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Q.1 The Lahore Resolution was passed on which date?
a) 14th August 1947
b) 23rd March 1940
c) 3rd June 1947
d) 24th March 1940
Answer: (B) 23rd March 1940
Q.2 Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?
a) Quaid-e-Azam
b) Liaquat Ali Khan
c) Khawaja Nazimuddin
d) Ayub Khan
Answer: (A) Quaid-e-Azam
Q.3 Which was the first capital of Pakistan?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Islamabad
d) Dhaka
Answer: (B) Karachi
Q.4 Who was the first President of Pakistan?
a) Ayub Khan
b) Iskander Mirza
c) Liaquat Ali Khan
d) Yahya Khan
Answer: (B) Iskander Mirza
Q.5 When did Pakistan become a member of the United Nations?
a) 30th September 1947
b) 15th August 1947
c) 14th August 1948
d) 13th September 1947
Answer: (A) 30th September 1947
Q.6 Which was the first constitution of Pakistan?
a) 1947
b) 1956
c) 1962
d) 1973
Answer: (B) 1956
Q.7 The Objective Resolution was passed in which year?
a) 1947
b) 1948
c) 1949
d) 1950
Answer: (C) 1949
Q.8 Who abrogated the first constitution of Pakistan?
a) Ayub Khan
b) Yahya Khan
c) Iskander Mirza
d) Zia-ul-Haq
Answer: (C) Iskander Mirza
Q9 Which agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in 1966?
a) Tashkent Agreement
b) Shimla Agreement
c) Indus Water Treaty
d) Lahore Declaration
Answer: (A) Tashkent Agreement
Q.10 Who was the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Asma Jahangir
Answer: (B) Benazir Bhutto
Q.11 Which river is called the lifeline of Pakistan?
a) Indus
b) Chenab
c) Jhelum
d) Ravi
Answer: (A) Indus
Q.12 Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan during the 1971 war?
a) Ayub Khan
b) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
c) Liaquat Ali Khan
d) Yahya Khan
Answer: (D) Yahya Khan
Q.13 Which is the largest province of Pakistan by area?
a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
d) Balochistan
Answer: (D) Balochistan
Q.14 When did Pakistan become a nuclear power?
a) 1974
b) 1998
c) 2001
d) 1990
Answer: (B) 1998
Q.15 The Simla Agreement was signed in which year?
a) 1971
b) 1972
c) 1974
d) 1976
Answer: (B) 1972
Q.16 Who was the first Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan?
a) Yahya Khan
b) Ayub Khan
c) Zia-ul-Haq
d) Pervez Musharraf
Answer: (B) Ayub Khan
Q.17 Which Pakistani city is called “City of Lights”?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Islamabad
d) Quetta
Answer: (B) Karachi
Q.18 The Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960 with the help of:
a) USA
b) USSR
c) World Bank
d) UN
Answer: (C) World Bank
Q.19 Who was the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
a) Sir Zafarullah Khan
b) Liaquat Ali Khan
c) Khawaja Nazimuddin
d) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
Answer: (A) Sir Zafarullah Khan
Q20. Who was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan?
a) Justice A.R. Cornelius
b) Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
c) Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius
d) Justice Muhammad Munir
Answer (B) Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
Q21. Which is the largest desert of Pakistan?
a) Thar Desert
b) Cholistan Desert
c) Kharan Desert
d) Nara Desert
Answer (A) Thar Desert
Q22. The famous archaeological site “Mohenjo-Daro” is located in which province?
a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Balochistan
d) KPK
Answer (B) Sindh
Q23. When did Pakistan become a member of the United Nations?
a) 30th September 1947
b) 1st October 1948
c) 15th August 1947
d) 2nd January 1949
Answer (A) 30th September 1947
Q24. The Objectives Resolution was passed in which year?
a) 1948
b) 1949
c) 1952
d) 1956
Answer (B) 1949
Q25. Who was the first Muslim Governor-General of Bengal before partition?
a) Khawaja Nazimuddin
b) Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
c) Fazlul Haq
d) Iskander Mirza
Answer (A) Khawaja Nazimuddin
Q26. Which constitutional amendment restored the Parliamentary system in Pakistan in 1985?
a) 6th Amendment
b) 8th Amendment
c) 13th Amendment
d) 18th Amendment
Answer (B) 8th Amendment
Q27. Who was the first Pakistani to preside over the UN General Assembly?
a) Agha Shahi
b) Zafarullah Khan
c) Shaista Ikramullah
d) Sir Feroz Khan Noon
Answer (B) Zafarullah Khan
Q28. What is the total length of Pakistan’s coastline?
a) 700 km
b) 1,046 km
c) 1,200 km
d) 1,800 km
Answer (B) 1,046 km
Q29. Pakistan conducted its first nuclear tests on?
a) 11th May 1998
b) 28th May 1998
c) 14th August 1997
d) 23rd March 1999
Answer (B) 28th May 1998
Q30. The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between Pakistan and India in which year?
a) 1959
b) 1960 ✅
c) 1962
d) 1965
Answer (B) 1960
Q31. Who was the first female Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?
a) Shamshad Akhtar
b) Rukhsana Yasmeen
c) Maleeha Lodhi
d) Hina Rabbani Khar
Answer (A) Shamshad Akhtar
Q32. The Lahore Resolution was passed in which session of the Muslim League?
a) 1938 – Calcutta
b) 1940 – Lahore
c) 1942 – Karachi
d) 1946 – Delhi
Answer (B) 1940 – Lahore
Q33. Which is the largest natural gas field in Pakistan?
a) Mari
b) Sui
c) Kandhkot
d) Qadirpur
Answer (B) Sui
Q34. Who was the first President of Pakistan?
a) Liaquat Ali Khan
b) Iskander Mirza
c) Ayub Khan
d) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Answer (B) Iskander Mirza
Q35. Which is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan?
a) Dawn
b) The Nation
c) The News
d) Nawa-i-Waqt
Answer (A) Dawn
Q36. The capital of Pakistan was shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in which year?
a) 1958
b) 1960
c) 1967
d) 1970
Answer (C) 1967
Q37. Who was the first Education Minister of Pakistan?
a) Liaquat Ali Khan
b) Fazlur Rahman
c) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
d) Khawaja Nazimuddin
Answer (B) Fazlur Rahman
Q38. Which river is called the “Backbone of Pakistan’s agriculture”?
a) Jhelum
b) Indus
c) Chenab
d) Ravi
Answer (B) Indus
Q39. The “Doctrine of Necessity” was introduced by which Chief Justice of Pakistan?
a) Justice A.R. Cornelius
b) Justice Munir
c) Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
d) Justice Anwar-ul-Haq
Answer (B) Justice Munir
Q40. Who was the first Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
b) Moeen Qureshi
c) Malik Meraj Khalid
d) Wasim Sajjad
Answer (A) Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Q41. Who was the first Muslim Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army?
a) General Ayub Khan
b) General Musa Khan
c) General Yahya Khan
d) General Tikka Khan
Answer (A) General Ayub Khan
Q42. The first session of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was held on?
a) 14th August 1947
b) 11th August 1947
c) 15th August 1947
d) 12th August 1947
Answer (B) 11th August 1947
Q43. Pakistan became a republic under which constitution?
a) 1956 Constitution
b) 1962 Constitution
c) 1973 Constitution
d) 1949 Objectives Resolution
Answer (A) 1956 Constitution
Q44. The first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan was?
a) Zahid Hussain
b) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
c) Mahbub-ul-Haq
d) Anwar Ali
Answer (A) Zahid Hussain
Q45. Which is the largest province of Pakistan by area?
a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
d) Balochistan
Answer (D) Balochistan
Q46. Pakistan’s first Five-Year Plan was launched in?
a) 1949
b) 1950
c) 1955
d) 1960
Answer (C) 1955
Q47. Who was the founder of the All India Muslim League?
a) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
b) Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
c) Aga Khan III
d) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer (C) Aga Khan III
Q48. In which year did Pakistan win its first Hockey Olympic gold medal?
a) 1956
b) 1960
c) 1964
d) 1968
Answer (A) 1956
Q49. Who designed the national flag of Pakistan?
a) Chaudhry Rahmat Ali
b) Ameer-ud-Din Kidwai
c) Liaquat Ali Khan
d) Allama Iqbal
Answer (B) Ameer-ud-Din Kidwai
Q50. Which city is known as the “Manchester of Pakistan”?
a) Karachi
b) Faisalabad
c) Lahore
d) Multan
Answer (B) Faisalabad
