Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders MCQs

Correct Answer: 2014

Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, shared with Kailash Satyarthi.

Correct Answer: 17

Malala was 17 when she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, the youngest Nobel laureate.

Correct Answer: Swat Valley

Malala Yousafzai is from Mingora in the Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Correct Answer: Girls' education

Malala was honoured for her campaign for girls' right to education.

Correct Answer: 2012

Malala was shot by the Taliban in Swat in October 2012.

Correct Answer: 1876

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Jinnah served as Pakistan's first Governor-General from August 1947 until his death in September 1948.

Correct Answer: Lawyer

Jinnah trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn and practised law in Bombay and Karachi.

Correct Answer: Poet of the East

Allama Muhammad Iqbal is conventionally known as the Poet of the East (Shair-e-Mashriq).

Correct Answer: 1930

Iqbal outlined a separate Muslim state in north-western India in his Allahabad address of December 1930.

Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam) is conventionally called the founder of Pakistan, and the Pakistan Army dates from independence on 14 August 1947.

Correct Answer: Gen. Sir Frank Messervy

General Sir Frank Messervy was Pakistan's first Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1947-1948).

Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is conventionally called the architect of Pakistan for leading the movement that created the country in 1947.

Correct Answer: A.K. Fazlul Haq

A.K. Fazlul Haq moved the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940 at the Muslim League session in Lahore.

Correct Answer: Sir Abdul Rashid

Sir Abdul Rashid was Pakistan's first Chief Justice (1949-1954).

Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza

Iskander Mirza became Pakistan's first President when the country became a republic on 23 March 1956.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

Ayub Khan became Pakistan's first Chief Martial Law Administrator after imposing martial law in October 1958.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal wrote 'Zarb-e-Kalim' (The Rod of Moses), published in 1936.

Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal wrote 'Bang-e-Dra' (The Call of the Marching Bell), published in 1924.

Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan laid the intellectual groundwork for the Two-Nation Theory after 1857; Jinnah later carried it politically to the creation of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Aligarh Movement to promote modern education among Indian Muslims.

Correct Answer: Aligarh College

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875, later Aligarh Muslim University.

Correct Answer: Ayesha Malik

Justice Ayesha Malik became the first woman judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court in January 2022.

Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan

Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, is known as Shaheed-e-Millat after his assassination in 1951.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was Pakistan's first Foreign Minister (1947-1954).

Correct Answer: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan presided over the 17th session of the UN General Assembly (1962-1963), the only Pakistani to hold that office.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, the first woman to head a government in a Muslim-majority country.

Correct Answer: Dr. Fehmida Mirza

Dr Fehmida Mirza became the first woman Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly in 2008.

Correct Answer: Fatima Jinnah

Fatima Jinnah, sister of the Quaid-e-Azam, is known as Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation).

Correct Answer: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the Pakistan People's Party in 1967.

Correct Answer: 1979

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed on 4 April 1979.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

Ayub Khan wrote 'Friends Not Masters' (1967), his account of Pakistan's foreign policy.

Correct Answer: Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif is Pakistan's longest-serving prime minister by cumulative tenure across his three terms (1990-1993, 1997-1999, 2013-2017).

Correct Answer: Gen. Asim Munir

General Asim Munir became Chief of Army Staff in November 2022 and held the post through the booklet's 2024 label (he was promoted to Field Marshal in May 2025 while remaining Army Chief).

Correct Answer: Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's largest welfare organisation.

Correct Answer: Bantva (India)

Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva, Gujarat, then in British India.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto is conventionally called the Iron Lady of Pakistan for her political career as two-time prime minister.

Correct Answer: Maryam Nawaz

Maryam Nawaz became Chief Minister of Punjab in February 2024, the first woman to hold the office.

Correct Answer: Abul A'la Maududi

Abul A'la Maududi founded Jamaat-e-Islami in Lahore in 1941.

Correct Answer: Abdul Hafeez Pirzada

Abdul Hafeez Pirzada chaired the Constitution Committee of Parliament (1972) and authored and piloted the 1973 Constitution, which is why he is called its architect.

Correct Answer: Hafeez Pirzada

Hafeez Pirzada was elected chairman of the Constitution Committee of Parliament in 1972 to frame Pakistan's new constitution.

Correct Answer: Hina Rabbani Khar

Hina Rabbani Khar served as Pakistan's Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2013, the first woman to hold the office.

Correct Answer: 2018–2022

Imran Khan served as Pakistan's Prime Minister from August 2018 to April 2022.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's prime minister in 1988, the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.

Correct Answer: 2007

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007.

Correct Answer: Prime Minister

Liaquat Ali Khan was Pakistan's first Prime Minister (1947-1951).

Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam

Fatima Jinnah was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam).

Correct Answer: Edhi Foundation

Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's largest welfare organisation.

Correct Answer: Angel of mercy

Abdul Sattar Edhi is conventionally called the Angel of Mercy for his humanitarian work.

Correct Answer: Leprosy

Dr Ruth Pfau spent decades fighting leprosy in Pakistan and is credited with its effective control there.

Correct Answer: Microsoft Certified Professional

Arfa Karim became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004, at age nine.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Arfa Karim Randhawa (1995-2012) was a Pakistani child prodigy from Faisalabad.