How Well Do You Know Yahya Khan and the 1970 Pakistani Elections?
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What did Yahya's intelligence agencies predict about the election results?

  • A victory for PML in both East and West Pakistan
  • A slim victory for AL in East Pakistan (correct)
  • A sweeping victory for PPP in West Pakistan
  • A hung verdict in both East and West Pakistan

    • Who did Yahya support during the elections?

  • Various conservative factions of PML and right-wing religious parties (correct)
  • Ayub's supposedly 'secular' regime and PML
  • Radical political parties and working-class milieu
  • PPP and AL

    • What was the connection between the PPP election campaign and the working-class milieu?

  • PPP campaign did not connect with any particular group
  • PPP campaign targeted only the middle-class voters
  • PPP campaign targeted only the working-class voters
  • New-found youthful, middle-class infatuations connected with the street-smart vibes of the pro-Bhutto working-class milieu (correct)

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