Practice PMS Pakistan Studies questions with answers and explanations.
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The 3 June Plan provided for the partition of British India.
It led directly to the creation of Pakistan and India.
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Lord Mountbatten served as the last Viceroy of British India.
He supervised the transfer of power in 1947.
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Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the Punjab and Bengal boundary commissions.
The resulting boundaries became known as the Radcliffe Line.
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Pakistan became an independent state on 14 August 1947.
The date is celebrated as Independence Day.
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Chaudhry Rahmat Ali used the name Pakistan in his 1933 pamphlet.
The name combined letters associated with Muslim-majority regions.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah led the political struggle that resulted in Pakistan.
He is honored as Quaid-e-Azam, meaning Great Leader.
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Now or Never was published in 1933.
It advocated a separate Muslim homeland in north-western India.
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The All-India Muslim League represented Muslim political interests in British India.
Under Jinnah's leadership, it demanded a separate homeland.
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The 1935 Act expanded elected provincial governments and autonomy.
However, British governors retained important reserve powers.
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The All-India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in December 1906.
The meeting took place during the Muhammadan Educational Conference.
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Provincial elections under the 1935 Act were held in 1937.
Congress formed ministries in several provinces.
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875.
It later developed into Aligarh Muslim University.
