PAK301 Subjective

Pak Study 301

Final term preparation

Q1. What was the issue of Separate or Joint Electorate in the beginning years of Pakistan?

Answer

Separate or Joint Electorate:

Separate electorate was adopted on the demand of Muslims in 1909 by the British Government.

But the minorities did not favor this after independence. Religious elements supported this as a part of heritage.

East: decided for Joint Electorate.

West: Separate electorate.

1957: Joint Electorate was adopted for all Pakistan by the National Assembly.

Q2. Why population figures are important?

Answer

Population figures are important for Planning and development, Socio-economic development and poverty alleviation etc.

Q3. Highlight the “Shahabuddine Commission” set up by Ayub Khan in 1960?

Answer

Shahabuddine Commission:

This commission was set up by Ayub Khan in 1960. The tasks assigned to the Commission were: (A) To examine the causes of failure of Parliamentary system.

(B) Recommend a new system keeping in view the · (1) Genius of people · (2) Standard of education · (3) Internal conditions of the country · (4) Need of development

Q4. What kind of nature/character Pakistan’s nuclear policy has?

Answer

Nuclear Policy:

Pakistan has been champion of peaceful uses of nuclear technology. Pakistan avoided nuclear explosions despite having the knowledge and capability of processing Plutonium, Uranium. It was only for the sake of deterrence and reaction to India’s nuclear explosions.

Q5. What were the main points of Lucknow Pact?

Answer

The main clauses of the Lucknow Pact were:

1. There shall be self-government in India.

2. Muslims should be given one-third representation in the central government

3. There should be separate electorates for all the communities until a community demanded for joint electorates.
4. System of weightage should be adopted.

Q6. Write a very short note on Pakistan National Movement in 1940?

Answer

The Pakistan Movement refers to the independence movement of Pakistan from the British Indian empire and its emergence as a sovereign country. It has its origins in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The movement was led by lawyer Muhammad Ali Jinnah and such leaders as Allama Iqbal, Liaqat Ali Khan, Fatima Jinnah, BahadurYar Jung, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, A.K. Fazlul Huq, and Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, Sir Ziauddin Ahmed.

Q7. Write a short note on The Quit India Movement 1942?

Answer

The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table. Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was put into confinement less than twenty-four hours after Gandhi’s speech, and the greater number of the Congress leaders were to spend the rest of World War II in jail…