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Q: The Direct Action campaign of 1946 was declared to:

A) Negotiate power-sharing within Congress

B) Protest against Muslim League

C) Promote trade unions

D) Pressurize the British and Congress to accept Pakistan demand

Q: The significance of the Lahore Resolution includes:

A) Immediate creation of Pakistan

B) Alliance with Congress

C) It formally demanded separate homelands for Muslims and provided political legitimacy

D) Start of independence struggle against British only

Q: Muslim League’s Fourteen Points (1929) aimed to:

A) Dissolve British rule entirely

B) Merge provinces with Congress

C) Safeguard political and cultural rights of Muslims in India

D) Create economic reforms only

Q: Provincial elections under the Government of India Act 1935 were held in:

A) 1937

B) 1936

C) 1938

D) 1939

Q: Congress ministries resigned from provincial governments in:

A) 1937

B) 1938

C) 1939

D) 1940

Q: The British Government responded to the Pakistan demand initially by:

A) Granting immediate Pakistan

B) Opposing Congress entirely

C) Supporting Hindu League

D) Proposing federal solutions with groupings of provinces

Q: The success of Pakistan Movement was largely due to:

A) Persistent political struggle, mass support, and Jinnah’s leadership

B) British insistence

C) Congress concessions

D) International pressure only

Q: The Cabinet Mission Plan’s provincial groupings were rejected by the Muslim League because:

A) They demanded immediate Pakistan

B) They dissolved the Muslim League

C) They did not guarantee Muslim sovereignty in majority areas

D) They merged with Congress

Q: The 1940 Lahore session of Muslim League was historic because:

A) Allama Iqbal became president

B) It passed the resolution for independent Muslim states

C) It merged with Congress

D) British independence guarantee was received

Q: The Simla Conference of 1945 aimed at:

A) Negotiating power-sharing between Congress and Muslim League

B) Establishing Pakistan immediately

C) Creating a joint army

D) Economic reforms

Q: The British policy of 'Divide and Rule' influenced:

A) Congress unity

B) Sikh independence

C) Trade reforms

D) Muslim League’s demand for a separate homeland

Q: The Indian Independence Act of 1947 led to:

A) Immediate unification of India and Pakistan

B) Continuation of British rule

C) Partition of only Bengal

D) Creation of Pakistan and India as two separate dominions

Q: The Radcliffe Line determined:

A) Boundaries of Pakistan and Afghanistan

B) Boundaries of British India only

C) Provincial divisions in India

D) Boundaries of India and Pakistan

Q: The Muslim League’s success in the 1946 elections strengthened:

A) Its claim for Pakistan

B) Hindu-Muslim unity

C) British authority

D) Congress’ rule

Q: The first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan convened in:

A) 1946

B) 1947

C) 1948

D) 1956

Q: The first Governor-General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, took office in:

A) July 1947

B) September 1947

C) October 1947

D) August 1947

Q: The objectives of the Pakistan Movement included:

A) Safeguarding Muslim political, cultural, and religious identity

B) Economic reforms only

C) British collaboration

D) Integration with Congress

Q: The First Round Table Conference was held in:

A) 1929

B) 1931

C) 1930

D) 1932

Q: Allama Iqbal delivered the Allahabad Address in:

A) 1929

B) 1931

C) 1932

D) 1930

Q: The role of provincial Muslim Leagues in Pakistan Movement was:

A) Negotiating with Congress alone

B) Opposing Jinnah

C) Mobilizing local support and winning seats to strengthen national demand

D) Supporting British administration