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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
For 1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement, which option correctly gives the "police action"?
A. Abrogated it
B. Operation Searchlight
C. COVID-19 pandemic
D. Police opened fire
Correct Answer: D
Police action: Police opened fire. Police firing killed several protesters and intensified Bengali nationalism.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
For 1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement, which option correctly gives the "institution"?
A. Supreme Court of Pakistan
B. Pakistan Muslim League (N)
C. Awami League
D. University of Dhaka
Correct Answer: D
Institution: University of Dhaka. Dhaka University students were at the heart of the protests.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
For 1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement, which option correctly gives the "city"?
A. Lahore
B. Hyderabad Central Jail
C. Shaheed Minar
D. Dhaka
Correct Answer: D
City: Dhaka. The major demonstrations and shootings occurred in Dhaka.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
For 1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement, which option correctly gives the "critical date"?
A. 21 February 1952
B. 21 February
C. 23 February 1952
D. 19 February 1952
Correct Answer: A
Critical date: 21 February 1952. Police firing on student demonstrators on 21 February became the movement's defining event.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
For 1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement, which option correctly gives the "core demand"?
A. Recognition of Bengali as a state language
B. Urdu
C. Bengali nationalism
D. Section 144
Correct Answer: A
Core demand: Recognition of Bengali as a state language. Students and activists demanded that Bengali receive state-language status alongside Urdu.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
The Language Movement later became closely connected to demands for what?
A. Urdu
B. Recognition of Bengali as a state language
C. Section 144
D. Provincial autonomy in East Pakistan
Correct Answer: D
Language rights fed broader demands for autonomy and ultimately Bengali self-determination.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Which East Pakistani legislator raised Bengali language rights in the Constituent Assembly in 1948?
A. Major General Akbar Khan
B. Faiz Ahmed Faiz
C. Dhirendranath Datta
D. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Correct Answer: C
Dhirendranath Datta proposed that Bengali be allowed in Constituent Assembly proceedings.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Why was Bengali's status politically significant in early Pakistan?
A. Bengali was spoken by the largest linguistic group
B. Bengali nationalism
C. Urdu
D. Section 144
Correct Answer: A
A majority of Pakistan's population at the time lived in Bengali-speaking East Bengal.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Which legal restriction on assembly was imposed before the 21 February demonstrations?
A. Section 144
B. Provincial autonomy in East Pakistan
C. Bengali nationalism
D. Bengali was spoken by the largest linguistic group
Correct Answer: A
Authorities imposed Section 144 to restrict gatherings, but students defied it.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
What political trend did the Language Movement strengthen in East Pakistan?
A. Provincial autonomy in East Pakistan
B. Recognition of Bengali as a state language
C. Bengali was spoken by the largest linguistic group
D. Bengali nationalism
Correct Answer: D
The movement became a foundational symbol of Bengali cultural and political identity.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
In which year did UNESCO proclaim International Mother Language Day?
A. 1998
B. 1994
C. 1999
D. 1997
Correct Answer: C
UNESCO's General Conference proclaimed the observance in 1999.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
UNESCO's International Mother Language Day is observed on which date?
A. 21 February 1952
B. March 2007
C. 21 February
D. 10 April 2022
Correct Answer: C
UNESCO proclaimed 21 February International Mother Language Day in recognition of the language martyrs.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Which Constitution recognized both Urdu and Bengali as state languages?
A. Twenty-third Amendment
B. Constitution of 1973
C. Constitution of 1956
D. Six-Point Program
Correct Answer: C
The 1956 Constitution recognized Urdu and Bengali as state languages.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Which language had Pakistan's central leadership initially emphasized as the sole state language?
A. Provincial autonomy in East Pakistan
B. Urdu
C. Recognition of Bengali as a state language
D. Section 144
Correct Answer: B
The insistence on Urdu alone generated strong opposition in Bengali-speaking East Pakistan.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
What monument commemorates the language martyrs in Dhaka?
A. Exile in Britain
B. Shaheed Minar
C. Dhaka
D. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Correct Answer: B
The Shaheed Minar commemorates those killed in the Language Movement.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
What happened to demonstrators on 21 February 1952?
A. 2013 general election
B. Police opened fire
C. Pakistan's nuclear tests
D. First elected civilian government completed a full five-year term and transferred power
Correct Answer: B
Police firing killed several protesters and intensified Bengali nationalism.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Students of which university played a central role in the movement?
A. Pakistan National Alliance
B. Pakistan Muslim League (N)
C. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
D. University of Dhaka
Correct Answer: D
Dhaka University students were at the heart of the protests.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
In which city did the key 1952 language protests occur?
A. Shaheed Minar
B. Lahore
C. Hyderabad Central Jail
D. Dhaka
Correct Answer: D
The major demonstrations and shootings occurred in Dhaka.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
Which date in 1952 became symbolic of the Bengali Language Movement?
A. 23 February 1952
B. 21 March 1952
C. 21 February
D. 21 February 1952
Correct Answer: D
Police firing on student demonstrators on 21 February became the movement's defining event.
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1952 - East Pakistan - Bengali Language Movement
What was the central demand of the Bengali Language Movement in East Pakistan?
A. Provincial autonomy in East Pakistan
B. Bengali nationalism
C. Section 144
D. Recognition of Bengali as a state language
Correct Answer: D
Students and activists demanded that Bengali receive state-language status alongside Urdu.