IMPORTANT PAKISTAN STUDIES SOLVED QUESTIONS
1. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the
partition of India?
Ans: Attlee
2. When was it announced that June 1948 had been
determined as the date of withdrawal of British power from
India?
Ans: Feb. 20, 1947
3. Who was the Secretary of State for India at the time of
partition in 1947?
Ans: Lord Listowel
4. Who was the Viceroy of India from 1943 to 1947?
Ans: Lord Wavell
5. When did Lord Mountbatten arrive in Delhi as new Viceroy
of India?
Ans: March 22, 1947
6. Who was the Chief of the Viceroys staff from 1936 to 1947?
Ans: Lord Ismay
7. When did Jinnah meet Lord Mountbatten first time?
Ans: April 5, 1947
8. When did Lord Mountbatten announced the partition plan?
Ans: June 3, 1947
9. Which party formed government in NWFP after the 1946
elections?
Ans: All India Congress
10. Who was the Chief Minister of NWFP after the elections of
1946?
Ans: Khan Sahib
11. When was a Partition Council set up in Center and in
Bengal and Punjab?
Ans: June 27, 1947
12. When was the Indian Independence Bill moved in the
British Parliament?
Ans: July 4, 1947
13. When was the Indian Independence Bill passed by the
British Parliament and became an Act?
Ans: July 18, 1947
14. When did Mountbatten address the Constituent Assembly
of Pakistan?
Ans: 14th August, 1947
15. What is the exact time of creation of Pakistan?
Ans: 12 a.m. at the night between 14th and 15th August, 1947
16. At what time it was announced on Radio that at midnight
the State of Pakistan will come into being?
Ans: On minute before midnight
17. Who first time announced in English This is Pakistan
Broadcasting Service at the time of creation of Pakistan?
Ans: Mr. Zahoor Azar
18. Who first time announced in Urdu This is Pakistan
Broadcasting Service at the time of creation of Pakistan?
Ans: Ghulam Mustafa Hamdani
19. When did Egypt announced its recognition of the new
State of Pakistan?
Ans: 16th August, 1947
20. When did Pakistan apply for membership of UNO?
Ans: 16th August, 1947
21. Who were the members of the Steering Committee of the
Partition Council in the Center?
Ans: Ch. Muhammad Ali and H.M. Patel
22. Apart from partition Council how many expert committees
were formed to cover the whole field of administration?
Ans: 10
23. When did the Pakistan Assembly pass the resolution for
changing the name of West Punjab to Punjab?
Ans: 07-01-1948
24. What is the estimated number of people who migrated on
partition of India in 1947?
Ans: 8,500,000 (dubbed as largest migration in history by
Information office Delhi).
25. What was the name of the force set up on partition to
maintain law and order in the disputed areas?
Ans: The Punjab Boundary Force.
26. When did the Joint Defence Council for India and Pakistan
decide to abolish the Punjab Boundary Force?
Ans: 29-08-1947
27. On 3rd September, 1947 Prime Ministers of India and
Pakistan meet in a conference in Lahore. What was the
agenda of the conference?
Ans: Restoration of Law and Order and Protection of Refugees.
28. Which airline helped movement of 35000 people from
Pakistan to India between Oct. 20 to Nov. 30, 1947? (The
same airline also moved 7000 Muslim Govt. officials and the
families from Delhi to Pakistan).
Ans: British Overseas Airways Corporation
29. Which Indian city was proclaimed a dangerous area on
Sept. 8, 1947?
Ans: Delhi
30. Who was the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed
Forces at the time of partition?
Ans: Field Marshal Lord Auchinleck
31. A Joint Defence Council was set up to supervise the
division of armed forces and military stores and equipment.
Who was its Chairman?
Ans: Lord Mountbatten
32. Who were other members of the Joint Defence Council?
Ans: Field Marshal Lord Auchinleck and two representatives of
the India and Pakistan.
33. Who represented Pakistan in the Joint Defence Council
meeting held in August, 1947 in Delhi?
Ans: Liaquat Ali Khan
34. The Joint Defence Council had to complete its task by
March 31, 1948 but when was it abolished?
Ans: November, 1947
35. According to Mountbatten what was the most difficult
letter that he had to ever to write in his life?
Ans: The letter he wrote to Auchinleck regarding abolishing
the Joint Defence Council under pressure from his Indian
cabinet.
36. Under the Partition agreement how many Sherman tanks
were to be given to Pakistan?
Ans: 150
37. How many Sherman tanks were actually given to Pakistan?
Ans: Not even one
38. Where was the Inter-Dominion Defence Secretaries
Conference held on May 3, 1948?
Ans: Delhi
39. What was the Cash balance of the former government of
undivided India on Aug. 14, 1947?
Ans: 4000 million rupees
40. How much from the Cash balance was demanded by
Pakistan?
Ans: 1000 million rupees
41. According to a financial agreement between both the
countries reached in December 1947, what was the share of
Pakistan from the cash balance?
Ans: 750 million rupees
42. How much of Pakistans share was actually paid after
intervention of Gandhi?
Ans: 700 million
43. When was it announced that Jinnah would be the Governor
General of Pakistan?
Ans: July 10, 1947
44. Who was the last Governor of the undivided Punjab?
Ans: Sir Evan Jenkins
45. What does RSS stand for ?
Ans: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh
46. When did Liaquat Ali Khan move in the Constituent
Assembly that the title of Quaid-e-Azam be used for Jinnah
in official correspondence?
Ans: Aug. 12, 1947
47. Who was the Finance Minister in the first cabinet of the
Dominion of Pakistan?
Ans: Ghulam Muhammad
48. When was Jinnahs name read in Khutaba at the Pakistan
colony mosque by the Sindh Education Minister Pir Illahi
Bukhsh?
Ans: Aug. 22, 1947
49. When was it announced that Jinnah would act as Legal
Guide to the Assembly in drafting the Constitution?
Ans: Aug. 23, 1947
50. When was the announcement made from Delhi for setting
up a Constituent Assembly for Pakistan?
Ans: July 26, 1947
