Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following best summarises Jinnah’s objections to the Rajagopalachari Formula?

  1. Congress had not accepted the two-nation theory; the proposed plebiscite included non-Muslims; and the plan retained common arrangements between the resulting territories.
  2. The plan granted Pakistan immediately without a plebiscite and excluded the Muslim League from the provisional government.
  3. The plan required only Muslims to vote and completely prohibited cooperation between separated territories.
  4. The plan recognised a sovereign Pakistan before Britain transferred power, which Jinnah considered premature.
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