CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Pirpur Report was submitted on:
A. 15 November 1938
B. 23 March 1940
C. 1 April 1937
D. 2 December 1939
Correct Answer: A
The committee presented its report on 15 November 1938.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Who chaired the Pirpur Committee?
A. A. K. Fazlul Huq
B. Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
C. Chaudhry Rahmat Ali
D. Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur
Correct Answer: D
Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur headed the inquiry.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
How many members were appointed to the Pirpur Committee?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Eight
D. Twelve
Correct Answer: C
It was an eight-member committee.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Muslim League appointed the Pirpur Committee on:
A. 14 August 1937
B. 28 March 1938
C. 3 September 1939
D. 22 December 1939
Correct Answer: B
The League Council appointed the committee on 28 March 1938.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which report was the principal Muslim League inquiry into Congress rule?
A. Pirpur Report
B. Nehru Report
C. Simon Report
D. Hunter Report
Correct Answer: A
The Pirpur Report became the League's most prominent document on alleged Muslim grievances.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Muslim opposition to the Congress ministries was based on political concerns as well as concerns about:
A. Only international trade
B. Only irrigation
C. Only naval defence
D. Religion, language, culture, and employment
Correct Answer: D
The grievance campaign combined constitutional, cultural, religious, and administrative issues.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which policy area became especially important because it shaped children's understanding of history and identity?
A. Customs duties only
B. Railway engineering only
C. Education
D. Foreign embassies
Correct Answer: C
Education policies became central to the debate over cultural assimilation and separate identity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The term 'Congress atrocities' in Pakistan Affairs literature mainly refers to:
A. British actions during the War of Independence
B. Alleged discriminatory policies and incidents under provincial Congress governments
C. The partition violence of 1947
D. The abolition of the Mughal Empire
Correct Answer: B
The term is used for Muslim League allegations concerning Congress rule from 1937 to 1939.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which issue was NOT normally listed among Muslim grievances against Congress ministries?
A. Creation of separate Muslim electorates
B. Bande Mataram
C. Promotion of Hindi
D. Wardha education
Correct Answer: A
Separate electorates existed under the constitutional system; they were not a Congress ministry grievance.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The controversy over cultural symbols most directly increased:
A. Provincial tax revenue
B. British military strength
C. The number of princely states
D. Communal mistrust
Correct Answer: D
Conflicts over language, songs, flags, and education intensified Hindu-Muslim political distrust.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Congress leaders generally responded to the League's charges by:
A. Accepting the Pirpur Report as binding law
B. Dissolving the Congress immediately
C. Denying systematic anti-Muslim persecution
D. Supporting the Day of Deliverance
Correct Answer: C
Congress disputed the reports and argued that its ministries represented all communities.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which statement is historically most careful about the allegations against Congress ministries?
A. Every allegation was judicially proven
B. They were documented by League inquiries but disputed by Congress
C. No grievance was ever raised
D. Congress formally accepted every charge
Correct Answer: B
The reports were politically influential, but Congress rejected the accusation that its governments systematically persecuted Muslims.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
The Muslim League described many Congress policies collectively as an attempt to establish:
A. Hindu Raj
B. British federation
C. Peasant republic
D. Military dictatorship
Correct Answer: A
League propaganda used the phrase Hindu Raj to warn Muslims about majoritarian domination.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which location-related grievance appeared in League accounts?
A. Closure of every temple
B. Removal of all churches
C. Ban on public roads
D. Disturbances or provocative music near mosques
Correct Answer: D
Reports complained of processions or music near mosques during prayer times.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which religious practice was cited as having faced restrictions in A. K. Fazlul Huq's pamphlet?
A. Friday as a weekly holiday nationwide
B. Pilgrimage to Makkah
C. The call to prayer (Azan)
D. Fasting in Ramadan
Correct Answer: C
The pamphlet listed alleged restrictions on Azan among Muslim grievances.
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1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
According to Muslim League reports, the Congress flag and Bande Mataram represented:
A. Neutral constitutional safeguards
B. Partisan symbols presented as national symbols
C. Provincial autonomy provisions
D. British administrative reforms
Correct Answer: B
The League argued that Congress symbols were being imposed as symbols of all Indians.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which school-related symbolic practice was criticized in Muslim League accounts?
A. Excessive veneration of Gandhi and Hindu heroes
B. Compulsory study of Jinnah's speeches
C. Removal of all historical personalities
D. Exclusive teaching of British naval history
Correct Answer: A
League critics objected to textbooks and ceremonies they considered religiously or culturally partisan.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which employment-related allegation was made against Congress ministries?
A. Guaranteed Muslim monopoly in services
B. Abolition of the civil service
C. Compulsory employment in the army
D. Discrimination against Muslims in public appointments
Correct Answer: D
Muslim League reports alleged unequal treatment in recruitment and public services.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Which issue related to cattle was listed among Muslim grievances?
A. Compulsory cattle export
B. Abolition of dairy farming
C. Restrictions or bans on cow slaughter
D. Nationalization of all cattle
Correct Answer: C
League reports cited restrictions on cow slaughter as interference with Muslim religious and social practices.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1937-1939 - Congress Rule - Congress Ministries
Muslim criticism of the Vidya Mandir Scheme focused mainly on its perceived:
A. Support for separate electorates
B. Hindu cultural orientation
C. Promotion of Persian administration
D. Opposition to elementary schooling
Correct Answer: B
Critics feared that the scheme's cultural content would assimilate Muslim children.