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- The Indian Councils Act 1892 expanded:
A) Legislative councils
B) Independence
C) Partition
D) Federal system
Answer: A - The demand for separate electorates was first accepted in:
A) 1909 Act
B) 1919 Act
C) 1935 Act
D) 1947 Act
Answer: A - The Muslim League’s first annual session was held in:
A) 1907
B) 1906
C) 1919
D) 1940
Answer: A - The first president of All India Muslim League was:
A) Aga Khan III
B) Jinnah
C) Iqbal
D) Liaquat
Answer: A - The Urdu Defense Association was founded in:
A) 1900
B) 1885
C) 1940
D) 1920
Answer: A - The partition of Bengal was annulled in:
A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in:
A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Muslim League adopted the goal of Pakistan in:
A) 1940
B) 1930
C) 1928
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Lahore Resolution was moved by:
A) A.K. Fazlul Haq
B) Jinnah
C) Iqbal
D) Liaquat
Answer: A - The term “Pakistan” was first used in pamphlet:
A) Now or Never
B) India Wins Freedom
C) Discovery of India
D) My Experiments with Truth
Answer: A - The author of “Now or Never” was:
A) Choudhry Rahmat Ali
B) Jinnah
C) Iqbal
D) Nehru
Answer: A - The Simon Commission was boycotted because:
A) No Indian member
B) Too many Indians
C) Pakistan included
D) Independence granted
Answer: A - The slogan “Simon Go Back” was raised in:
A) 1928
B) 1919
C) 1940
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Nehru Report was prepared in response to:
A) Simon Commission
B) Khilafat Movement
C) Lahore Resolution
D) Cripps Mission
Answer: A - The Muslim League opposed Nehru Report due to:
A) Lack of Muslim safeguards
B) Excess Muslim rights
C) British approval
D) Sikh opposition
Answer: A - The Allahabad Address was delivered in:
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1920
D) 1906
Answer: A - The idea of separate Muslim state was first clearly given by:
A) Allama Iqbal
B) Jinnah
C) Liaquat
D) Sir Syed
Answer: A - The Two-Nation Theory means:
A) Hindus and Muslims are separate nations
B) One nation theory
C) British rule
D) Sikh state
Answer: A - The Muslim League reorganized under strong leadership in:
A) 1934
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1940
Answer: A - Jinnah became permanent leader of Muslim League in:
A) 1937
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - Congress ministries resigned in:
A) 1939
B) 1940
C) 1947
D) 1935
Answer: A - The Day of Deliverance was observed in:
A) 1939
B) 1940
C) 1947
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Khilafat Movement was launched in support of:
A) Ottoman Caliph
B) British King
C) Indian Emperor
D) Sikh ruler
Answer: A - The Khilafat Movement ended in:
A) 1924
B) 1930
C) 1940
D) 1947
Answer: A - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the leader of:
A) Turkey
B) Iran
C) India
D) Egypt
Answer: A - The Hijrat Movement encouraged migration to:
A) Afghanistan
B) India
C) Iran
D) Turkey
Answer: A - The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in:
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1940
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in:
A) 1922
B) 1919
C) 1930
D) 1940
Answer: A - The Simon Commission came to India in:
A) 1927
B) 1919
C) 1935
D) 1940
Answer: A - The Nehru Report demanded:
A) Dominion status for India
B) Pakistan
C) Independence immediately
D) War
Answer: A - The Muslim League rejected Nehru Report in:
A) 1928
B) 1919
C) 1940
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Lahore Resolution was passed on:
A) 23 March 1940
B) 14 August 1947
C) 1 January 1950
D) 26 January 1950
Answer: A - The Lahore Resolution was passed at:
A) Minto Park Lahore
B) Delhi Fort
C) Karachi Port
D) Dhaka Field
Answer: A - The British Cabinet Mission arrived in:
A) 1946
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Cabinet Mission consisted of:
A) Three British ministers
B) Three Indian leaders
C) Five Americans
D) UN members
Answer: A - The main aim of Cabinet Mission was:
A) Transfer of power
B) War planning
C) Trade agreement
D) Education reform
Answer: A - The Interim Government was formed in:
A) 1946
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Muslim League joined Interim Government in:
A) 1946
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1947
Answer: A - Direct Action Day was announced in:
A) 1946
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1947
Answer: A - Direct Action Day led to:
A) Communal riots
B) Independence
C) Unity
D) Peace
Answer: A - The British decided to quit India in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Mountbatten Plan was announced on:
A) 3 June 1947
B) 23 March 1940
C) 15 August 1947
D) 1919
Answer: A - The Mountbatten Plan is also called:
A) 3rd June Plan
B) Cripps Plan
C) Simon Plan
D) Nehru Plan
Answer: A - The Boundary Commission was headed by:
A) Cyril Radcliffe
B) Mountbatten
C) Jinnah
D) Nehru
Answer: A - The Radcliffe Award was announced in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1919
Answer: A - The major issue after partition was:
A) Refugee crisis
B) Trade growth
C) Education reform
D) Industrial growth
Answer: A - Pakistan came into existence on:
A) 14 August 1947
B) 23 March 1940
C) 1 January 1950
D) 26 January 1950
Answer: A - The first Governor-General of Pakistan was:
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Liaquat Ali Khan
C) Iskander Mirza
D) Ayub Khan
Answer: A - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Jinnah
C) Bhutto
D) Ayub Khan
Answer: A - Pakistan became member of United Nations in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1956
D) 1962
Answer: A - The Objective Resolution was passed in:
A) 1949
B) 1947
C) 1956
D) 1962
Answer: A - The Objective Resolution was presented by:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Jinnah
C) Bhutto
D) Ayub Khan
Answer: A - Pakistan became Islamic Republic in:
A) 1956
B) 1947
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: A - The first constitution of Pakistan was enforced in:
A) 1956
B) 1947
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: A - The Aligarh Movement was launched by:
A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Jinnah
C) Iqbal
D) Liaquat
Answer: A - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote “Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind” in:
A) 1858
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Aligarh Movement focused on:
A) Muslim education reform
B) War strategy
C) Trade expansion
D) Agriculture
Answer: A - The Urdu-Hindi controversy began in:
A) 1867
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Indian National Congress was founded in:
A) 1885
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1940
Answer: A - The Muslim League was founded in:
A) 1906
B) 1919
C) 1940
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Partition of Bengal was announced in:
A) 1905
B) 1911
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The annulment of Bengal partition occurred in:
A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in:
A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Lucknow Pact was signed in:
A) 1916
B) 1906
C) 1940
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Khilafat Movement started in:
A) 1919
B) 1906
C) 1935
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Non-Cooperation Movement started in:
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1940
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in:
A) Amritsar
B) Lahore
C) Karachi
D) Delhi
Answer: A - The British officer responsible was:
A) General Dyer
B) Mountbatten
C) Curzon
D) Minto
Answer: A - The Simon Commission was appointed in:
A) 1927
B) 1919
C) 1935
D) 1940
Answer: A - The Nehru Report was rejected in:
A) 1928
B) 1916
C) 1940
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Allahabad Address was delivered in:
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1920
D) 1906
Answer: A - The idea of Pakistan was first clearly stated by:
A) Allama Iqbal
B) Jinnah
C) Liaquat
D) Sir Syed
Answer: A - The Lahore Resolution was passed in:
A) 1940
B) 1930
C) 1928
D) 1906
Answer: A - The word Pakistan was coined in:
A) 1933
B) 1940
C) 1906
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Pakistan Movement reached final success in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1930
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Indian Independence Act was passed in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1919
Answer: A - The Radcliffe Line divided:
A) India and Pakistan
B) Punjab and Bengal
C) Sindh and Punjab
D) Kashmir and Punjab
Answer: A - Pakistan Movement was based on:
A) Two-Nation Theory
B) One Nation Theory
C) Communism
D) Feudalism
Answer: A - The Khilafat Movement was supported by:
A) Gandhi
B) Jinnah
C) Nehru
D) Patel
Answer: A - The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by:
A) Gandhi
B) Jinnah
C) Iqbal
D) Liaquat
Answer: A - The Quit India Movement started in:
A) 1942
B) 1930
C) 1919
D) 1906
Answer: A - The Cabinet Mission Plan failed due to:
A) Congress-Muslim League disagreement
B) British acceptance
C) Sikh support
D) UN intervention
Answer: A - The Interim Government was led by:
A) Nehru
B) Jinnah
C) Liaquat
D) Mountbatten
Answer: A - Direct Action Day was observed in:
A) 1946
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1947
Answer: A - The British left India in:
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1935
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Mountbatten Plan divided India into:
A) Two dominions
B) One nation
C) Three states
D) Four provinces
Answer: A - The Radcliffe Award caused:
A) Migration crisis
B) Peace
C) Unity
D) Trade growth
Answer: A - Pakistan came into existence on:
A) 14 August 1947
B) 23 March 1940
C) 1 January 1950
D) 26 January 1950
Answer: A - The first constitution of Pakistan was in:
A) 1956
B) 1947
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: A - Pakistan became republic in:
A) 1956
B) 1947
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: A - The first Governor-General of Pakistan was:
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Liaquat Ali Khan
C) Iskander Mirza
D) Ayub Khan
Answer: A - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Jinnah
C) Bhutto
D) Ayub Khan
Answer: A - The Aligarh Movement aimed at:
A) Muslim education reform
B) Armed struggle
C) Trade expansion
D) Agriculture development
Answer: A - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established MAO College in:
A) 1875
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Urdu Defense Association was founded in:
A) 1900
B) 1885
C) 1940
D) 1920
Answer: A - The Muslim League initially supported:
A) Loyalty to British
B) Independence
C) Pakistan
D) War
Answer: A - The partition of Bengal was reversed in:
A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A - The Lucknow Pact united:
A) Congress and Muslim League
B) Hindus and Sikhs
C) British and Muslims
D) France and India
Answer: A - The Pakistan Movement succeeded due to:
A) Political struggle
B) Military war
C) Trade policies
D) Foreign rule
Answer: A - The final outcome of Pakistan Movement was:
A) Creation of Pakistan in 1947
B) 1940 Resolution
C) 1930 Demand
D) 1906 Formation
Answer: A