Pakistan Zindabad (Q/As)

Q.1: Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?

Ans: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the first Governor
General of Pakistan.
Q.2: Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Ans: Lord Mount batten was the last Viceroy of India.
Q.3: When and where was the “Pakistan Resolution” passed?
Ans: “Pakistan Resolution” was passed on 23rd March 1940 at Lahore.
Q.4: State briefly what the “Pakistan Resolution” decided?
Ans: “Pakistan Resolution” decided that India should be split into two
nations Pakistan and India. It aimed at creating an independent Muslim
state comprising those parts of the sub-continent, in which the Muslims
were in majority.
Q.5: What were the provinces that voted to join Pakistan?
Ans: The provinces that voted to join Pakistan were Sindh, the North
West Frontier Province, Balochistan, West Punjab, Sylhet and East
Bengal.
Q.6: Why did Kashmir not join Pakistan?
Ans: Kashmir did not join Pakistan because its Hindu Ruler
treacherously made over this Muslim state to India against the wishes of
its inhabitants.
Q.7: How large was the population of Pakistan when it became
independent?
Ans: When Pakistan became independent, its population was seventy
million.
Q.8: How does Pakistan compare in size and population with the other
nations of the world?
Ans: In the size of population Pakistan was the fifth largest nation of the
world and biggest Muslim country of the world at the time of
independence.
Q.9: Why does the writer apply word terrible to the first year
of Pakistan’s history as an independent state?
Ans: The writer applies the word terrible to the first year of history
of Pakistan as an independent state because of the large scale killing and
destruction brought about by the partition. Half million Muslims were
killed or taken prisoners. Six and half million had to leave India to seek
refuge in the Pakistan from Indian atrocities.
Q.10: Where is the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam?
Ans: The tomb of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is at Karachi in
the heart of the city.
Q.11: Why and who call the congregation of Muslims leaguers in 1940
at Lahore “Pakistan Resolution”?
Ans: The Indian newspaper called the congregation of Muslim League
in 1940 at Lahore “Pakistan Resolution”. Newspapers called it “Pakistan
Resolution” because Choudhry Rahamt invented a word Pakistan for an
Independent Muslim state in India. They thought that Muslim leagues
Resolution for an independent state meant “Pakistan Resolution”.