Pakistan Studies MCQ #36667

You must pick the best textbook summary of Jinnah's argument for Pakistan in the 1940s. Which option states it most precisely?

Pakistan Studies MCQ #36667

  1. Question 1

    Q1. You must pick the best textbook summary of Jinnah's argument for Pakistan in the 1940s. Which option states it most precisely?

    • A) Muslims needed safeguards inside a tightly unitary India without provinces
    • B) Muslims constituted a distinct nation entitled to self-expression in areas where they were a majority
    • C) Pakistan was primarily a plan to hand Punjab to Afghan rulers
    • D) The goal was permanent British joint governorship over the provinces

    Answer: Muslims constituted a distinct nation entitled to self-expression in areas where they were a majority

    Explanation: Jinnah's core argument, crystallised in the 1940 Lahore Resolution, was that Muslims of the subcontinent constituted a separate nation with their own civilisation, culture, and traditions, and therefore deserved self-determination in regions where they formed a majority. This two-nation theory distinguished his position from Congress demands for a single unitary Indian state.