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47 MCQs on Pakistan Movement — All India Muslim League sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 47 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: 30 December 1906
The All India Muslim League was founded on 30 December 1906 at Dhaka, at the close of the All-India Muhammadan Educational Conference session.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Dhaka
The League was founded at Dhaka (then Dacca), where Nawab Salimullah Khan convened the Muslim leaders' meeting.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, was elected the League's first president.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk (Mushtaq Hussain) is conventionally named the League's first general secretary; at the founding session he and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk were appointed joint secretaries to frame the League's constitution.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Nawab Salimullah Khan
Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka convened the December 1906 meeting and proposed the new political organisation, so he is credited as the League's founder.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1913
Jinnah joined the Muslim League in 1913, persuaded by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, while remaining a member of the Congress at the time.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Jauhar
Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar (Mohamed Ali Jauhar) persuaded Jinnah to join the League in 1913.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Indian National Congress
Jinnah began his political career in the Indian National Congress (he joined it in 1906) before becoming the League's leader.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1934
After his years in London, Jinnah returned in 1934 and took over the League's leadership, becoming its permanent president that year.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan, Jinnah's closest associate and Pakistan's first prime minister, was known as Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation).
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1923
Liaquat Ali Khan joined the Muslim League in 1923 and rose to become its general secretary in 1936.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Death of Quaid-e-Azam (1948)
Fatima Jinnah stepped into an active public political role after her brother Muhammad Ali Jinnah's death in September 1948, later leading the opposition campaign in the 1965 presidential election.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1916
The Lucknow Pact, agreed between the League and the Congress, was adopted in 1916; it accepted separate electorates and a common scheme of constitutional reform.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lucknow
The Lucknow Pact was concluded at the Lucknow sessions of the two parties in December 1916.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lucknow
After its Dhaka founding, the League's headquarters moved to Lucknow, which remained its centre through the Lucknow Pact era.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1940
The Lahore Resolution of March 1940 demanded independent states for Muslims in the north-western and eastern zones of India.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lahore
The Pakistan (Lahore) Resolution was passed at the League's Lahore session in March 1940.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 23 March 1940
The Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940, the date now marked as Pakistan Day.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah presided over the League's Lahore session of March 1940, at which the Pakistan Resolution was passed.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1946 elections
In the 1945-46 elections the League swept the Muslim seats, establishing its claim to be the sole representative of India's Muslims.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 30 out of 30
In the 1945-46 central assembly elections the League won all 30 Muslim seats.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 428 out of 492
In the 1946 provincial elections the League won 428 of the 492 Muslim seats contested.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan was Jinnah's closest associate in the League, its general secretary from 1936 and Pakistan's first prime minister.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1936
Liaquat Ali Khan became the League's general secretary in 1936, the post from which he organised the party's 1937 and 1946 election campaigns.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Begum Muhammad Ali Johar
Begum Muhammad Ali Johar (Bi Amman, mother of Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali) was the first woman to address a Muslim League session.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jinnah was the League's president when Pakistan was created on 14 August 1947, and became its first governor-general.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1934
On his return from London in 1934 Jinnah was elected the League's permanent president, a post he held until Pakistan's creation.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lahore Session 1940
The Lahore session of March 1940, which passed the Pakistan Resolution, is regarded as the turning point in the League's history.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: A.K. Fazlul Haq
A.K. Fazlul Haq moved (presented) the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940; the resolution was seconded by Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman of the United Provinces seconded the Lahore Resolution moved by A.K. Fazlul Haq.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jinnah represented the Muslim League at the Round Table Conferences in London (1930-32), presenting the Muslim case for constitutional safeguards.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Sarojini Naidu gave Jinnah the title 'Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity' for his work on the Lucknow Pact of 1916.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1938
The title Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader) came into use for Jinnah in 1938, proposed in Maulana Mazharuddin's Delhi newspaper Al-Aman and adopted at the League's Patna session that December.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Maulana Mazharuddin Shaheed
Maulana Mazharuddin Shaheed, editor of the Delhi daily Al-Aman, proposed in December 1938 that Muslims address Jinnah as Quaid-e-Azam; the League's Patna session adopted it.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation)
Fatima Jinnah is honoured as Madar-e-Millat, Mother of the Nation, for her role beside her brother and in the Pakistan Movement.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 22 December 1939
The League observed 22 December 1939 as the Day of Deliverance, marking the resignation of the Congress provincial ministries.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy, announced the 3 June 1947 partition plan for the transfer of power to India and Pakistan.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 3 June 1947
The British government accepted the demand for Pakistan in the 3 June 1947 plan announced by Lord Mountbatten.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy and governor-general of united British India, serving until partition on 14 August 1947.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lahore Resolution 1940
The Lahore Resolution of 1940, with its clear demand for separate Muslim states, sharply increased the League's mass popularity.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan, the League's general secretary, became Pakistan's first prime minister on 15 August 1947.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1940
The League formally demanded separate Muslim states for the first time in the Lahore Resolution of March 1940.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1940
The League's Working Committee approved the Pakistan Resolution in 1940, the year it was passed at Lahore.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk presided over the December 1906 Dhaka meeting at which the All India Muslim League was founded.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1947
After partition in 1947 the League in Pakistan continued as the Pakistan Muslim League.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: A.K. Fazlul Haq
A.K. Fazlul Haq, premier of Bengal and mover of the Lahore Resolution, was the League's most prominent Bengali leader.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Nawab Mamdot
Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, premier of Punjab, was the League's leading Punjabi leader in the 1940s.
From: All India Muslim League Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
The bank holds 47 questions tagged "Pakistan Movement — All India Muslim League" under Pakistan Studies, drawn from 1 solved papers (2026). After merging the same question asked in multiple papers, 47 are distinct; this page shows the top 47.
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