O Level Pakistan Studies History chapter 4: The emergence of Pakistan: 1940 to 1947 MCQs with answers

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1. Which post did Liaquat Ali Khan hold in the interim government of 1946–47?

  1. A
    Defence Member
  2. B
    Home Member
  3. C
    Finance Member
  4. D
    Foreign Affairs Member
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Answer: C. His 1947 budget, called the 'poor man's budget', taxed businessmen heavily. Patel held Home and Nehru External Affairs.

2. Under the Indian Independence Act, what happened to the princely states?

  1. A
    they stayed under British protection after 1947
  2. B
    British paramountcy over them lapsed
  3. C
    they became separate Commonwealth dominions
  4. D
    they were divided by the Radcliffe Award
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Answer: B. Rulers were expected to accede to India or Pakistan, taking account of geography and population; Radcliffe drew only provincial lines.

3. What did the Cripps proposals offer?

  1. A
    immediate independence and a Muslim state in the north-west
  2. B
    an all-Indian Executive Council with Hindu-Muslim parity
  3. C
    a three-tier federation with groups of provinces
  4. D
    dominion status after the war, with a provincial opt-out
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Answer: D. Provinces could stay out of the new Indian Union, hinting at Pakistan. Parity was Wavell's 1945 plan; grouping was the Cabinet Mission's 1946 plan.

4. After 1937, how did Jinnah strengthen the Muslim League?

  1. A
    he turned it into a mass party
  2. B
    he merged it with the Unionist Party
  3. C
    he made it a wing of the Congress
  4. D
    he limited membership to landowners
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Answer: A. Membership was opened to ordinary Muslims at a low fee and provincial branches were built up, which paid off in the 1945–46 elections.

5. How did the Second World War strengthen the Muslim League's position?

  1. A
    the League took over the Congress ministries in every province
  2. B
    the League led the Quit India campaign against British rule
  3. C
    Britain needed Muslim support and gave the League more weight
  4. D
    Japan promised the League independence after an Axis victory
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Answer: C. With the Congress opposing the war, the British relied on Muslim cooperation and promised not to impose a constitution Muslims rejected.

6. Why did the Simla Conference of 1945 break down?

  1. A
    Jinnah insisted the League name all Muslim members
  2. B
    Gandhi refused to sit with any League member
  3. C
    the Viceroy refused to include any Muslims
  4. D
    the Sikhs walked out over the Punjab boundary
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Answer: A. The Congress wanted to nominate Maulana Azad and the Unionists also claimed a seat; Jinnah refused, and Wavell ended the conference.

7. Where did the worst violence break out after the League's Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946?

  1. A
    Lahore
  2. B
    Bombay
  3. C
    Karachi
  4. D
    Calcutta
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Answer: D. Several thousand people were killed in Calcutta over a few days, and violence spread to Noakhali and Bihar.

8. Why did Pakistan object to the award of the Ferozepur area to India?

  1. A
    it held the only ordnance factory in the Punjab
  2. B
    it held the main road from Lahore to Karachi
  3. C
    it held the Muslim League's headquarters
  4. D
    it held canal headworks serving Pakistani land
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Answer: D. Control of the Ferozepur headworks on the Sutlej later let India stop canal water, the start of the canal water dispute.

9. Why did Jinnah leave the Congress in 1920?

  1. A
    he opposed Gandhi's mass non-cooperation
  2. B
    the Congress had rejected the Lucknow Pact
  3. C
    he was expelled for backing the Simon Commission
  4. D
    he wanted to lead the Khilafat Movement
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Answer: A. Jinnah preferred constitutional methods and opposed non-cooperation at the Nagpur session of 1920.

10. Which title, meaning 'Great Leader', was given to Jinnah?

  1. A
    Sher-e-Bangla
  2. B
    Quaid-e-Azam
  3. C
    Quaid-e-Millat
  4. D
    Shair-e-Mashriq
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Answer: B. Sher-e-Bangla was Fazlul Haq, Quaid-e-Millat was Liaquat Ali Khan and Shair-e-Mashriq (Poet of the East) was Iqbal.

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49, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 5 topics: The Second World War and the Pakistan Resolution, 1940, The Cripps Mission, the Gandhi-Jinnah talks and the Simla Conference, 1942-1945, The 1945-46 elections, the Cabinet Mission Plan and Direct Action Day, The June 3 Plan, the Radcliffe Award and the Indian Independence Act, 1947, Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and Rahmat Ali. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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