Special Branch Investigation Officer Past Paper 2015 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: To defend Islam against the onslaughts of the missionaries and to provide western education along with religious instructions

The Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam, founded in Lahore in 1884, defended Islam against missionary activity and combined western education with religious instruction.

Correct Answer: The party had no clear-cut policy

Syed Amir Ali resigned from the Muslim League in 1913 because, in the book's account, the party had no clear-cut policy.

Correct Answer: Recommendation for the introduction of Federal system of government in India

The Simon Commission Report of 1930 recommended a federal system of government for India.

Correct Answer: Cooperation with the majority community

At Lucknow in October 1937 Jinnah directed the League's course, in the book key's account, towards cooperation with the majority community.

Correct Answer: Resolved to have division of India on the basis of Two Nation Theory

In 1938 the Sindh Muslim League resolved for the division of India on the basis of the Two Nation Theory.

Correct Answer: Gandhi

The League's 1943 'Divide and Quit' resolution was aimed against Gandhi's 1942 Quit India movement.

Correct Answer: Two Nation Theory

The Gandhi-Jinnah talks of 1944 failed over the Two Nation Theory.

Correct Answer: Demand by the Quaid to have all Muslim seats to be allocated to the Muslim League

The Simla Conference of 1945 failed because Jinnah demanded that all Muslim seats go to the Muslim League.

Correct Answer: 1934

Gandhi formally resigned his Congress membership in 1934.

Correct Answer: 1920

Jinnah resigned from the Congress in 1920, at the Nagpur session, over the Non-Cooperation programme.

Correct Answer: The Indian princes refused to join the Federation

The federal part of the Government of India Act 1935 was never implemented because the Indian princes refused to join the federation.

Correct Answer: Government of India Act, 1935

The Government of India Act 1935 scrapped dyarchy in the provinces and introduced it at the centre.

Correct Answer: By and large the Muslim League failed miserably in the contest

In the 1937 provincial elections the Muslim League performed poorly overall, failing miserably in the contest.

Correct Answer: It captured only two provincial seats

In Punjab in 1937 the Muslim League won only two provincial seats, while the Unionist Party dominated.

Correct Answer: Islam and Hinduism are incompatible

Jinnah's 1937 Time and Tide article stated that Islam and Hinduism are incompatible as two separate nations.

Correct Answer: The Muslim League captured all the reserved seats for the Muslims at the centre

In the 1945-46 elections the Muslim League captured all the Muslim seats reserved at the centre.

Correct Answer: Hindu extremists were lukewarm about it

After the League rejected the Cabinet Mission Plan on 27 July 1946, the book key records Hindu extremists as lukewarm about it.

Correct Answer: None of these

The 1946 Interim Government had no prime minister as such; Nehru was its vice-president, so the answer is none of these.

Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten

The Radcliffe Boundary Award of 17 August 1947 is held to have been biased through Lord Mountbatten's influence.

Correct Answer: To protest against breach of pledge by Viceroy F.M. Lord Wavell

Jinnah called Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946 to protest against the Viceroy Lord Wavell's breach of pledge.

Correct Answer: Lahore

The citizens of Lahore gave a reception for Iqbal's knighthood on 17 January 1923 at Maqbara-i-Jehangir, Lahore.

Correct Answer: Mohammad Ali Bogra

Mohammad Ali Bogra headed the 1954 'Cabinet of Talents' in which Ayub Khan served.

Correct Answer: 1955

The One Unit scheme merging West Pakistan's provinces was formed in 1955, creating parity with East Pakistan.

Correct Answer: The President had to be a Muslim

Under the 1956 Constitution the President of Pakistan had to be a Muslim.

Correct Answer: There were three lists of items, Federal, Provincial and Concurrent

The 1956 Constitution provided three legislative lists: Federal, Provincial and Concurrent.

Correct Answer: No condition of being a Muslim

Under the 1956 Constitution there was no condition that the prime minister be a Muslim.

Correct Answer: He forced Prime Minister Suhrawardy to resign due to his personal whims, even though he had political right to address the National Assembly

Mirza's controlled democracy is illustrated, in the book's account, by his forcing Prime Minister Suhrawardy to resign.

Correct Answer: He had the apprehension that the newly elected Assemblies under the 1956 Constitution may not vote to elect him as permanent president

Mirza imposed emergency and dissolved the assemblies on 7 October 1958 fearing the new assemblies might not elect him permanent president.

Correct Answer: Ch. Fazal Elahi

Chaudhry Fazal Elahi was the first president elected under the 1973 Constitution.

Correct Answer: The Speaker of the National Assembly

Under the 1962 Constitution, if the president resigned, the Speaker of the National Assembly succeeded him.

Correct Answer: Indirect system of voting was rejected

Accepting parliamentary government and direct elections in March 1969 meant rejecting the indirect system of voting.

Correct Answer: It was beginning of an end of Ayub regime

Ayub's Decade of Development celebrations in 1968 marked the beginning of the end of his regime, as protests spread.

Correct Answer: The manifesto of the party was against the spirit of Legal Framework Order issued on March 20, 1970

The Awami League's 1970 manifesto, in the book key's account, ran against the spirit of the Legal Framework Order of March 1970.

Correct Answer: It resulted due to cultural pluralism

The end of federal control in East Pakistan on 16 December 1971 is attributed in the book key to cultural pluralism.

Correct Answer: April 21, 1972

Bhutto's civilian martial law ended on 21 April 1972, when the interim constitution came into force.

Correct Answer: The Majlis-i-Shoora had no powers

Zia's 1981 Majlis-i-Shoora was a nominated advisory council with no legislative power.

Correct Answer: March 2, 1976

The post of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was created on 2 March 1976.

Correct Answer: Oct 24, 1947

The first Azad Kashmir government was established on 24 October 1947.

Correct Answer: By two Houses of the Parliament and the four provincial assemblies

Under the 1973 Constitution the President is elected by the two Houses of Parliament and the four provincial assemblies.

Correct Answer: Make the Federation work successfully with emphasis on National Integration

Under the 1973 Constitution the Council of Common Interests works to make the federation function successfully with emphasis on national integration.

Correct Answer: The 1973 Constitution

The 1973 Constitution provides a bicameral legislature: the National Assembly and the Senate.

Correct Answer: Oct. 1990

The 20 reserved women's seats in the National Assembly had lapsed by the general election of October 1990.

Correct Answer: Allegation of corruption

President Leghari dismissed the Benazir government in November 1996 citing, among other charges, corruption.

Correct Answer: Punjabi

Sassi Punnu is a famous Punjabi folk romance.

Correct Answer: 1997

FATA's citizens received the vote in 1996 and first exercised it in the 1997 general election.

Correct Answer: Sep. 30, 1947

Pakistan became a member of the United Nations on 30 September 1947.

Correct Answer: Pandit Nehru, the Prime Minister of India was ambivalent about all proposals to hold plebiscite

The Dixon mission of 1950 failed, in the book key's account, because Nehru was ambivalent about all plebiscite proposals.

Correct Answer: February 5th

Kashmir Solidarity Day is observed on 5 February.

Correct Answer: Akber S. Ahmed

Akbar S. Ahmed wrote 'Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity'.

Correct Answer: General K.M. Arif

General K. M. Arif wrote 'Working with Zia'.

Correct Answer: 1959

The proposal to hold local bodies' elections on a party basis is dated, in the book key, to 1959.

Correct Answer: 1985

The MRD boycotted the 1985 general elections, which were held on a non-party basis.

Correct Answer: That the two countries were to settle their differences through bilateral negotiations

Under the Simla Agreement of 1972, India and Pakistan agreed to settle their differences through bilateral negotiations.

Correct Answer: Kashmir

Captain Muhammad Sarwar was martyred in Kashmir in 1948, the first recipient of the Nishan-i-Haider.

Correct Answer: Aug 13, 1954

Pakistan's national anthem was first played officially on 13 August 1954.

Correct Answer: Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Moon, in July 1969.

Correct Answer: Dr. Abdul Salam

Dr Abdus Salam, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979, is the paper's intended answer; Malala Yousafzai also won a Nobel Prize in 2014.

Correct Answer: Indus Valley Civilization

Harappa was a centre of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Correct Answer: Finance and Social Services

After agriculture, finance and social services employ the largest number of labourers, in the book's account.

Correct Answer: Nov 26, 1964

PTV began transmission on 26 November 1964, from Lahore.

Correct Answer: 1952

The Sui gas field, Pakistan's largest, was discovered in 1952.

Correct Answer: Sir Zafarualhh Khan

Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was President of the UN General Assembly in 1962.

Correct Answer: Settle political disputes

The United Nations was established to settle political disputes and maintain international peace.

Correct Answer: 1992

Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup in 1992.

Correct Answer: Sensationalism

Yellow journalism means sensationalism in reporting.

Correct Answer: Encourage growth in all sectors of the economy

A good tax, in the book key, encourages growth in all sectors of the economy.

Correct Answer: Customs duty

A tax on imports and exports is a customs duty.

Correct Answer: Fascism

Fascism combines a rigid one-party dictatorship with private ownership but state control of production.

Correct Answer: Forced labour

Bonded labour is forced labour, typically under a debt bond.

Correct Answer: Poor buying power of money

Inflation is a general rise in prices, which means money's buying power falls.

Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming introduced penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic.

Correct Answer: Appetite

Vitamin C is listed in the book key as essential for appetite.

Correct Answer: Vacuum

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, because it needs a medium.

Correct Answer: The light rays travel much faster than the sound waves

We see lightning before hearing thunder because light travels far faster than sound.

Correct Answer: Beneficial

The ozone layer plays a beneficial role, shielding life on earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Correct Answer: 1980

The Federal Shariat Court was established in 1980.

Correct Answer: September, 5, 1990

The Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Ordinance introducing Qisas and Diyat was promulgated on 5 September 1990.

Correct Answer: Provided for the first time the registration of marriages and reinforced rights of inheritance

The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 first provided for registration of marriages and reinforced women's inheritance rights.

Correct Answer: It is enforced by a sovereign authority

In Austin's theory, law is law only when enforced by a sovereign authority.

Correct Answer: Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is the highest peak of the Himalayan range in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Gilgit

Nanga Parbat lies in Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan.

Correct Answer: KPK

Takht-i-Bahi, the ancient Buddhist site, is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near Mardan.

Correct Answer: Ziarat

Among the cities offered, Ziarat is the coldest in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Sindh

Sindh is called Bab-ul-Islam, the Gateway of Islam.

Correct Answer: China

China lies to the north of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: KPK

The bulk of Pakistan's tobacco is produced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: Attock

Pakistan's oldest oil well is Khaur-1, drilled in 1915 in Attock district.

Correct Answer: Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh

Geographically, Jammu and Kashmir divides into Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.

Correct Answer: Rajjab

The zakat year, in the book key, ends on the last day of Rajab.

Correct Answer: Slieve

'Slieve' is misspelt; the correct spelling is 'sleeve'.

Correct Answer: Desprate

'Desprate' is misspelt; the correct spelling is 'desperate'.

Correct Answer: Rainy days

The idiom is to save for rainy days, that is, for hard times.

Correct Answer: none

The verb should be 'cast', not 'casted', but that word is not among the labelled parts, so the key gives none.

Correct Answer: old enough

A seventeen-year-old is not old enough to vote, since the voting age is 18.

Correct Answer: At once

Promptly means at once, without delay.

Correct Answer: Memory

A computer derives its basic strength, in the book key, from its memory.

Correct Answer: 12

At 25 km per 2 litres, a 150 km trip needs 150 divided by 25 times 2, which is 12 litres.

Correct Answer: 42

Sixty percent of 70 is 42.

Correct Answer: 20

The digit 3 appears 20 times when writing the numbers from 1 to 100: ten times in the units place and ten times in the thirties.

Correct Answer: 27, 30

The series alternates adding 3 and 4: after 23 comes 27, then 30.