Committee and the British
The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were presented in:
- A 1929
- B 1916
- C 1940
- D 1935
The Cabinet Mission came to India in:
- A 1950
- B 1939
- C 1946
- D 1942
Pakistan came into being on:
- A 14 August 1947
- B 15 August 1947
- C 14 August 1948
- D 23 March 1940
The first Governor General of Pakistan was:
- A Ghulam Muhammad
- B Liaquat Ali Khan
- C Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D Khawaja Nazimuddin
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
- A Liaquat Ali Khan
- B Muhammad Ali Bogra
- C Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
- D Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
The Simla Deputation of 1906 was led by:
- A Allama Iqbal
- B Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- C Aga Khan III
- D Liaquat Ali Khan
The Partition of Bengal took place in:
- A 1905
- B 1911
- C 1947
- D 1919
The Khilafat Movement in India began in:
- A 1947
- B 1906
- C 1919
- D 1930
The Nehru Report of 1928 was a reply to the challenge of:
- A Lord Mountbatten
- B Lord Birkenhead
- C Lord Wavell
- D Lord Curzon
The Round Table Conferences were held in:
- A London
- B Karachi
- C Delhi
- D Lahore
The Government of India Act that introduced provincial autonomy was passed in:
- A 1935
- B 1919
- C 1909
- D 1947
The provincial elections of 1937 were won in most provinces by the:
- A Unionist Party in all provinces
- B Indian National Congress
- C Muslim League
- D Khaksar movement
The Day of Deliverance was observed by Muslims in December 1939 to mark the end of:
- A The Lucknow Pact
- B The Second World War
- C Congress ministries
- D British rule
The Pakistan Resolution was originally called the:
- A Dhaka Resolution
- B Karachi Resolution
- C Lahore Resolution
- D Delhi Resolution
The last Viceroy of India was:
- A Lord Wavell
- B Lord Curzon
- C Lord Linlithgow
- D Lord Mountbatten
The Radcliffe Award of 1947 dealt with:
- A The division of the army
- B The boundaries of Punjab and Bengal
- C The salaries of civil servants
- D The princely states
The first capital of Pakistan was:
- A Rawalpindi
- B Lahore
- C Karachi
- D Islamabad
Answer key
1. B, 2. C, 3. A, 4. D, 5. A, 6. A, 7. C, 8. A, 9. C, 10. A, 11. C, 12. A, 13. C, 14. B, 15. A, 16. A, 17. B, 18. C, 19. C, 20. D, 21. B, 22. C
The All India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution at Lahore on 23 March 1940.
Jinnah presided over the session. The resolution was moved by A. K. Fazlul Huq.
The League was formed at Dhaka in December 1906 during the Muhammadan Educational Conference.
Iqbal gave his presidential address to the Muslim League session at Allahabad in 1930.
At Lucknow the League and the Congress agreed on separate electorates and a joint demand for self-government.
Jinnah put forward his Fourteen Points in March 1929 in reply to the Nehru Report.
The Cabinet Mission arrived in March 1946 to discuss the transfer of power.
The Indian Independence Act 1947 created Pakistan, and its first Independence Day is 14 August 1947.
Jinnah took the oath as Governor General on 15 August 1947.
Liaquat Ali Khan served from 1947 until his assassination in 1951.
A group of Muslim leaders led by Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, met Viceroy Lord Minto at Simla in October 1906.
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905. It was annulled in 1911.
The movement to protect the Ottoman Caliphate began around 1919, led by Muhammad Ali Jauhar and Shaukat Ali.
Birkenhead challenged Indian leaders to frame a constitution that all parties could accept.
Three conferences were held in London between 1930 and 1932.
The 1935 Act gave provinces autonomy and proposed a federation.
The Congress formed governments in most provinces, while the Muslim League did poorly.
The Congress ministries resigned in 1939 and the League observed a Day of Deliverance.
It was named the Lahore Resolution. Pakistan came into use as a name for it later.
Mountbatten served from March 1947 and became the first Governor General of independent India.
Sir Cyril Radcliffe headed the Boundary Commission that drew the borders.
Karachi was the capital until the 1960s, when the capital was moved to Rawalpindi and then to Islamabad.