Pakistan Affairs Test 63

Total Questions: 22

1 - _____ was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan, credit with populanzing the musical term Jugni.

A ) Inayut Hussain Bhattil
B ) Tufail Niazi
C ) Alam Lohar ✅
D ) None of these

2 - The first Nobel Prize to be awarded to a South Asian was to:

A ) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
B ) Sir C.V. Raman
C ) Dr. Abdul salam
D ) Dr. Amartya Sen

3 - Which regiment of Pakistan Army has received the maximum number of "Nishan-e-Haider"?

A ) Baluch Regiment
B ) Sindh Regiment
C ) Punjab Regiment ✅
D ) Frontier Force Regiment

4 - Siraj Raisani belonged to which political party?

A ) Pakistan Muslim League-N
B ) Pakistan Muslim League Q
C ) Awami National Party
D ) Balochistan Awami Party ✅

5 - The famous place "Makli" in Sindh is a:

A ) Park
B ) Museum
C ) Fortress
D ) Graveyard ✅

6 - A famous book "Neither hawk nor a Dove" is written by Pakistani Politician. What is this name?

A ) K.K Aziz
B ) Dr. Maliha Lodhi
C ) Gohar Ayub
D ) Khurshid Qasoori ✅

7 - First Barani University was established at:

A ) Hyderabad
B ) Karachi
C ) Rawalpindi ✅
D ) Lahore

8 - First President of Pakistan, Iskander Mirza, buried in?

A ) Tehran ✅
B ) Mashad
C ) Bait-ul-Maqdas
D ) Bukhara

Explanation:

 First President of Pakistan:

Major General (Retd.) Iskander Mirza

Born: 13 November 1899, Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India

Death: 13 November 1969 (aged 70), London, United Kingdom
➡️ Buried in Tehran Capital of Iran, at Shah Mosque cemetery

 ✅Details
  ➡️ Attended Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (UK)
  ➡️ Commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1920
  ➡️ Later joined the Indian Political Service

Political Career:

  ➡️ Defence Secretary of Pakistan  (1947–1954)   
  ➡️ Governor of East Bengal  (1954)
  ➡️ Governor-General of Pakistan (1955–1956 ) 4th & Last Governor-General of Pakistan( 7 Aug 1955 – 23 Mar 1956 )  

  ➡️ 23 March 1956: Pakistan became Islamic Republic of Pakistan.Governor-General post abolished.

  ➡️Iskander Mirza became the 1st President (23 March 1956–7 October 1958 )  

  ➡️ Imposed first Martial Law on 7 October 1958, abrogated the constitution 1956 .

Dismissed by General Ayub Khan on 27 October 1958, forced into exile.(After 20 Days).

The position of Vice President of Pakistan was established in December 1971 and abolished with the 1973  Constitution ✅ ).

Nurul Amin (AppointedDecember 1971 by General Yahya Khan)  was the first and only individual to hold this position.

Nurul Amin as:

  • Vice President (1971-1973)
  • ✅ Also Prime Minister for a short time

 Tenure: December 1971 – January 1972.

9 - Who was the leader of "Mahasbha"?

A ) Nehru
B ) Gandhi
C ) Tilak
D ) Madan Malavia ✅

10 - In which country, Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup 1992:

A ) England
B ) Australia ✅
C ) South Africa
D ) New Zealand

11 - Who wrote the book known by the name of "An Apology for Muhammad and Muhammadans"?

A ) William Muir
B ) John Davenport ✅
C ) Albert Mayo
D ) Roger William

12 - In the Sub-continent the first census was held in:

A ) 1858
B ) 1877
C ) 1881 ✅
D ) 1890

13 - The Suri Dynasty of India lasted for:

A ) 20 years
B ) 15 years ✅
C ) 10 years
D ) 5 years

14 - Who was Mohammad Ali Bogra?

A ) Prime Minister ✅
B ) Foreign Minister
C ) Law Minister
D ) Finance Minister

15 - Harappa is a city in Punjab about 24 km South west of.

A ) Sahiwal ✅
B ) Multan
C ) Narowal
D ) Makran

16 - Name the first Pakistani female Cricketer to take 100 wickets in ODI.

A ) Sana Mir ✅
B ) Javeria Khan
C ) Marina Iqbal
D ) Sadia Yusuf

18 - Mohsin Hamid is famous in which field?

A ) English Fiction writer ✅
B ) Weight Lifting
C ) Athletics
D ) Cricket

19 - The Diamir-Bhasha Dam will be constructed on:

A ) Kabul
B ) Jhelum
C ) Ravi
D ) Indus ✅

20 - "Friends Not Masters" was written by:

A ) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
B ) I.H. Qureshi
C ) Ayub Khan ✅
D ) Dr. Parvaiz Iqbal Cheema

21 - Which of the following Pakistani player won the 1994 world snooker championship?

A ) Muhammad Yousaf ✅
B ) Muhammad Asif
C ) Hamza Akbar
D ) Shaukat Ali

22 - Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, when our first constitution of 1956 was adopted

A ) Malik Feroz Khan
B ) Muhammad Ali Bogra
C ) Muhammad Ali ✅
D ) Ayub Khan