Pakistan Movement 1857-1947 MCQs

Which leaders seconded the Lahore Resolution at the All-India Muslim League session in 1940?

A) Muhammad Iqbal, Jinnah, and Sir Shah Nawaz Khan

B) Chaudhary Khaliq ul Zaman, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, and Sir Abdullah Haroon

C) Gandhi, Nehru, and Maulana Azad

D) British Viceroy and Governors of Indian states

What did Hindu newspapers ironically term the Lahore Resolution?

A) Resolution for Indian Unity

B) Resolution for Muslim Autonomy

C) Pakistan Resolution

D) Lahore Accord

What was the actual day when the Lahore Resolution was passed?

A) March 22

B) March 23

C) March 24

D) March 25

How did the Hindu community react to the demand for Pakistan?

A) They supported it wholeheartedly

B) They denounced it as “anti-national”

C) They remained neutral

D) They proposed a referendum for the decision

Why were the British hostile to the Muslim demand for Pakistan?

A) They supported the idea of a separate Muslim state

B) They feared losing control over India

C) They were indifferent to Indian politics

D) They believed in a united India under their rule

Who emphasized that Muslims were a separate nation according to any definition of nationhood?

A) Muhammad Iqbal

B) Jinnah

C) AK. Fazal-ul-Haq

D) Chaudhry Khaliq ul Zaman

What event significantly changed the demand of the Muslims from “Separate Electorates” to a “Separate State”?

A) The Day of Deliverance

B) The Lahore Resolution

C) The All-India Muslim League’s annual session

D) The Khaksar Tragedy

Who led the Muslims of the sub-continent in their struggle for an independent state?

A) Gandhi

B) Jinnah

C) Nehru

D) British Viceroy

What did the Lahore Resolution set as the ultimate goal for Muslims?

A) Economic prosperity

B) Cultural revival

C) Establishment of a separate Muslim state

D) Integration with Hindu society

What was the primary demand of the Quit India Movement initiated by Mohandas Gandhi in 1942?

A) Immediate partition of India

B) Total co-operation with the British government

C) Withdrawal of the British from India

D) Increased representation of Indians in the Viceroy’s Council