Unit 08 Women’s Role in the Pakistan Movement

        Women’s Role in the Pakistan Movement 

Ans: Quaid-e-Azam empowered & emancipated the Muslim women of the Sub-continent by stressing the importance of women as equal partners of men in the independence movement. For this purpose, he created All India Muslim Women’s sub-committee of the Muslim league.

Q2: How did Begum Fatima, the principal of Jinnah Islamia College, mobilize female students?
Ans: Begum Fatima, the principal of Jinnah Islamia College, mobilized female students by inviting Quaid-e-Azam to come and address the female students of her college in 1942.That address encouraged the participation of female students in the independence movement.

Q3: Why did the Quaid-e-Azam stress the importance of women as equal partners of men in the creation of separate homeland for Muslims?
Ans: Quaid-e-Azam stressed the importance of women as equal partners of men in the creation of a separate homeland for Muslims because it was necessary for the Muslims to achieve their dream of separate homeland.

Q4: Describe the role of women in the Pakistan Movement, highlighting their love and aspirations for the new homeland?
Ans: Women of the Sub-Continent played a vital role in the Pakistan Movement. Fatima Jinnah was the first woman to participate in political activities with her brother. Beside Fatima Jinnah, few other women were also showing their love, courage and commitment for the creation of new homeland. They bear a lot of hardships for this purpose.

Q5:  Skip this question.

Q6: What idea and issue have been explored in the fifth paragraph of the text, Women’s role in the Pakistan movement?
Ans: In the fifth paragraph the issue of 1946 election has been explored. Muslim league won all the Muslim seats but were excluded from the formation of the government. This led to a massive demonstration by men as well as women leaguers.

B. Choose the correct option.

1.  (a) Involved little in outside social activities.
2.  (a) A group of impressive persons.
3.  (b) Societal change.
4.  (c) Quaid-e-Azam who stressed the importance of women as equal…….
5.  (a) Chronological order.

GRAMMAR

Adverb: A word that modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb is called adverb. It is simply telling the readers how, where, when, or the degree at which something was done i.e. quickly, very, quite etc.
Adverbial: An adverbial is a word, phrase or a clause that can modify a verb, an adjective or a complete sentence.
A. Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position.
1. I must see a dentist. (also)
    I must also see a dentist.
2. I was joking. (only)
    I was only joking.
3. Did you enjoy the film? (both)
    Did you both enjoy the film?
4. Javeria watches TV. (hardly)
    Javeria hardly watches TV.
5. She drives her car. (carefully)
    She drives her car carefully.