Pakistan Studies Matric Associate Degree Program

A A new capital was to be built at Islamabad

All religions except Islam were banned

There would be a Six-Year Plan to promote agriculture

D Urdu should be the official language

SECTION A

(a) Who was the Congress Party president who attended the Simla Conference in 1945?

(a) Which district of the Punjab contained the canal headworks that controlled water coming into

Pakistan in 1947?

(a) Identify a recommendation of the Basic Principles Committee (1950).

(a) Which princely state of Balochistan agreed to accede to Pakistan in 1947?

(a) Which organisation did Pakistan wish to legally settle the Canal Water Dispute?

(a) Who became the first Pakistani commander-in-chief of the army in 1951?

(a) Which government post did Malik Ghulam Muhammad hold when he persuaded Khwaja

Nazimuddin to become Prime Minister after the death of Liagat Ali Khan?

(a) Which politician survived only six weeks as Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1957?

(a) Name the British Prime Minister who in 1947 announced Britain's withdrawal from the sub-

continent.

(a) Where did Chaudhri Rehmat Ali study law in 1930?

(a) Who was the ruler of Kashmir in 1947?

(a) What did the abbreviation 'RCD' stand for?

(a) Who became Governor-General of Pakistan in September 1948?

(a) Who became Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1969?

(a) What was the name of the opposition party formed in 1977 to fight the general election?

(b) State two actions that offended many Muslims during the rule of Congress (1937-39).

(c) Explain why the Round Table Conferences (1930-32) were not successful.

(c) Why were the three Round Table Conferences held?

(c) Why was the Cripps Mission of 1942 unsuccessful?

(c) Why did Jinnah produce his 14 Points in 1929?

(c) Why was the Government of India Act of 1935 so important to the future of the sub-continent?

(c) Why did the Gandhi-Jinnah Talks fail in 1944?

(c) Why did the Cripps Mission of 1942 fail?

(c) Why was Pakistan faced with a refugee problem in 1947?