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FSC Pakistan Studies: Freedom Movement, questions with answers

Practise 33 real Federal Board questions on Freedom Movement from 2023 to 2026. See the answer and explanation as soon as you answer.

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16multiple choice
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About Freedom Movement in FSC Pakistan Studies

Freedom Movement is one of the 5 main chapters in our Federal Board FSC Pakistan Studies question bank (11th and 12th class), and about 17% of its real questions come from it. Tayyari Karo has 33 real questions on this chapter from 2023 to 2026; 16 are multiple choice and marked instantly, and the rest are short and long questions with a model answer. By difficulty: 23 medium, 7 easy, 3 hard.

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2026 Annual · 12th · Freedom Movement

What changed Sir Syed's view from "one nation" to "two nations"?

  1. 1857 war
  2. 1867 Urdu Hindi controversy
  3. 1875 Foundation of Aligarh college
  4. 1885 Foundation of Congress
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Answer: B. 1867 Urdu Hindi controversy

The 1867 Urdu-Hindi controversy, in which Hindus of the United Provinces demanded Hindi replace Urdu, convinced Sir Syed that Hindus and Muslims had fundamentally divergent interests, shifting him towards Two-Nation thinking.

2026 Annual · 12th · Freedom Movement

Pakistan moved from early chaos towards steady development through:

  1. Inspiring leadership
  2. Ignoring challenges
  3. Reliance on foreign aid
  4. Short term relief
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Answer: A. Inspiring leadership

Despite early chaos after independence, inspiring and determined leadership (notably of the Quaid-e-Azam and early administrators) helped steer Pakistan towards institutional stability and development.

2025 2nd Annual · 11th · Freedom Movement

What was the most important demand of Simla deputation?

  1. Joint electorate
  2. Federal system
  3. Separate electorate
  4. Independence of India
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Answer: C. Separate electorate

The Simla Deputation (1906) chiefly demanded separate electorates for Muslims, which the British accepted, leading to the founding of the Muslim League soon after.

2025 1st Annual · 12th · Freedom Movement

The Simla deputation in 1906 met viceroy:

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Wavell
  3. Lord Mountbatten
  4. Lord Minto
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Answer: D. Lord Minto

The Simla Deputation of 1906, led by the Aga Khan, met Viceroy Lord Minto and secured his support for separate Muslim electorates.

2025 2nd Annual · 12th · Freedom Movement

Which problem was most serious for Pakistan at the time of independence?

  1. Provincial Disputes
  2. Economic Crisis
  3. Refugee Settlement
  4. Kashmir Issue
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Answer: C. Refugee Settlement

The massive, sudden influx of refugees from India in 1947 — and the urgent need to resettle and support them — was among the most serious and immediate challenges facing the newly born state.

2023 Annual · 11th · Freedom Movement

The cabinet mission plan came to India in:

  1. 1942
  2. 1944
  3. 1946
  4. 1947
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Answer: C. 1946

The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in March 1946 to discuss the transfer of power.

2025 2nd Annual · 11th · Freedom Movement

Write down the importance of the presidential address of Allama Iqbal at Allahabad in 1930 AD.

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In his 1930 Allahabad Address, Allama Iqbal proposed consolidating Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan into a single autonomous Muslim state. This was the first formal articulation of a separate Muslim homeland grounded in the Two-Nation Theory, providing the ideological foundation later built upon by the Muslim League, and is regarded as a landmark moment in the Pakistan Movement.

2025 2nd Annual · 12th · Freedom Movement

Narrate the background of establishment of Muslim League. Also write aims and objectives of its establishment.

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Background: By the early 1900s, Muslims of the sub-continent felt politically marginalized — losing ground in government jobs and representation after 1857, worried by the Hindu-dominated Indian National Congress, and alarmed by the annulment threat to the 1905 Partition of Bengal (which had benefited Muslims). The Simla Deputation of 1906 secured British support for separate Muslim political representation, encouraging Muslim leaders to organize formally.
Establishment: The All India Muslim League was founded in Dhaka in December 1906, under the initiative of Nawab Salimullah Khan and other leaders. …

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Sessions with Freedom Movement questions

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2026 Annual3
2025 1st Annual7
2025 2nd Annual10
2024 Annual6
2023 Annual7

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