Pakistan Studies MCQ #36655

Two friends dispute whether Jinnah's famous 11 August 1947 address to the Constituent Assembly chiefly stressed minority safeguards or war with India. Which concluding practical instruction in that speech best matches the safeguards theme?

Pakistan Studies MCQ #36655

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Two friends dispute whether Jinnah's famous 11 August 1947 address to the Constituent Assembly chiefly stressed minority safeguards or war with India. Which concluding practical instruction in that speech best matches the safeguards theme?

    • A) Direct Action should be repeated until parity is achieved
    • B) Old rivalries must be forgotten and the first duty is to maintain peace and protect life and property
    • C) Pakistan should immediately abolish all provincial boundaries
    • D) The Constituent Assembly should postpone basic rights until Kashmir is settled

    Answer: Old rivalries must be forgotten and the first duty is to maintain peace and protect life and property

    Explanation: In his 11 August 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly, Jinnah declared that old enmities must be buried and that the state's first duty was to maintain order and protect the lives and property of all citizens regardless of religion.