Free Nehru Report and Fourteen Points MCQs with Answers

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The Nehru Report of 1928 proposed a constitutional framework with dominion status, joint electorates and a strong central authority, while overlooking several Muslim safeguards. Jinnah's Fourteen Points of 1929 responded with demands for federalism, provincial autonomy, separate electorates, adequate Muslim representation and protection of provincial and religious rights.

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Hard
  • A. K. K. Aziz
  • B. Khalid Bin Saeed
  • C. Aitzaz Ahsan
  • D. Syed Ameer Ali

Explanation: Khalid Bin Sayeed wrote Pakistan: The Formative Phase, a major scholarly study of Pakistan’s political development and early history. K.

Correct answer: Khalid Bin Saeed
Fairly easy
  • A. Umera Ahmed
  • B. Ayesha Jalal
  • C. Liaquat Ali Khan
  • D. Aitzaz Ahsan

Explanation: Ayesha Jalal wrote The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan.

Correct answer: Ayesha Jalal
Hard
  • A. Khalid Bin Sayeed
  • B. Chudary Muhammad Ali
  • C. I.I Qureshi
  • D. K.K Aziz

Explanation: K. K. Aziz wrote The Murder of History, The Pakistani Historian and Britain and Muslim India.

Correct answer: K.K Aziz
Moderate
  • A. Quaid-i-Azam
  • B. Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi
  • C. Allama Iqbal
  • D. Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar

Explanation: The Pirpur Report of 1938 was prepared under the chairmanship of Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi.

Correct answer: Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi
Fairly easy
  • A. M Ali Johar
  • B. Sir Sayed
  • C. Ch Rahmat Ali
  • D. Allama Iqbal

Explanation: The pamphlet Now or Never was published in 1933 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who used it to advocate a separate Muslim homeland and…

Correct answer: Ch Rahmat Ali
Moderate
  • A. Delhi Proposal 1927
  • B. Patna Scheme 1938
  • C. Poona Pact
  • D. Never Surrender

Explanation: In the Delhi Muslim Proposals of 1927, the Muslim League agreed to abandon separate electorates if specified constitutional safeguards…

Correct answer: Delhi Proposal 1927
Fairly easy
  • A. Lord Ripon
  • B. Lord Minto
  • C. Stafford Crips
  • D. Linlithgow

Explanation: Sir Stafford Cripps arrived in India in March 1942 with proposals intended to secure Indian political cooperation during the Second World…

Correct answer: Stafford Crips
Moderate
  • A. Abul Kalam Azad
  • B. Nahru
  • C. Dr. Zakir hussain
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Wardha Scheme of Basic Education was drafted by Dr. Zakir Husain under Gandhi's guidance.

Correct answer: Dr. Zakir hussain
Moderate
  • A. 3rd February, 1927
  • B. 3rd February, 1928
  • C. 3rd February, 1929
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Simon Commission arrived in India on 3 February 1928 and was widely boycotted because it had no Indian member.

Correct answer: 3rd February, 1928
Very hard
  • A. The Hindustan Times
  • B. Manchester Guardian
  • C. The Financial Times
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Jinnah made this observation in an interview with the Manchester Guardian while discussing the difficulty of applying parliamentary…

Correct answer: Manchester Guardian
Very hard
  • A. Delhi
  • B. Hyderabad
  • C. Calcutta
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The All-Parties Convention of 1928 was held in Calcutta, where constitutional proposals including the Nehru Report were debated.

Correct answer: Calcutta
Moderate
  • A. 1927
  • B. 1928
  • C. 1929
  • D. 1930

Explanation: The Delhi Muslim Proposals were presented in 1927, before the Nehru Report of 1928.

Correct answer: 1927