Free Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers

1. In which year was the Lahore Resolution passed?

• A. 1930
• B. 1940
• C. 1946
• D. 1947

Explanation: The Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940 at the annual session of the All-India Muslim League held at Minto Park, Lahore. It demanded independent states for Muslim-majority regions of British India and is commemorated every year as Pakistan Day. The resolution was moved by A. K. Fazlul Haq.

2. Who delivered the Allahabad Address of 1930?

• A. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• D. Liaquat Ali Khan

Explanation: Allama Muhammad Iqbal delivered the Allahabad Address as presidential address to the Muslim League session in December 1930. He proposed the consolidation of the Muslim-majority provinces of north-west India into a single state, which is widely regarded as the first clear articulation of the idea of Pakistan.

3. In which year was Bengal partitioned by Lord Curzon?

• A. 1905
• B. 1906
• C. 1911
• D. 1916

Explanation: Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905 on administrative grounds, creating a Muslim-majority province of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Muslims welcomed it while the Congress agitated against it, and the partition was annulled in 1911 — a reversal that deepened Muslim distrust of the British and of Congress politics.

4. Quaid-e-Azam's Fourteen Points were presented in response to which document?

• A. The Simon Commission Report
• B. The Nehru Report
• C. The Government of India Act 1919
• D. The Lucknow Pact

Explanation: The Nehru Report of 1928 rejected separate electorates and other Muslim safeguards. Quaid-e-Azam responded in 1929 with his Fourteen Points, which set out the minimum constitutional guarantees Muslims required, including a federal system, provincial autonomy and separate electorates.

5. When was the "All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference" established?

• A. October 1932
• B. June 1939
• C. October 1936
• D. June 1940

Explanation: The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference was founded in October 1932 to represent Muslim political interests in the princely state. It was later renamed the All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in 1939.

6. The first president of All India Muslim League were __________?

• A. Sir Saleemullah
• B. Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk
• C. Sir Aga Khan
• D. Sir Adamjee Pir Bhai

Explanation: Sir Aga Khan III was chosen as the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League. Nawab Salimullah and Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk were important founders, but they were not its first permanent president.

7. Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband was founded by __________?

• A. Maulana Mehmood-ul-Hassan
• B. Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madni
• C. Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi
• D. Maulana Rasheed Ahmed

Explanation: Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband was founded in 1866 by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Among the listed names, Nanautawi is the recognised founder.

8. Sindh Madrasah-tul-Islam, Karachi was founded by _____________?

• A. Aga Hassan Ali Effendi
• B. Sir Aga Khan
• C. Khalifa Hameeduddin
• D. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Explanation: Sindh Madrasah-tul-Islam was established in Karachi by Hassan Ali Effendi in 1885. It later became notable as an institution attended by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

9. _________allowed East India Company to reside and build factories inSurat

• A. Jahangir
• B. Humayun
• C. Akbar
• D. Shah Jahan

Explanation: Emperor Jahangir permitted the English East India Company to establish a factory at Surat after the English victory over the Portuguese in 1612. Akbar and Shah Jahan ruled earlier and later, respectively, but the Surat concession belongs to Jahangir’s reign.

10. The Indian Councils Act (Minto-Morley Reforms) was enacted into law in __________?

• A. 1909
• B. 1910
• C. 1911
• D. 1912

Explanation: The Indian Councils Act, commonly called the Morley-Minto Reforms, became law in 1909. Its most significant Muslim political effect was the introduction of separate electorates.