Pakistan Studies · May / June 2020 · Paper 11 · Question 4
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4(a)[4]
What was the ‘Day of Deliverance’?
Level 1: One mark for each relevant point, two marks for a developed statement
1–4 e.g.
On 22 December 1939 [1] Jinnah called on the Muslim community to celebrate the end of Congress rule [1]Jinnah appealed to all local and provincial district Muslim Leagues [1] to hold public meetings to support this declaration [1] and appealed for these gatherings to be held calmly and with humility [1];Congress objected to this celebration [1].No evidence submitted or response does not address the question 0
4(b)[7]
Explain why there was opposition to the Government of India Act of 1935.
Level 3: Explains reason(s)
5–7 (Five marks for one explanation, six marks for two explanations, seven marks for three explanations)
e.g.
As only 25% of the population were eligible to vote because of the property qualification, the Act was considered exclusive/elitist;Although ministers in the provinces appeared to have control over all departments the real power lay with the Provincial Governors who could chose to intervene in cases of public order or to veto a bill they disliked;The British retained key decisions in external relations and defence. This was a drawback for Indian groups who wished to gain more control over their own affairs.Level 2: Identifies reason(s)
2–4 (One mark for each identification)
e.g.
The Governor General remained in total controlRelatively few of the Indian community could voteThe Princes resented their loss of powerLevel 1: Simple statement
1 (One mark for any simple statement)
e.g.
The Act was opposed on all sides in India.No evidence submitted or response does not address the question 0
4(c)[14]
Assess the significance of the contributions of Allama Iqbal and Rahmat Ali to the Pakistan Movement. Explain your answer.
Level 5: Explains with evaluation
14 (As top Level 4 plus a judgement or evaluation)
Level 4: Explains Allama Iqbal AND Rahmat Ali’s contributions to the Pakistan Movement
9–13 (Two explanations, one on the achievements and one on another reason, are worth nine marks. Additional explanations awarded up to 13 marks) Allama Iqbal
His poetry awakened a sense of nationhood among the Muslim community urging them to be active in making progress along a distinctive Islamic path and not capitalist in nature. This approach was popular with many Muslim people who adopted this vision;He was opposed to the British control of India – believing the conquest of others was wrong. He was the first Muslim politician to advocate the creation of a separate Muslim state; after his Allahabad address in 1930, many Muslim people seriously considered separatism for the first time;He persuaded many that the Muslim League had to build an effective mass political party to challenge the domination of the Congress.Jinnah adopted many of his ideas, later leading the Muslim League. Rahmat AliIn 1933, Rahmat Ali and other students produced a very popular pamphlet called ‘Now or Never’. The pamphlet argued that the subcontinent should be partitioned to provide a Muslim homeland and was an important step forward;He also founded the Pakistan National Movement and campaigned for the idea of Pakistan, the name given to this separate homeland by Rahmat Ali and his followers;By 1940 the Muslim League supported Rahmat Ali’s view that a separate Muslim homeland was needed;Rahmat Ali was unpopular as he criticised other Muslim leaders including Jinnah over what he saw as the abandonment of Muslim communities in places such as Delhi as well as accepting a divided Bengal under the terms of partition in 1947.Level 3: Explains Allama Iqbal OR Rahmat Ali’s contributions to the Pakistan Movement
7–10 (One explanation is worth seven marks. Additional explanations awarded up to 10 marks)
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Level 2: Identifies/describes contributions
3–6 (One identification/description is worth three marks. Extra marks are awarded for additional identification/descriptions up to six marks) e.g.
Allama Iqbal was the ‘architect of Pakistan’;Rahmat Ali provided the name of the new homeland ‘Pakistan’. Level 1: Simple statement(s)1–2 e.g.
Allama Iqbal was a poet;Rahmat Ali was a lawyer.No evidence submitted or response does not address the question 0
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