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PAKISTAN QUIZ - 1947 TO 1953

1. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the partition of India?
2. When was it announced by that June 1948 had been determined as the date of withdrawal of British power from India?
3. Who was the Secretary of State for India at the time of partition in 1947?
4. Who was the Viceroy of India from 1943 to 1947?
5. When did Lord Mountbatten arrive in Delhi as new Viceroy of India?
6. Who was the Chief of the Viceroy's staff from 1936 to 1947?
7. When did Jinnah meet Lord Mountbatten first time?
8. When did Lord Mountbatten announced the partition plan?
9. Which party formed government in NWFP after the 1946 elections?
10. Who was the Chief Minister of NWFP after the elections of 1946?
11. When was a Partition Council set up in Center and in Bengal and Punjab?
12. When was the Indian Independence Bill moved in the British Parliament?
13. When was the Indian Independence Bill was passed by the British Parliament and became an Act?
14. When did Mountbatten address the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan?
15. What is the exact time of creation of Pakistan?
16. At what time it was announced on Radio that at midnight the State of Pakistan will come into being?
17. Who first time announced in English "This is Pakistan Broadcasting Service" at the time of creation of Pakistan?
18. Who first time announced in Urdu "This is Pakistan Broadcasting Service" at the time of creation of Pakistan?
19. When did Egypt announced its recognition of the new State of Pakistan?
20. When did Pakistan apply for membership of UNO?
21. Who were the members of the Steering Committee of the Partition Council in the Center?
22. Apart from partition Council how many expert committees were formed to cover the whole field of administration?
23. When did the Pakistan Assembly pass the resolution for changing the name of West Punjab to Punjab?
24. What is the estimated number of people who migrated on partition of India in 1947?
25. What was the name of the force set up on partition to maintain law and order in the disputed areas?
26. When did the Joint Defence Council for India and Pakistan decide to abolish the Punjab Boundary Force?
27. On 3rd September, 1947 Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan me in a conference in Lahore. What was the agenda of the conference?
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).
29. Which Indian city was proclaimed a "dangerous area" on Sept. 8, 1947?
30. Who was the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces at the time of partition?
31. A Joint Defence Council was set up to supervise the division of armed forces and military stores and equipment. Who was its Chairman?
32. Who were other members of the Joint Defence Council?
33. Who represented Pakistan in the Joint Defence Council meeting held in August, 1947 in Delhi?
34. The Joint Defence Council had to complete its task by March 31, 1948 but when was it abolished?
35. According to Mountbatten what was "the most difficult letter" that he had to "ever to write" in his life?
36. Under the Partition agreement how many Sherman tanks were to be given to Pakistan?
37. How many Sherman tanks were actually given to Pakistan?
38. Where was the Inter-Dominion Defence Secretaries Conference held on May 3, 1948?
39. What was the Cash balance of the former government of undivided India on Aug. 14, 1947?
40. How much from the Cash balance was demanded by Pakistan?
41. According to a financial agreement between both the countries reached in December 1947, what was the share of Pakistan from the cash balance?
42. How much of Pakistan's share was actually paid after intervention of Gandhi?
43. When was it announced that Jinnah would be the Governor General of Pakistan?
44. Who was the last Governor of the undivided Punjab?
45. What does RSS stand for ?
46. Under which Section of the Indian Independence Act, 1947 Jinnah could make "omissions from, additions to, and adaptations and modifications of the Government of India Act 1935' until March 1948?
47. When did the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan extend the above powers of Jinnah until March 31, 1949?
48. Who was the Finance Minister in the first cabinet of the Dominion of Pakistan?
49. When did Liaquat Ali Khan move in the Constituent Assembly that the title of "Quaid-e-Azam" be used for Jinnah in official correspondence?
50. When was Jinnah's name was read in Khutaba at the Pakistan colony mosque by the Sindh Education Minister Pir Illahi Bukhsh?
51. when was it announced that Jinnah would act as Legal Guide to the Assembly in drafting the Constitution?
52. When was the announcement made from Delhi for setting up a Constituent Assembly for Pakistan?
53. When did Jinnah reach Karachi to take part in the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly?
54. How many members were in the first Constituent Assembly for Pakistan?
55. How many members of the first Constituent Assembly for Pakistan were from East Bengal?
56. How many members of the first Constituent Assembly for Pakistan were from West Punjab?
57. How many members of the first Constituent Assembly for Pakistan were from Sindh?
58. How many members of the first Constituent Assembly for Pakistan were from NWFP?
59. How many members of the Constituent Assembly for Pakistan were to be from the Sylhet district of Assam?
60. When did the Constituent Assembly for Pakistan meet first time and where?
61. Who was unanimously elected President of the Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly?
62. When did Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah take oath as the first Governor General of Pakistan?
63. Who administered the oath of M.A. Jinnah?
64. Who administered the oath of Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
65. What was the venue of the oath taking ceremony of Quaid-e-Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan?
66. Who were the Ministers in the first Cabinet of Pakistan?
67. Who took oath as the First Governor of West Punjab?
68. Who took oath as the First Governor of East Bengal?
69. Who took oath as the First Governor of N.W.F.P?
70. Who took oath as the First Governor of Sindh?
71. Who took oath as the Chief Commissioner Baluchistan ?
72. Which new provinces was constituted under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, (after being defined in Sir Cyril Radcliffe's boundary award)?
73. Who was the last Governor of the undivided Punjab?
74. Who took oath as the Chief Minister of Sindh?
75. Who took oath as the Chief Minister of West Punjab?
76. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army?
77. Who was the First Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy?
78. Who was the First Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force?
79. Who was appointed as Chief Secretary, West Punjab on 18th August, 1947?
80. When Friday was declared as half working day?
81. When did Iran and Pakistan decided to establish diplomatic relations?
82. When was the Governor George Cunningham directed by the Government of Pakistan to dismiss the NWFP Congress Ministry headed by Khan Sahib?
83. Who was invited to form the NWFP Government after dismissal of the Congress Ministry headed by Khan Sahib?
84. How many Ministers were allowed in the new NWFP Government of Abdul Qaiyum Khan?
85. What was the racial origin of the new NWFP CM Abdul Qaiyum Khan?
86. When did Abdul Qaiyum Khan won over 7 Congress members to prove his majority in the NWFP Assembly?
87. First Pakistani documentary film was shown in the cinemas in Karachi on 30-08-1947. What was it about?
88. Who was the Governor of Bengal at the time of deciding the partition of the province?
89. Who was the Chief Minister of Bengal at the time of deciding the partition of the province?
90. Which was the ruling party in Bengal at the time of deciding the partition of the province?
91. When did the elections took place in East and West Bengal for nominees to the Constituent Assemblies of India and Pakistan?
92. How many many Muslim seats were in East Bengal for the Pakistan Constituent assembly?
93. How many Muslim seats for Pakistan Assembly were won by Muslim League?
94. How many many General seats were in East Bengal for the Pakistan Constituent assembly?
95. Which political party won all the General seats from East Bengal for the Pakistan Constituent assembly?
96. When was Pakistan admitted as Member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of UN?
97. On 2nd September, 1947 the first Pakistani film was released. What was its title?
98. Which actors played the lead roles in the first Pakistani film?
99. Which relation Nasir Khan had with the legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar?
100. When did Switzerland decide to establish diplomatic ties with Pakistan?
101. When did the Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Dr. G.H. Rice resign?
102. Who replaced Dr. G. H. Rice as Vice Chancellor of Punjab University?
103. Which new Federal Ministry was created on 10th September, 1947?
104. Who was appointed as Head of the Pakistani delegation to the UN?
105. Which Speaker of the NWFP Constituent Assembly joined Muslim League on 20th September, 1947?
106. Who was the first US ambassador to Pakistan?
107. Which country sent 4750 tons rice for making up shortage of food in East Bengal on Sept. 19, 1947?
108. When did Jinnah laid the foundation stone of Valika Textile Mills?
109. From which date Postage Stamps were made available in Post Offices?
110. When was Karachi linked by air with all the provincial capitals?
111. Who was appointed as the First Muslim Advocate General of the West Punjab?
112. When was Pakistan admitted as member of the United Nations?
113. When was the First Food Conference of Pakistan held?
114. Who was the Minister for Food and Agriculture in the first Cabinet of Pakistan?
115. Which member of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly died on 01-10-1947?
116. Which newspaper restarted its publications from Karachi on October 15, 1947 as Pakistan's First National daily in Urdu?
117. Who was the Chief Editor of Jang ?
118. Who was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Iran?
119. Who was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to USA?
120. How many canals were in the irrigation system of the undivided Punjab?
121. How much area was being served by the irrigation system of the undivided Punjab?
122. How many canals were in the Pakistani part of Punjab?
123. How much area was being served by the canals of West Punjab?
124. When did India block waters for the Pakistani canals first time?
125. Who led the Pakistani delegation to discuss the water issue with India after the first blockade of waster for Pakistani canals?
126. What was the result of the negotiations of water issue by the Pakistani delegation?
127. As the result of the unjust Punjab Boundary Award Commission which two head works irrigating Pakistani lands were now in East Punjab?
128. Who was the Indian Dy. Prime Minister in its very first cabinet after partition?
129. Who was the Secretary of the Indian Ministry of States?
130. How many Muslims officers from East Bengal were in the entire Indian Civil Service of undivided India?
131. When did Jinnah visit East Pakistan as Governor General?
132. Where was Muhammad Ali Bogra sent as Ambassador?
133. Who was Governor General Jinnah's personal envoy to the Middle East?
134. Who was Governor General Jinnah's financial advisor?
135. How many Congress and League members were in the first Constituent Assembly of NWFP?
136. When was the "Redshirt" organization in N.W.F.P declared illegal by the Provincial Government?
137. When did Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan declared in the Constituent Assembly his loyalty with the Dominion of Pakistan?
138. When did Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan issue a manifesto announcing the formation of a Pakistan People's Party?
139. What was the objective set for Ghaffar Khan's Pakistan People's Party?
140. When was Ghaffar Khan arrested by the Abdul Qaiyum Government?
141. On June, 16 1948 for how many years Ghaffar Khan was sentenced to imprisonment?
142. Who was Faqir of Ipi?
143. Which Provincial Government of Pakistan assumed extraordinary powers by ordinance on July 8, 1948 to deal with persons and organizations suspected of subversive activities?
144. Which city was the provisional capital of the Dominion of Pakistan since its creation on 14th Aug. 1947?
145. Which was the capital of Sindh Province at the time of creation of Pakistan?
146. When did the Sindh Assembly unanimously pass the resolution opposing the "contemplated move of the Pakistan Government to remove Karachi form the control of the Sindh administration?
147. When did the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopted a resolution presented by the Government for formally proclaiming Karachi as Capital of the Dominion of Pakistan?
148. On June 11, 1948 which party instructed the Sindh Government not to surrender to the Central Government any of its powers in respect of Karachi?
149. Where did a deputation from the Muslim League party in Sindh Assembly meet Quaid-e-Azam on the issue of the status of Karachi as national capital?
150. When was Karachi officially declared as the Capital of Pakistan by the Governor General's Order called the Pakistan (Establishment of the Federal Capital) Order, 1948?
151. The Quaid-e-Azam inserted Section 92A in the adapted Government of India Act. What was the section 92A about?
152. When was the administration of Karachi was formally transferred from the Govt. of Sindh to the Central Govt.?
153. Who was reportedly the largest landowner in Punjab before partition?
154. What was impact of partition on the land holding of Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot?
155. How many Ministers were in the first cabinet of the West Punjab?
156. Who was the first Finance Minister in the West Punjab Government?
157. Which portfolio was held by Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan in the first cabinet of West Punjab?
158. Who was the Minister for Rehabilitation of Refugees in the first cabinet of West Punjab?
159. When did Mian Iftikharuddin assum the charge of the West Punjab Minister for Rehabilitation of Refugees?
160. Which Minister of the first cabinet of West Punjab came out with the proposal of land reforms?
161. Why did Mian Iftikharuddin resign from his position as the Minister for Rehabilitation of Refugees?
162. What was the impact of the exit of Mian Iftikharuddin on the Muslim League Parliamentary Party in West Punjab?
163. When did Jinnah summon the Governor Francis Maudi along with Mamdot and Daulatana in Karachi?
164. Who was the first Chief Minister of the Sindh province after creation of Pakistan?
165. Which provincial Chief Minister was dismissed in April, 1948?
166. Who was appointed as Chief Pakistan Refugee Commissioner?
167. Due to the refugee issue, when was a State of Emergency declared by the proclamation of the Governor General under Government of India (Second Amendment) Act, 1948?
168. Sindh province was directed, under the Emergency powers of 27-08-1948, to settle a certain number of refugees. How many?
169. How many refugees were got settled in NWFP?
170. How many refugees were got settled in Bahawalpur, Khairpur States and Balochistan?
171. Who was the first Chief Minister of East Bengal?
172. Quaid-e-Azam died on Sept. 11, 1948. What was the official cause of death?
173. Who was the successor of Quaid-e-Azam as Governor General?
174. Jinnah in his capacity as Governor General was also holding the portfolio of Frontier States and Regions. After Jinnah's death who took over this portfolio?
175. Under Independence Act 1947, the Constituent Assembly had a dual responsibility. The first was to frame the new constitution. What was the second?
176. There were 69 members in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. How many representative were added to it from the States of Frontier, Baluchistan, Bahawalpur and Khairpur?
177. When was the first West Punjab Government dismissed?
178. What does PRODA stand for?
179. Who were to be charged under PRODA?
180. Which was the first serious step by the Dominion of Pakistan towards framing its own constitution?
181. Who presented the Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly?
182. When was the Objective Resolution presented in the Constituent Assembly?
183. Which committee was set up by the Constituent Assembly to frame a draft Constitution?
184. When did the Basic Principles Committee presented its report?
185. What form of government was recommended by the Basic Principles Committee for Pakistan?
186. What kind of legislature and cabinet were recommended by the Basic Principles Committee?
187. Why was the report of the the Basic Principles Committee immediately shelved?
188. When were the first elections after partition held in Punjab and NWFP?
189. Which party formed its Governments in Punjab and NWFP after elections in 1951?
190. When was the Planning Board turned into Planning Commission?
191. When was the landlordism abolished in East Bengal?
192. What was the limit of landholding under the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act?
193. When did Liaquat Ali Khan visit USA?
194. How many weeks did Liaquat Ali Khan spend in USA?
195. What was the title of the published collection of Liaquat's speeches meant to introduce Pakistan to the West?
196. When did the conspiracy to overthrow the Liaquat Government come to light?
197. When was Liaquat Ali Khan shot dead in Rawalpindi?
198. Who replaced Liaquat Ali Khan as Prime Minister?
199. Who replaced Nazimuddin as Governor General?

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