Demand for Pakistan

Total Questions: 18

11. Who among the following had primarily used the word ‘Pakistan’ for a separate State for Indian Muslims? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(b) Sir Aga Khan
(c) M.A. Jinnah
(d) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and his friends

Correct Answer: (d) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and his friends

Solution:The word Pakistan/PAKSTAN was primarily used by the student of Cambridge University, Chaudhary Rehmat Ali, in his letter entitled “Now or Never; Are we to live or Perish forever?”.

12. Who among the following first coined the word 'Pakistan'? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Choudhary Rehmat Ali
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Mohammad Ashfaque Khan

Correct Answer: (b) Choudhary Rehmat Ali

Solution:The term "Pakistan" or Pakstan was first coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali, a Pakistani nationalist, in a pamphlet published in 1933. The word formed by combining the names of the regions that were to constitute the proposed nation: Punjab, Afghan Province (North-West Frontier Province), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan. The idea of Pakistan gained further momentum, leading to the creation of the independent state of Pakistan in 1947.

13. The idea of a separate Nation for Muslims was given by: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006 U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Liaqat Ali Khan

Correct Answer: (b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Solution:The poet and political philosopher Mohammad Iqbal is considered the originator of the idea of a separate Muslim nation. Inspired by the spirit of Pan-Islam in All India Muslim League at Allahabad Session in 1930, Mohammad Iqbal said, "I would like to see Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province, Sindh, and Balochistan amalgamated into a single state. Self-Government within the British Empire, or without the British Empire, formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim state appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India."

14. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

(a) Agha Khan
(b) M.A. Jinnah
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan
(d) Mohammad Iqbal

Correct Answer: (d) Mohammad Iqbal

Solution:During his landmark Presidential address to the annual session of the All-India Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, Iqbal declared Hindus and Muslims to be two separate Nations in the light of the religious, social, cultural, and historical context.

15. Who among the following led the movement for the separate State Pakistan? [38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1992]

(a) Aga Khan
(b) Nawab Salim Ullah
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan
(d) Md. Ali Jinnah

Correct Answer: (d) Md. Ali Jinnah

Solution:From March 22 to 24, 1940, the session of the Muslim League was held at Lahore under the Presidentship of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. In this session, he demanded a separate Muslim Nation apart from India. Jinnah said in his speech that he would not accept anything other than a separate Muslim Nation.

16. Who of the following called Mohammad Ali Jinnah as ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004 U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali

Correct Answer: (a) Sarojini Naidu

Solution:In 1919, when Jinnah was giving testimony in front of the Parliament Select Committee, he was asked: “Are you saying this as a virtue of the Indian Nationalist?” In reply, he firmly said, “Yes, I am saying this as a virtue of an Indian Nationalist.” After that, Major Oksbergi asked, "Do you want to finish the discrimination between Muslims and Hindus at the earliest?” Jinnah replied, “Yes, I will be the happiest person when that day comes.” For these nationalist views and the compromises between the Muslim League and Congress, Sarojini Naidu hailed him as the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity.”

17. The remark ‘Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a politician’ was made by: [U.P.P.C.S. (GIC) 2010 U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Maulana Azad
(c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Correct Answer: (c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal

Solution:The first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in Page 352 of his book "Discovery of India" mentioned that Muhammad Iqbal, during a meeting with Nehru, remarked, “You (Nehru) are a patriot, while Jinnah is a politician.”

18. Which of the following statements is not true about Muhammad Ali Jinnah? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2008]

(a) He was the supporter of the two-nation theory.
(b) He presided over the Lahore session of the Muslim League in 1940.
(c) He had not participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(d) He always had dairy.

Correct Answer: (d) He always had dairy.

Solution:Jinnah was a supporter of the two-nation theory. While chairing the Lahore Session of the Muslim League between 22-24 March 1940, he demanded a separate Muslim Nation apart from India. Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Fazlul-Haq, and Khaliquzzaman played an important role in preparing the outline for the proposal of Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah was not a supporter of the Non-Cooperation Movement, so he did not participate in this movement.

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