CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Allahabad Address 1930
The precise date commonly associated with the address is
A. 29 December 1930
B. 23 March 1940
C. 14 August 1947
D. 3 June 1947
Correct Answer: A
29 December 1930 is the standard date.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The address was delivered in which month?
A. December
B. March
C. August
D. June
Correct Answer: A
It was delivered on 29 December 1930.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Another common misconception is that the address immediately demanded
A. Complete partition on the 1947 model
B. Muslim-majority consolidation
C. Constitutional safeguards
D. Autonomy
Correct Answer: A
The language was more constitutional and evolutionary than the later partition settlement.
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Allahabad Address 1930
A common exam error is to claim that Iqbal demanded
A. The exact final boundaries of Pakistan in 1930
B. A Muslim unit in the northwest
C. Provincial autonomy
D. Federal restructuring
Correct Answer: A
He did not specify the final 1947 borders.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The address linked Muslim political identity with
A. History, law, culture and social organization
B. Race alone
C. Language alone
D. Geography alone
Correct Answer: A
Iqbal's argument was civilizational and political.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Balochistan at the time did not have the same full provincial status as
A. Punjab
B. Burma
C. Ceylon
D. Nepal
Correct Answer: A
British Balochistan had a distinct administrative status.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency in
A. 1936
B. 1930
C. 1940
D. 1947
Correct Answer: A
Separation occurred under reforms associated with the Government of India Act 1935.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Which modern Pakistani province was then called NWFP?
A. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
B. Sindh
C. Punjab
D. Balochistan
Correct Answer: A
NWFP was renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2010.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Allahabad Address 1930
The Allahabad Address is best interpreted as
A. A major stage in the evolution of the Pakistan idea
B. The legal act that partitioned India
C. A military plan
D. A trade agreement
Correct Answer: A
It was intellectually formative but not itself a legal partition document.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Jinnah's Fourteen Points were presented in
A. 1929
B. 1930
C. 1940
D. 1946
Correct Answer: A
The Fourteen Points responded to constitutional disagreements.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The Nehru Report had been published in
A. 1928
B. 1930
C. 1935
D. 1946
Correct Answer: A
The Nehru Report's constitutional proposals sharpened Muslim concerns.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The address was delivered approximately ten years before the
A. Lahore Resolution
B. Lucknow Pact
C. Delhi Proposals
D. Nehru Report
Correct Answer: A
The Lahore Resolution was passed in 1940.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Which constitutional principle was central to the address?
A. Federalism and provincial autonomy
B. Absolute monarchy
C. Unitary centralism
D. No constitution
Correct Answer: A
Iqbal argued for a federation with meaningful autonomy.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The proposed Muslim unit was expected to provide
A. Security and development for Muslims of the northwest
B. Abolition of provinces
C. British military rule forever
D. No legislature
Correct Answer: A
It was designed to protect collective political interests.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Iqbal viewed India as
A. A continent of diverse peoples and communities
B. A completely homogeneous nation
C. A single-language society
D. A European state
Correct Answer: A
He stressed India's diversity.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The address criticized excessive centralization because it
A. Threatened the autonomy and identity of India's communities
B. Strengthened Muslim provinces automatically
C. Ended communal tension
D. Guaranteed federation
Correct Answer: A
Iqbal supported a genuinely federal arrangement.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Iqbal participated in which constitutional conferences in London?
A. Second and Third Round Table Conferences
B. Only the First
C. None
D. Cabinet Mission
Correct Answer: A
He attended the second and third conferences.
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Allahabad Address 1930
The address was delivered before the
A. Round Table Conferences
B. Lucknow Pact
C. Simla Deputation
D. Partition of Bengal
Correct Answer: A
It came in the period of constitutional debate surrounding the Round Table Conferences.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Who coined the name Pakistan in 1933?
A. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
B. Allama Iqbal
C. Jinnah
D. Sir Syed
Correct Answer: A
Rehmat Ali used the name in 'Now or Never'.
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Allahabad Address 1930
Did the address use the name 'Pakistan'?
A. No
B. Yes, repeatedly
C. Only in Urdu
D. Only in a map
Correct Answer: A
The name Pakistan was coined later by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali in 1933.