CSS Pakistan Affairs chapter 3: The Pakistan Movement MCQs with answers

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55 exam-style questions on The Pakistan Movement, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten The Pakistan Movement questions with answers

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1. Why did Jinnah ask Muslims to observe a Day of Deliverance in December 1939?

  1. A
    To mark the passing of the Lahore Resolution
  2. B
    To protest against the Quit India Movement
  3. C
    To celebrate the grant of independence to India
  4. D
    To mark relief at the end of the Congress ministries
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Answer: D. It was observed on 22 December 1939, after the Congress ministries had resigned.

2. Which event came between the Nehru Report and the Communal Award?

  1. A
    The Fourteen Points
  2. B
    The Lucknow Pact
  3. C
    The Hijrat Movement
  4. D
    The Simla Deputation
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Answer: A. The order is Nehru Report (1928), Fourteen Points (1929), Communal Award (1932). The other three events came earlier.

3. The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 with the leadership of

  1. A
    Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a Maharashtrian reformer
  2. B
    A. O. Hume, a retired British civil servant
  3. C
    Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi leader from Bombay
  4. D
    Surendranath Banerjea, a Bengali leader
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Answer: B. Allan Octavian Hume took the lead in forming the Congress at Bombay in December 1885. Naoroji presided over later sessions but was not its founder.

4. Which of Jinnah's Fourteen Points concerned the province of Sindh?

  1. A
    Sindh should be separated from the Bombay Presidency
  2. B
    Sindh should be merged with the province of the Punjab
  3. C
    Sindh should become the capital province of India
  4. D
    Sindh should be given a university of its own
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Answer: A. The separation of Sindh from Bombay was one of the demands, and it was met by the Government of India Act 1935.

5. What was the most important concession to Muslims in the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909?

  1. A
    A federation of India
  2. B
    Separate electorates
  3. C
    Provincial autonomy
  4. D
    Dominion status
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Answer: B. Muslims were allowed to elect their own representatives to the legislative councils. Provincial autonomy came in 1935.

6. The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was ordered by which Viceroy?

  1. A
    Lord Minto
  2. B
    Lord Dalhousie
  3. C
    Lord Hardinge
  4. D
    Lord Curzon
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Answer: D. Curzon divided Bengal into East Bengal and Assam, with its capital at Dhaka, and the rest of Bengal. Hardinge was Viceroy when the partition was annulled in 1911.

7. What did the Khilafat Movement seek to protect?

  1. A
    The rights of Muslims in the province of Bengal
  2. B
    The position of the Ottoman Caliph
  3. C
    Separate electorates for Muslims in the councils
  4. D
    The Mughal throne at Delhi in its old form
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Answer: B. After the First World War the Allies threatened the Ottoman Empire, and Indian Muslims campaigned to protect the Caliphate.

8. In the 1945-46 elections the League won what share of the Muslim seats in the Central Legislative Assembly?

  1. A
    About two-thirds
  2. B
    All of them
  3. C
    About half
  4. D
    Fewer than a third
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Answer: B. The League's sweep of the Muslim seats established it as the representative of the Muslims.

9. Why did the Congress ministries resign in 1939?

  1. A
    The Viceroy declared war without consulting Indian leaders
  2. B
    The Cripps Mission offered independence and failed
  3. C
    They were defeated in fresh provincial elections held that year
  4. D
    The League won a majority in the Central Assembly
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Answer: A. Lord Linlithgow brought India into the Second World War without consulting its elected representatives.

10. Who, as a member of both the Congress and the League, was the chief architect of the Lucknow Pact?

  1. A
    Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  2. B
    Motilal Nehru
  3. C
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  4. D
    Mahatma Gandhi
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Answer: C. Jinnah's work for unity at this time earned him the title 'Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity'. Gokhale had died in 1915.

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55, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: Congress, the Partition of Bengal and the Muslim League, Lucknow Pact to the Fourteen Points, 1935 Act and the 1937 elections, Lahore Resolution to independence. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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