Pakistan Studies MCQs in topical order.

Correct Answer: Sindh

Sindh is historically referred to as Bab-ul-Islam due to the early arrival of Islam in the region.

Correct Answer: 1948

The State Bank of Pakistan was inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on July 1, 1948.

Correct Answer: Sindhi

The first translation of the Quran into any regional language of the subcontinent was in Sindhi by Akhund Azaz Allah Muttalawi.

Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan

Sir Agha Khan III was formally elected as the first permanent president of the All India Muslim League.

Correct Answer: April 21, 1972

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ended the civilian martial law and instituted an interim constitution on April 21, 1972.

Correct Answer: 4

Pakistan and India have fought four major wars: 1947–48, 1965, 1971, and 1999 (Kargil).

Correct Answer: Agha Khan

The Simla Deputation, a group of prominent Muslims that met with Viceroy Minto to demand separate electorates, was led by Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III.

Correct Answer: 1981

The Majlis-e-Shura was established as a nominated consultative body by President Zia-ul-Haq in 1981.

Correct Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement

The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched on September 4, 1920 (formalized broadly in late 1920) by Mahatma Gandhi, aiming for self-governance and Indian independence.

Correct Answer: 6

The Partition of Bengal took place in 1905 and was annulled by King George V in 1911, making it a span of 6 years.

Correct Answer: 3 members

The Cabinet Mission of 1946 consisted of three British cabinet ministers: Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander.

Correct Answer: 1867

The Urdu-Hindi controversy began in 1867 in Banaras (Varanasi) when some Hindu groups campaigned to replace Urdu and the Persian script with Hindi and the Devanagari script.

Correct Answer: Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan

Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah of Dhaka presented the proposal to form the All India Muslim League during the Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1906.

Correct Answer: 1934

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected as the permanent president of the All India Muslim League in 1934 after his return from London.

Correct Answer: November 1858

The war officially concluded with the Government of India Act 1858, and Queen Victoria's Proclamation reading to the Indian public took place on November 1, 1858.

Correct Answer: Not anywhere

No annual session of the Indian National Congress was held in the year 1935.

Correct Answer: KPK

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were merged into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province in 2018.

Correct Answer: 12 October 1999

General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup on October 12, 1999, ousting the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Correct Answer: Elective Bodies Disqualification Order

Ayub Khan used EBDO in 1959 to disqualify numerous politicians from holding public office.

Correct Answer: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was appointed as the first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2012.

Correct Answer: 27-12-2007

Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was assassinated on December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi.

Correct Answer: Iskandar Mirza

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto entered the cabinet as Minister of Commerce under President Iskander Mirza before Ayub Khan's martial law.

Correct Answer: 1970

The first direct general elections on a national level in Pakistan were held on December 7, 1970.

Correct Answer: 1954

Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on October 24, 1954.

Correct Answer: 200-400

Under the Mansabdari system, the rank determined the number of horsemen a noble was expected to maintain.

Correct Answer: Rangoon

After the War of Independence in 1857, the British exiled the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, to Rangoon, Burma.

Correct Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur established the Mughal Empire after defeating Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.

Correct Answer: 13

Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar was crowned emperor at Kalanaur in Punjab when he was 13 years old.

Correct Answer: 1582

Din-i-Ilahi was a syncretic religion proposed by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1582 to merge elements of various religions found in his empire.

Correct Answer: Birbal

Birbal was one of the very few courtiers of Emperor Akbar to officially accept his newly formed syncretic religion, Din-i-Ilahi.

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

The grand Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was commissioned and built by the sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb.

Correct Answer: Rangoon

The last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was exiled by the British and died in Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar.

Correct Answer: 8th June

The 1962 Constitution, promulgated by Ayub Khan, came into effect on June 8, 1962.

Correct Answer: Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari was the President of Pakistan when the 18th Amendment was passed in 2010.

Correct Answer: Sikandar Mirza

Major General Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan in 1956 when the country transitioned from a Dominion to an Islamic Republic.

Correct Answer: J N Mandal

Jogendra Nath Mandal (J.N. Mandal) served as the interim chairman and presided over the inaugural session of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly on August 10, 1947.

Correct Answer: April 2010

The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan in April 2010, significantly devolving powers to the provinces.

Correct Answer: Enlarged the size of the Central as well as Provincial Legislative Councils

The Indian Councils Act 1909 (Minto-Morley Reforms) expanded legislative councils and introduced separate electorates for Muslims.

Correct Answer: 11th August 1947

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered his historic presidential address to the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947.

Correct Answer: Ch Muhammad Ali

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali was the Prime Minister of Pakistan when the first constitution was implemented in 1956.

Correct Answer: 1913

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah officially joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913.

Correct Answer: Aligarh

The initial central office/headquarters of the All-India Muslim League was set up in Aligarh in 1906 before eventually shifting to Lucknow.

Correct Answer: 1913

Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the All India Muslim League in 1913 while remaining a member of the Congress.

Correct Answer: A K Fazul Ul Haq

A.K. Fazlul Huq, the then Chief Minister of Bengal, presented the historic Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940.

Correct Answer: Maulana Zafar Ali Khan

The Lahore Resolution, presented by A.K. Fazlul Huq, was supported and seconded by prominent leaders from various provinces, including Maulana Zafar Ali Khan representing Punjab.

Correct Answer: Cambridge

Chaudhry Rehmat Ali famously coined the name 'Pakistan' in his 1933 pamphlet while he was studying as a law student at Cambridge University.

Correct Answer: President

Qazi Muhammad Isa was a central figure in the Pakistan movement and the primary founder and President of the Muslim League in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Secretary

Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk, an active leader of the Aligarh Movement, served as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of MAO College, Aligarh.

Correct Answer: Muslim

The 1956 Constitution of Pakistan formally declared the state as an Islamic Republic and mandated that the President must be a Muslim.

Correct Answer: 5 years

According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the National Assembly has a standard term of five years unless dissolved earlier.

Correct Answer: PPP

The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed in 2010 during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government, devolving power to the provinces.

Correct Answer: 14

Each province has 14 general seats in the Senate of Pakistan. The remaining seats are for technocrats, women, and minorities, totaling 23 per province.

Correct Answer: None of these

The Council of Common Interests consists of 8 members (the Prime Minister, 4 Chief Ministers, and 3 PM nominees). Since 8 is not in the options, 'None of these' is correct.

Correct Answer: Liaqat Ali Khan

Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan presented the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on March 7, 1949.

Correct Answer: Justice Salahuddin Ahmed

Justice Salahuddin Ahmed was appointed as the first Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan in 1980.

Correct Answer: 1962

The 1962 Constitution of Pakistan, introduced by Ayub Khan, established a Presidential system of government.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Nathia Gali Beach is a restricted beach located near the Karachi nuclear power plant and Paradise Point in Karachi, Sindh.

Correct Answer: Multan

Multan is famously known as the 'City of Saints' due to the large number of Sufi shrines located there.

Correct Answer: 3600 MW

The proposed Kalabagh Dam is planned to have a hydroelectric power generation capacity of 3600 MW.

Correct Answer: Manchar

Manchar Lake, situated in Sindh, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Kasur & Firozpur

The Ganda Singh Wala border crossing is located between Kasur (Pakistan) and Firozpur (India).

Correct Answer: Amritsar

The Wagah border crossing is situated on the Grand Trunk Road between the cities of Lahore (Pakistan) and Amritsar (India).

Correct Answer: Sunny Bank

The hill station of Murree was originally established by the British in 1851 as a sanatorium, with the main town quickly developing around the area near Sunny Bank by 1853.

Correct Answer: Kasur & Firozpur

The Ganda Singh Wala border checkpoint connects the Kasur district of Pakistan with Firozpur in India.

Correct Answer: 1960s

The Green Revolution in Pakistan, characterized by the adoption of high-yielding crop varieties and modern farming techniques, took place during the 1960s.

Correct Answer: Sir George Cunningham

Sir George Cunningham served as the first Governor of the North-West Frontier Province after the formation of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased the Gwadar enclave from the Sultanate of Oman in 1958 after negotiations.

Correct Answer: Afghan War

During the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s, the US supplied Stinger missiles to Afghan Mujahideen via Pakistan to counter Soviet aircraft.

Correct Answer: Iran

Iran was the first nation to officially recognize the sovereignty of Pakistan following its creation in 1947.

Correct Answer: 29 June 1947

The Shahi Jirga of Balochistan, along with members of the Quetta Municipality, unanimously opted to join Pakistan on June 29, 1947.

Correct Answer: 10 August

The inaugural session of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan took place on August 10, 1947, in Karachi.

Correct Answer: 1948

The princely state of Kalat formally acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan on March 27, 1948.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Indus River is the longest river and the lifeline of Pakistan's agriculture, earning the title 'Nile of Pakistan'.

Correct Answer: Lake Manchar

Manchar Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in Asia.

Correct Answer: KPK

The Gomal Zam Dam is a multi-purpose gravity dam located in the South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Karachi

Port Qasim, Pakistan's second busiest port, is situated on the coastline of the Arabian Sea in Karachi, Sindh.

Correct Answer: Ghizer

The Ghizer River is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, whereas Mula and Dasht are rivers in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: 2015

In 2015, the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf accepted Pakistan's claim, adding 50,000 sq km to its seabed territory.

Correct Answer: Oman

Pakistan purchased the enclave of Gwadar from the Sultanate of Oman in 1958.

Correct Answer: Narowal

The Kartarpur Corridor connects the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India with the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib located in the Narowal district of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 2

The Parliament of Pakistan is a bicameral legislature consisting of the National Assembly and the Senate.

Correct Answer: All of these

The President is elected by an Electoral College comprising members of the Senate, the National Assembly, and the four Provincial Assemblies.

Correct Answer: Iskandar Mirza

President Iskandar Mirza abrogated the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan on October 7, 1958, and declared the first Martial Law.

Correct Answer: 25

Article 25 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan ensures that all citizens are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection.

Correct Answer: Article 184(3)

Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan grants the Supreme Court original jurisdiction to enforce fundamental rights, commonly known as Suo Motu power.

Correct Answer: Fundamental Rights

Part II, Chapter 1 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan explicitly outlines the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to its citizens.

Correct Answer: Article 184(3)

Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan grants the Supreme Court the original jurisdiction to take Suo Motu action on matters of public importance regarding fundamental rights.

Correct Answer: April 8, 2010

The National Assembly of Pakistan passed the historic 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill on April 8, 2010, heavily increasing provincial autonomy.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Waseem

Politics and the State in Pakistan is a well-known scholarly book written by Dr. Mohammad Waseem.

Correct Answer: K. M. Arif

General K. M. Arif, a close aide to President General Zia-ul-Haq, wrote the political memoir 'Working with Zia'.

Correct Answer: Sikandar Hayat

Prof. Sikandar Hayat is the author of 'The Charismatic Leader', a well-known book analyzing Jinnah's political leadership.

Correct Answer: Hector Bolitho

Hector Bolitho authored 'Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan' in 1954, which became a widely recognized biography of Quaid-e-Azam.

Correct Answer: Waheed-uz-Zaman

The book 'Towards Pakistan', detailing the historical trajectory of the Muslim freedom movement, was authored by Dr. Waheed-uz-Zaman.

Correct Answer: R. E. M. Wheeler

The book 'Five Thousand Years of Pakistan: An Archaeological Outline' was authored by British archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

Correct Answer: None of these

The book is written by the academic Dr. Sikandar Hayat, not the pre-partition politician Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.

Correct Answer: Ch. Muhammad Ali

Former Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali wrote 'The Emergence of Pakistan', a firsthand account of the partition.