Free Pakistan Movement MCQs with Answers

151. Asrar-e-Khudi is written by?

• A. Amir Khusro
• B. Allama Iqbal
• C. Ahmed Faraz
• D. Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Explanation: Asrar-e-Khudi, also known as The Secrets of the Self, is a Persian philosophical poem by Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Its central theme is the development of the self or khudi.

152. When did Allama Muhammad Iqbal started his political career?

• A. 1925
• B. 1923
• C. 1926
• D. 1924

Explanation: Iqbal formally entered electoral politics when he was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council in 1926. His major ideological contribution to the Pakistan Movement came later through the 1930 Allahabad Address.

153. Iqbal served as Lecturer of what subject in Oriental College, Lahore?

• A. Psychology
• B. Political Science
• C. Philosophy
• D. Religion

Explanation: Iqbal taught philosophy at Oriental College, Lahore, where he served as a lecturer. His academic background in philosophy also shaped the ideas later expressed in his Allahabad Address.

154. Who is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan"?

• A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Muhammad Iqbal
• C. Syed Ahmad Khan
• D. None of Above

Explanation: Muhammad Iqbal is called the Spiritual Father of Pakistan because his Allahabad Address and political thought provided an ideological basis for a separate Muslim homeland. Jinnah is generally described as the founder or Quaid-e-Azam of Pakistan.

155. At the annual session of Anjuman Hamayat Islam in 1911 Iqbal's poem was recited, poetically called_________?

• A. Sham-o-Shahr
• B. Shikwa
• C. Jawab-i-Shikwa
• D. None of these

Explanation: Iqbal recited Shikwa at the 1911 session of Anjuman Himayat-i-Islam. Jawab-i-Shikwa was written and recited later as a response to Shikwa, so it is the usual distractor.

156. When did Chouhdry Rehmat Ali introduced the term Pakistan in his pamphlet?

• A. 1930
• B. 1928
• C. 1926
• D. 1933

Explanation: Choudhry Rahmat Ali introduced the name Pakistan in the 1933 pamphlet Now or Never, or Are We to Live or Perish Forever? The pamphlet was issued three years after the Allahabad Address of 1930.

157. According to Cabinet Mission plan in how many groups India was to be divided?

• A. Four Groups
• B. Three Group
• C. Two group
• D. Five Group

Explanation: The Cabinet Mission Plan proposed grouping British Indian provinces into three sections: Group A, Group B and Group C. It did not divide India into only two or four groups.

158. In the interim government of 1946, the minister of health was:

• A. Abdul Rab Nishtar
• B. Asif Ali
• C. Ghazanfer Ali Khan
• D. Jag Jivan Ram

Explanation: Ghazanfar Ali Khan held the health portfolio in the Interim Government formed in 1946. Abdul Rab Nishtar was a prominent Muslim League leader, but he was not the minister of health in that government.

159. In the interim government of 1946 the Ministry of Finance was placed under:___________?

• A. Asif Ali
• B. Laiquat Ali Khan
• C. Jagjiven Ram
• D. Ghazanfar Ali

Explanation: Liaquat Ali Khan held the Finance portfolio in the Interim Government formed in 1946. His control of finance helped the Muslim League strengthen its administrative and political position before independence.

160. Identify the Viceroy who made the ' August Offer' in 1940?

• A. Lord Linlithgow
• B. Lord Wavell
• C. Lord Ripon
• D. Lord Mountbatten

Explanation: The August Offer of 1940 was announced by Lord Linlithgow, who was Viceroy of India during the Second World War. Lord Wavell and Lord Mountbatten served later.