Pakistan Movement 1857-1947 MCQs

Which Round Table Conference saw the participation of representatives from Indian princely states?

A) First Round Table Conference

B) Second Round Table Conference

C) Third Round Table Conference

D) All of the above

What was the primary demand of the Congress Party before agreeing to attend the Round Table Conferences?

A) Complete Independence for India

B) Drafting a scheme for Dominion Status for India

C) Dissolution of the Simon Commission

D) Separate electorates for Untouchables

Who signed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact on January 25, 1931?

A) Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin

B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Mountbatten

C) Subhas Chandra Bose and Winston Churchill

D) Vallabhbhai Patel and Ramsay MacDonald

What led Gandhi to start a fast unto death during the Second Round Table Conference?

A) The rejection of the Nehru Report

B) Disagreements over the federal structure of government

C) The application of the principle of Weightage in the Communal Award

D) The absence of Muslim leaders from the conference

Which Round Table Conference did not see the participation of the Congress and Labour Party?

A) First Round Table Conference

B) Second Round Table Conference

C) Third Round Table Conference

D) None of the above

What was the major outcome of the Communal Award announced by the British Government in 1932?

A) Recognition of untouchables as a minority

B) Establishment of separate electorates for Sikhs

C) Sindh awarded the status of a separate province

D) Formation of a federal legislature in India

What was the significant issue that led to the division within the All-India Muslim League after the Communal Award?

A) Separate electorates for Muslims

B) Weightage principle application

C) Sindh’s status as a separate province

D) Reservation of special seats for Hindus depressed classes

Which event marked the issuance of a new constitution for India after the Round Table Conferences?

A) White Paper recommendations

B) Approval by the Parliament

C) The Select Committee’s actions

D) Approval by the British Government

Which British Prime Minister summoned Indian leaders to attend the Round Table Conferences in 1930?

A) Winston Churchill

B) Ramsay MacDonald

C) Clement Attlee

D) Stanley Baldwin

What was the outcome of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed on January 25, 1931?

A) Agreement on the representation of untouchables

B) Congress leaders’ release from jail

C) Resolving differences over the federal structure

D) Acceptance of complete independence for India