Pakistan Studies · Oct / Nov 2016 · Paper 1 · Question 4
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4(a)[4]
What was the 3 June Plan? [4]
Reward each correct statement with 1 mark. 2 marks can be awarded for a developed statement. Candidates might refer to the following:
Mountbatten sent in 1947 to work out a plan for the British to leave IndiaTwo states to be set up India and PakistanGovernment of India Act 1935 to be constitution of both countriesEach state to have Dominion status, an Executive responsible to Constituent AssemblyMuslim majority provinces to vote on whether to stay with India or join PakistanPunjab and Bengal dividedMuslims accepted the plan, meant 7 weeks to partition as announced by Mountbatten.4(b)[7]
Explain why the All India Muslim Conference rejected the Nehru Report in 1928. LEVEL 1: Simple statement [1]
It could not work with it LEVEL 2: Identifies reasons [2–4] Congress ignored the Muslim viewpoint LEVEL 3: Explains reasons [5–7]
The report ignored the views of Muslims.Congress had gone back on the view of having separate electorates established at Lucknow in 1916.There was no room for automatic Muslim representation in the parliament which the Muslim League wanted.Muslims were against Hindi being the official language of India and therefore saw no future in their relationship with Hindus.The Muslim League foresaw that the Punjab and Bengal was in danger of not having adult suffrage and so wanted seats to be reserved for Muslims on a population basis.4(c)[14]
Did Allama Iqbal contribute more to the Pakistan Movement than Rahmat Ali? Explain your answer. LEVEL 1: Simple statement [1–2] They both went to university LEVEL 2: Describes the relationship/identifies successes or failures [3–6]
Allama Iqbal was a poet, knighted by the British.Rahmat Ali named Pakistan LEVEL 3: Explains Allama Iqbal’s OR Rahmat Ali’s contributions to the Pakistan Movement [7–10] LEVEL 4: Explains Allama Iqbal’s AND Rahmat Ali’s contributions to the Pakistan Movement [9–13] Allama IqbalHe was the first Muslim leader to advocate the partition of India and the creation of a separate Muslim state.After his Allahabad address in 1930 when he put forward this view, many Muslims seriously considered separatism during the 1930s.He was opposed to British control of India – conquest of others was wrong and went against the Muslim faith, this strengthened his view of a separate homeland, independent of the British.He persuaded many Muslims that the Muslim League had to build an effective mass political party to challenge the domination of the Congress.Jinnah took up many of his ideas and went on to lead the Muslim League as a highly effective political party.Iqbal’s poetry awakened a sense of nationhood among Muslims and he urged them to be active in making progress along a distinctive Islamic path and not capitalist in nature.Many Muslims adopted this vision as a view of the future. Rahmat AliIn 1933 he and some fellow students produced a pamphlet called ‘Now or Never’ in which he argued in favour of partition and gave the name Pakistan to this new Muslim state that would be formed.This became popular amongst most Muslims during the 1930s.He wanted a separate independent state.He criticised plans to abandon Muslim communities in such places as Delhi as well as accepting a divided Bengal.Jinnah refused to meet him.Ali’s vision of the future was adopted in the longer term. LEVEL 5: As Level 4 – also produces a judgement or evaluation [14]
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