CSS Pakistan Affairs chapter 4: Creation and early years of Pakistan MCQs with answers

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29 exam-style questions on Creation and early years of Pakistan, 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 Creation and early years of Pakistan questions with answers

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1. Which UN agency declared 21 February International Mother Language Day?

  1. A
    UNESCO
  2. B
    WHO
  3. C
    UNHCR
  4. D
    UNICEF
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Answer: A. UNESCO did so in 1999, in memory of the Dhaka firing of 1952.

2. In which year was the Objectives Resolution passed?

  1. A
    1947
  2. B
    1949
  3. C
    1951
  4. D
    1956
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Answer: B. It was passed in March 1949. The Constitution of 1956 later used it as its preamble.

3. Which party was routed by the United Front in the East Pakistan elections of 1954?

  1. A
    The Krishak Sramik Party
  2. B
    The Muslim League
  3. C
    The Awami League
  4. D
    The National Awami Party
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Answer: B. The Muslim League lost almost every seat to the United Front, of which the Awami League and the Krishak Sramik Party were members.

4. In 1985 the Objectives Resolution was made a substantive part of the Constitution by inserting

  1. A
    Article 2A
  2. B
    Article 184
  3. C
    Article 6
  4. D
    Article 8
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Answer: A. Article 2A made the Resolution an operative part. It had earlier been only a preamble.

5. What did the UN resolutions of 1948-49 on Kashmir call for?

  1. A
    Creation of an independent Kashmir under UN rule
  2. B
    Partition of Kashmir along the line of the Chenab river
  3. C
    Transfer of the whole of Kashmir to Pakistan at once
  4. D
    Ceasefire, troop withdrawal and a UN-supervised plebiscite
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Answer: D. The UN Commission for India and Pakistan set out these steps; the plebiscite was never held.

6. Which question did the lapse of British paramountcy in 1947 leave to each princely state?

  1. A
    Whether to rejoin the Mughal Empire
  2. B
    Whether to accede to India or to Pakistan
  3. C
    Whether to join the Commonwealth directly
  4. D
    Whether to be ruled by the Viceroy
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Answer: B. The rulers were advised to accede to one of the two dominions, taking geography and the wishes of their people into account.

7. According to the Objectives Resolution, sovereignty over the entire universe belongs to

  1. A
    the Constituent Assembly
  2. B
    the Head of State
  3. C
    the people of Pakistan
  4. D
    Allah Almighty alone
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Answer: D. The Resolution says authority is a sacred trust delegated to the people, to be exercised within the limits set by Allah.

8. India's claim to Kashmir rests mainly on the Instrument of Accession signed by the Maharaja in

  1. A
    January 1948
  2. B
    March 1949
  3. C
    August 1947
  4. D
    October 1947
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Answer: D. India says the Maharaja acceded on 26 October 1947 after tribesmen entered Kashmir. Pakistan disputes the validity of the accession.

9. What did the Objectives Resolution say about minorities?

  1. A
    They would receive separate electorates in every legislature
  2. B
    They would be barred from the senior ranks of public office
  3. C
    They could freely profess their faiths and develop their cultures
  4. D
    They would hold a guaranteed seat in every federal cabinet
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Answer: C. Adequate provision was promised for minorities to follow their religions and develop their cultures.

10. Dogra rule in Kashmir began when the British transferred it to Gulab Singh by the

  1. A
    Treaty of Amritsar (1846)
  2. B
    Treaty of Allahabad
  3. C
    Treaty of Bassein
  4. D
    Treaty of Sugauli
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Answer: A. After the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Treaty of Amritsar sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh, the founder of Dogra rule.

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29, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 2 topics: Partition, boundaries, refugees and Kashmir, Early challenges: Objectives Resolution and language. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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