All Free Pakistan Studies MCQs with Answers

2521. When was Salvation day observed?

• A. December 21, 1939
• B. December 23, 1939
• C. December 20, 1939
• D. December 22, 1939

Explanation: The Muslim League observed 22 December 1939 as the Day of Deliverance after Congress ministries resigned. The date is remembered as a protest against Congress rule, not as 20 or 21 December.

2522. Sindh was separated from Bombay in__________?

• A. 1936
• B. 1938
• C. 1940
• D. 1942

Explanation: Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency on 1 April 1936 under the Government of India Act 1935. It became a separate province before Pakistan was created.

2523. Who was the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905?

• A. Lord Curzon
• B. Lord Irwin
• C. Moutbatten
• D. Lord Attlee

Explanation: Lord Curzon served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905. The other figures served in different periods and did not hold this viceroyalty.

2524. Day of Deliverance was observed on the advice of__________?

• A. Muslim League
• B. Quaid-e-Azam
• C. Sir Aga Khan
• D. Chaudhri Rehmat Ali

Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah advised Muslims to observe the Day of Deliverance on 22 December 1939 after Congress ministries resigned. It marked Muslim League opposition to Congress rule rather than an initiative of Aga Khan or Rehmat Ali.

2525. King George V, on December 12, 1911, at the occasion of his coronation at Delhi Darbar announced _________ ?

• A. The annulment of the partition of Bengal
• B. Separate electorate for Muslims
• C. The annulment of the separate electorate for Muslims
• D. The partition of Bengal

Explanation: At the Delhi Durbar in December 1911, King George V announced the annulment of the 1905 Partition of Bengal. The separate electorate was not annulled at that event.

2526. The Partition of Bengal was occurred on __________ ?

• A. 15 October 1905
• B. 16 October 1905
• C. 17 October 1906
• D. 18 October 1906

Explanation: The Partition of Bengal came into effect on 16 October 1905. The division created Eastern Bengal and Assam, with a Muslim majority in the new eastern province.

2527. The Partition of Bengal was annulled on ___________ ?

• A. 11 December 1911
• B. 12 December 1911
• C. 13 December 1912
• D. 14 December 1912

Explanation: The annulment was announced at the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911. This reversed the 1905 division and reunited Bengal administratively, although the capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.

2528. The British Indian government announced the partition of Bengal in 1905 because of ___________ ?

• A. Muslim's demand
• B. Hindu's demand
• C. Administrative requirements
• D. Financial constraints

Explanation: The British presented the 1905 partition primarily as an administrative measure because Bengal was too large to govern efficiently. Muslim political support was a consequence and advantage of the division, not its stated official reason.

2529. Viceroy of India during Simon Commission was___________?

• A. Lord Irwin
• B. Lord Canning
• C. Lord Mountbaton
• D. None

Explanation: Lord Irwin was Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931, the period in which the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928. Lord Canning and Lord Mountbatten served in different periods.

2530. When the Province of NWFP was set up?

• A. 1901
• B. 1897
• C. 1898
• D. 1905

Explanation: The North-West Frontier Province was created in 1901 by separating the settled districts of the Punjab from the frontier areas. It was later renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.