Multiple choice

In 1940, which famous resolution was passed which demanded a separate Muslim nation?

  1. Poorna Swaraj

  2. United Nations Security Council Resolution

  3. Fight against fascism

  4. Lahore Resolution

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D Correct answer
Explanation

By 1940, Jinnah had come to believe that Indian Muslims should have their own state. In that year, the Muslim League, led by Jinnah, passed the Lahore Resolution, demanding a separate nation. During the Second World War, the League gained strength, while the leaders of the Congress were imprisoned, and in the elections held shortly after the war, it won most of the seats reserved for Muslims. Ultimately, the Congress and the Muslim League could not reach a power-sharing formula for a united India, leading all parties to agree to separate independence of a predominantly Hindu India, and for a Muslim-majority state, to be called Pakistan.