Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim League later joined the Interim Government in:
A. October 1946
B. January 1945
C. March 1947
D. August 1947
Correct Answer: A
League nominees joined the Interim Government in late October 1946.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim League initially refused to join the Interim Government formed in:
A. September 1946
B. December 1906
C. March 1940
D. August 1947
Correct Answer: A
Congress entered the Interim Government on 2 September 1946; the League initially stayed out.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
Direct Action Day was followed by severe communal violence first on a major scale in:
A. Calcutta
B. Peshawar
C. Quetta
D. Madras
Correct Answer: A
The Great Calcutta Killings began during Direct Action Day and intensified the political crisis.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
Direct Action Day was observed on:
A. 16 August 1946
B. 22 December 1939
C. 23 March 1940
D. 14 August 1947
Correct Answer: A
The League designated 16 August 1946 as Direct Action Day to demonstrate support for Pakistan.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim League Council adopted the Direct Action resolution on:
A. 29 July 1946
B. 16 August 1946
C. 3 June 1947
D. 18 July 1947
Correct Answer: A
On 29 July 1946 the League withdrew acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and called for direct action.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan after:
A. Congress statements suggesting the Constituent Assembly could alter the arrangement
B. Britain immediately created Pakistan
C. The 1937 elections
D. The Simla Deputation
Correct Answer: A
Nehru's July 1946 remarks contributed to the League's belief that Congress would not remain bound by the grouping provisions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim League initially accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan in:
A. June 1946
B. August 1946
C. March 1940
D. June 1947
Correct Answer: A
The League Council accepted the Plan in June 1946 because compulsory grouping appeared to protect Muslim-majority zones.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
Bengal and Assam were placed in Cabinet Mission Group:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Correct Answer: C
The Mission grouped Bengal and Assam together as Group C.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim-majority north-western provinces were mainly placed in Cabinet Mission Group:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Correct Answer: B
Group B included Punjab, NWFP, Sindh and British Baluchistan.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Cabinet Mission Plan proposed grouping British Indian provinces into:
A. Two groups
B. Three groups
C. Four groups
D. No groups
Correct Answer: B
Group A mainly contained Hindu-majority provinces, while Groups B and C contained major Muslim-majority areas.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, the proposed Union centre would control:
A. All provincial subjects
B. Defence, foreign affairs and communications
C. Education and agriculture only
D. Police and land revenue only
Correct Answer: B
The centre was deliberately limited, while most powers remained with provinces and provincial groups.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
Which of the following was a member of the Cabinet Mission?
A. Sir Stafford Cripps
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Minto
D. Sir John Simon
Correct Answer: A
The Mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Cabinet Mission came to India in:
A. 1942
B. 1945
C. 1946
D. 1947
Correct Answer: C
The British Cabinet Mission arrived in 1946 to propose a constitutional transfer of power while trying to preserve an Indian union.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
At the 1946 Delhi Legislators' Convention, the Pakistan demand was clarified as a demand for:
A. A sovereign independent state
B. A unitary all-India government
C. British rule without change
D. Only separate electorates
Correct Answer: A
The convention reformulated the demand in the singular and called for a sovereign independent state comprising Muslim-majority regions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Convention of Muslim League Legislators was held in Delhi in:
A. March 1940
B. April 1946
C. June 1947
D. December 1906
Correct Answer: B
Muslim members elected to the central and provincial legislatures met in Delhi on 7–9 April 1946.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The principal campaign issue for the Muslim League in the 1945–46 elections was:
A. The demand for Pakistan
B. Restoration of Bengal partition only
C. Support for a unitary constitution
D. Abolition of Muslim electorates
Correct Answer: A
The League sought a direct electoral mandate for its Pakistan program.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
A commonly cited result for the Muslim League in the 1946 provincial elections is:
A. 109 of 482 Muslim seats
B. 425 of 496 Muslim seats
C. 30 of 300 Muslim seats
D. 496 of 496 total seats
Correct Answer: B
The League won about 425 of the 496 seats reserved for Muslims in the provincial assemblies.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The Muslim League's success in the 1945–46 elections was politically important because it:
A. Weakened its claim to represent Muslims
B. Confirmed its mass mandate among Muslim electorates
C. Ended the Pakistan demand
D. Made Congress a Muslim party
Correct Answer: B
The results allowed Jinnah to argue that the League spoke for the great majority of politically represented Indian Muslims.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
In the 1945 elections to the Central Legislative Assembly, the Muslim League won:
A. All 30 Muslim seats
B. Half of the Muslim seats
C. No Muslim seats
D. All general seats
Correct Answer: A
The League won all Muslim-reserved seats in the Central Legislative Assembly, demonstrating overwhelming electoral support among Muslim voters.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1906 - Muslim Political Awakening - Muslim League
The failure of the Simla Conference strengthened the League's claim that:
A. Congress represented all Muslims
B. It alone represented organized Muslim political opinion
C. Provincial autonomy was unnecessary
D. Separate electorates should end
Correct Answer: B
The dispute centered on whether Congress could nominate a Muslim, reinforcing the League's representative claim.