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Who coined the name Pakistan in pamphlets of 1933 and 1935?Read the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League passed its resolution on autonomy for Muslim-majority areas on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Punjab Premier and Unionist leader drafted the 1940 resolution yet opposed a Muslim Raj in Punjab?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Urdu poet spoke in 1930 of a North-West Indian Muslim state within a loose India?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1946 elections the League won how many of the 30 Muslim seats at the Centre?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cabinet Mission of March 1946 recommended what kind of structure for India?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Cabinet Mission failed, who besides Gandhi continued to firmly oppose Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →The League declared which date as Direct Action Day in 1946?Read the answer and worked solution →In March 1947 the Congress high command voted to divide which province into two halves?Read the answer and worked solution →Which administrator in Bahawalpur noted that police fired no shot during the Amritsar killings of March 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi toured villages on foot in October 1946 to protect Hindus in which area of East Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many abducted women were recovered by the two governments in an operation ending in 1954?Read the answer and worked solution →In which village of Rawalpindi district did ninety Sikh women jump into a well during Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Pakistan lettersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Partition yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Partition opponentsRead the answer and worked solution →League or CongressRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the sectionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Partition bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement of Bengal came into operation in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the 1797 Burdwan auction, what share of the sales turned out to be fictitious?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Permanent Settlement, who were classified as zamindars?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which law could a zamindari be auctioned if payment did not arrive by sunset of the due date?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan's survey of which North Bengal district describes the rich peasants called jotedars?Read the answer and worked solution →Sharecroppers who worked jotedar land and gave half the produce were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A transaction made in the name of a fictitious person while the real beneficiary stays hidden is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Fifth Report on the East India Company was submitted to Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan is often called Buchanan-Hamilton. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who coined the name Pakistan in pamphlets of 1933 and 1935?

  1. Sir Mohammad Iqbal
  2. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  3. Sikandar Hayat Khan
  4. Choudhry Rehmat Ali
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Correct answer: D. Choudhry Rehmat Ali

1. He was a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge. 2. Pak-stan stood for Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, Baluchistan. 3. Few took him seriously then. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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The Muslim League passed its resolution on autonomy for Muslim-majority areas on which date?

  1. 23 March 1940
  2. 16 August 1946
  3. 14 August 1947
  4. 1 March 1941
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Correct answer: A. 23 March 1940

1. The resolution never mentioned Pakistan. 2. It was moved on 23 March 1940. 3. Sikandar Hayat Khan drafted it. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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Which Punjab Premier and Unionist leader drafted the 1940 resolution yet opposed a Muslim Raj in Punjab?

  1. A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq
  2. Sikandar Hayat Khan
  3. Liaquat Ali Khan
  4. Khizr Hayat Khan
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Correct answer: B. Sikandar Hayat Khan

1. He wanted a loose confederation. 2. Sikandar Hayat Khan spoke against Pakistan in March 1941. 3. The Unionists represented Punjab landholders. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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