Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge Ordinary Level

PAKISTAN STUDIES 2059/01

Paper 1 History and Culture of Pakistan October/November 2016
1 hour 30 minutes
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Answer three questions.

Section A
Answer Question 1.

Section B
Answer any two questions.

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Section A

Answer the following question.

This question is about the Pakistan Movement between 1927 and 1937.

1 Study the sources (Insert) carefully and then answer the questions which follow.

(a) According to Source A, why was there opposition to the Simon Commission of 1927? [3]

(b) What does Source B tell us about the negotiations during the Round Table Conferences
between 1930 and 1932? [5]

(c) Explain the importance of the Government of India Act of 1935 to the future of the sub-
continent. [7]

(d) How successful were the provincial elections held in India in 1937? Explain your answer. [10]

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Section B

Answer any two questions from this section.

2 (a) Who was Nana Sahib? [4]

(b) Why was Britain so successful in expanding its control of the sub-continent between 1750
and 1850? [7]

(c) Was the development of a western education system the greatest achievement of Sir Syed
Ahmad Khan? Explain your answer. [14]

3 (a) Describe what happened at Lucknow in 1916. [4]

(b) Why did the Khilafat Movement emerge? [7]

(c) Was the partition of Bengal the main reason for the formation of the Muslim League in 1906?
Give reasons for your answer. [14]

4 (a) What was the June 3 Plan? [4]

(b) Explain why the All India Muslim Conference rejected the Nehru Report in 1928. [7]

(c) Did Allama Iqbal contribute more to the Pakistan Movement than Rahmat Ali? Explain your
answer. [14]

5 (a) Describe General Pervez Musharraf’s rise to power in 1999. [4]

(b) Why was there a constitutional crisis between 1954 and 1955? [7]

(c) How successful was Pakistan’s relationship with the UK and the Commonwealth in the years
1947 to 1999? Explain your answer. [14]

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