INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate for Secondary Education

Preparatory Exams
IGCSE-II
Name: ______________________________ Section: __________
Branch: _____________________________ Date: ___________

Subject: Pakistan Studies Syllabus

Code: [0448/1 ]
70 minutes
Total Marks: 50

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1. Candidates must answer all questions on the
Question Paper. Question Max. Marks
2. Write in dark blue or black pen. Number Marks Obtained
3. You may use lead pencil for diagrams, graphs 1 25
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4. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters and
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6. At the end of the examination, fasten all your
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 By 1947, about half of South Asia was ruled by the British Crown as “British
India,” surrounded by more than 500 indigenous and autonomous
kingdoms, many of which maintained a protectorate agreement with the
British Empire. As the British departed in the summer of 1947, unable to
financially sustain their colonies following the war, the South Asian
kingdoms were consolidated with British Indian territories, sometimes by
military force, to form two new countries: the Republic of India and the
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British barrister, was

commissioned to divide the regions of Punjab and Bengal, based on
religious majorities: Muslim-dominant areas went to Pakistan and
Sikh/Hindu-dominant areas went to India. Unable to quell the independence
movement and growing sectarian violence, the British accelerated the
transfer of power to less than six months, leading to a complete breakdown
in society. The sudden transition from an imperial colony to a democracy led
to mass violence as locals vying for power sought to “cleanse” their newly
acquired constituencies.

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 Section A

(a) According to source A why there were refugee crisis in 1947?/ 3

(b) According to source b describe one unit scheme?/5

(c) Why Iskander Mirza introduce one unit scheme? /7

(d) From the following personalities who contributed the most in Pakistan
development? /10

1. Ghulam Muhammad
2. Khawaja Nazimuddin
3. Liaquat Ali

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 Section B
Answer any two questions from this Section.

2 (a) What was PRODA ACT? [4]

(b) Why there were refugee crisis in 1947? [7]

(c) Were the administrative reasons the most important one for the fall of East Pakistan?
[14]

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3 (a) What was Operation Search Light? [4]

(b) Explain why there was Kashmir issue in 1947? [7]

(c) How successful of Quaid-e-Azam in solving the initial difficulties of Pakistan? [14]

[Total: 25]

4 (a) What was 1962 constitution? [4]

(b) Why there were change of governments between 1947 and 1955? [7]

(c) Was the refugee crisis the most important problem faced by Pakistan in 1947? [14]

[Total: 25]

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