Pakistan Affairs Test 145

Total Questions: 50

1 - When a devastating earthquake jolted KPK Former( NWFP) and Kashmir killing thousands of people

A ) 01-oct- 2005

B ) 08-oct-2005 ✅

C ) 18-oct-2005

D ) 38-oct-2005

2 - Who was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister on March 25,2013

A ) Mian Muhammad Omroo

B ) Justice (R) Nasir-ul-Mulk

C ) Mir Nazar Khan Khoso ✅

D ) Javed Jabbar

Explanation:

On March 25, 2013, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was appointed as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan.

📘 Details:

🔹 Name Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
🔹 Appointment Date 25 March 2013
🔹 Caretaker Tenure 25 March 2013 – 5 June 2013
🔹 Appointed By Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
🔹 Background Retired Judge & Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court

✅ List of Caretaker Prime Ministers of Pakistan

# Name Tenure Start Tenure End Appointed Under
1️⃣ Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990) After dismissal of Benazir govt
2️⃣ Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993) After dismissal of Nawaz Sharif
3️⃣ Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993) Following Mazari’s removal
4️⃣ Malik Meraj Khalid (5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997) After Benazir govt dismissal
5️⃣ Muhammad Mian Soomro (16 Nov 2007 - 25 Mar 2008) After Shaukat Aziz era (Musharraf)
6️⃣ Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (25 Mar 2013 - 5 Jun 2013) Appointed by ECP
7️⃣ Nasirul Mulk (1 Jun 2018 -17 Aug 2018) Appointed by mutual consensus
8️⃣ Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar(14 Aug 2023-11 Mar 2024) Appointed for 2024 elections

✅ BONUS Tip:

Group by decades to recall easily:

1️⃣1990s → Jatoi, Mazari, Qureshi, Meraj

2️⃣2000s → Soomro

3️⃣2010s–2020s → Khoso, Mulk, Kakar.

3 - The first Cabinet of Pakistan consisted of members

A ) 05

B ) 07 ✅

C ) 09

D ) 11

4 - Who is known as the "Father of Civil Service in India"?

A ) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

B ) Jawaharlal Nehru

C ) Charles Cornwallis ✅

D ) Louis Mountbatten

5 - The Tripartite Agreement of 9 April 1974 was signed between Pakistan, India , and Bangladesh. Who signed the document on behalf of Pakistan

A ) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

B ) Agha Shahi

C ) Sharif-ud-Din peerzada

D ) Aziz Ahmad ✅

6 - Who established Scientific Society in 1864?

A ) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan ✅

B ) Shibli Naumani

C ) Allama Iqbal

D ) Muhammad Ali Sannah

Explanation:

✅ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the Scientific Society in 1863 at:

Ghazipur (in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)

📘 Details for Exams

🔹 Founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
🔹 Year Initially founded in 1863 at Ghazipur, but formally organized and became active in 1864. 🔹 Place Ghazipur, India
🔹 Later Shifted To Aligarh, in 1867
🔹 Purpose Promote modern education and scientific knowledge among Muslims
🔹 Inspiration Based on Royal Society of London
🔹 Language of Publications Urdu and English

7 - Bicameral system of legislature was introduced in Pakistan under the Constitution

A ) 1935

B ) 1956

C ) 1962

D ) 1973 ✅

8 - 1937 Election were held in eleven provinces of indian Sub- Continent according to

A ) Act of 1935 ✅

B ) Act of 1919

C ) Act of 1927

D ) Act of 1936

9 - Who had the shortest tenure as Governor General of Pakistan

A ) Iskandar Mirza ✅

B ) Ghulam Muhammad

C ) Quiad-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

D ) Kh Nazimuddin

10 - Most widely spoken language in Pakistan is

A ) English

B ) Urdu

C ) Punjabi ✅

D ) Sindhi

11 - Identify the author of the famous book "The Emergence of Pakistan"

A ) Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi

B ) Jamil-uddin Ahmed

C ) CH. Muhammad Ali ✅

D ) S.M Burke

12 - Who was at one time , called the "Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity?

A ) Quaid -e-Azam ✅

B ) Motilal Nehru

C ) Mohandas Karamchad Ghandi

D ) Abdul Kalam Azad

13 - When did Lord Curzon announce the Partition of Bengal

A ) 17th October 1904

B ) 16th October 1905 ✅

C ) 18th October 1906

D ) 19th October 1907

14 - Under and amendment of the 1973 Constitution in which year was the name of NWFP change to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A ) 2008

B ) 2009

C ) 2010 ✅

D ) 2011

15 - Pathway to Pakistan is the autobiography of

A ) M.A .H ispahani

B ) CH.khaliq uz Zaman ✅

C ) A.K.Fazl ul Haq

D ) Sir Fazal-i-Hussian

16 - Which Pakistani former cricket player is popularly known as the Asian Bradman

A ) Zaheer Abbas ✅

B ) Javed Miandad

C ) Captain Muhammad sarwar

D ) Majid Khan

17 - Name the only recipent and of "Hila le Kashmir "an award equivalent to "Nishan-e-Haider "hazer

A ) Major Tufail Muhammad

B ) Naiak Saif Ali janjua ✅

C ) Captain Mohammad sarwar

D ) Lawnce Naik Muhammad Mahfuz

18 - Junaid Jamshed was a lead vocalist of which band

A ) Junoon

B ) Vital Signs ✅

C ) Strings

D ) Jul

19 - Council of Common Interest (CCI) is a constitutional body of Pakistan.Membership of CCI consists of

A ) Prime Minister, all provincial Chief Minister and 3 members nominated by the Prime Minister ✅

B ) President,all Provincial Governord and Chief Ministers prime ministers and ministers for inter provincial coordination

C ) President Prime Ministe,r Chairman, Senate, Provincial Chief Ministers and Chief of Army Staff

D ) Prime Minister sweaker National Assembly all Chief Ministers and three Minister nominated by the Prime Minister

20 - The president under the 1973 constitution is

A ) Buy direct election

B ) By national assembly

C ) By a joint session of the National Assembly and senate

D ) By two Houses of the Parliament and the four provincial Assemblies ✅

21 - Who was Sisakar?

A ) Wazir of hajjaj bin Yousuf

B ) Wazir of Muhammad bin Qasim

C ) Wazir of Raja Dahir ✅

D ) None of these

22 - Who coined the name "Pakistan "for our country

A ) Liaquat Ali Khan

B ) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali ✅

C ) Fazl ul Haq

D ) Allama Iqbal

23 - First Census in Pakistan was held in

A ) 1948

B ) 1947

C ) 1950

D ) 1951 ✅

24 - Who is the author of "Now or Never, Are We to Live or Perish Forever"

A ) Chaudhary Rahmat ahmat Ali ✅

B ) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

C ) Allama Iqbal

D ) Haji shariatullah

25 - The name of the province "North West "frontier province was changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under which amendment of constitutionn

A ) 15th

B ) 16th

C ) 18th ✅

D ) 21th

26 - Writer of national anthem, Hafeez Jalandhari died in

A ) 1982 ✅

B ) 1980

C ) 1976

D ) 1978

27 - India came under British Crown with

A ) Start of 1857 war

B ) With the end of 1857 ✅

C ) Introduction of the government of India Act

D ) Withe the announcement of the British Queen

28 - Congress accepted the Partition Plan immediately but Muslims League could not accept it immediately. At that time, Jinnah opined that

A ) We shall boycott it

B ) Plan would be submitted to the Muslim League council for discussion ✅

C ) We would present our priorities

D ) The plan is not practicable

29 - In 1911, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar started publishing newspaper 'comrade' from

A ) Delhi

B ) Bombay

C ) Calcutta ✅

D ) Laborer

30 - Who was the first Governor of West Punjab

A ) Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar

B ) Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani ✅

C ) Ghulam Mustafa Khan

D ) Malik Amir Muhammad Khan

31 - The last general elections in Pakistan were held in

A ) July- 2018 ✅

B ) Sep-2018

C ) Aug-2018

D ) OCT-2018

32 - Pakistan successful tested it's Nuclear devices in

A ) May - 1998 ✅

B ) Jun-1998

C ) Jul-1998

D ) Aug-1998

33 - How many memorandum of understanding (MOUs) was signed by Pakistan and China for CPEC?

A ) 41

B ) 51 ✅

C ) 61

D ) 71

34 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is buried in

A ) Aligarh Up India ✅

B ) Delhi India

C ) Karachi Pakistan

D ) London UK

35 - Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi renounced his membership of Congress

A ) 1934 ✅

B ) 1940

C ) 1946

D ) 1947

36 - On September 8, 1958 Pakistan acquired Gwader from

A ) Oman ✅

B ) Iran

C ) Bahrain

D ) None of these

Explanation:

Gwader Port

Under Oman rule: 1783–1958 (174 Years)
Gwadar became part of Pakistan: 8 September 1958
Handed over: 8 December 1958.
Province: Balochistan
Purchased from: Oman
Purchase Price: 3 million pounds
Port inaugurated: President Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) 10th President of Pakistan (2001-2008) on March 20, 2007.
Strategic Location: Near Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea
Operator: China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) ,Lease Period: 40 years , extendable.The Gwadar Port lease period started on November 13, 2015.