Pakistan Studies — All MCQs
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Q221.The Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with?
Correct Answer: C
The KKH, completed in 1978, connects Pakistan with China through the Khunjerab Pass.
Q222.The largest source of foreign exchange earnings for Pakistan is?
Correct Answer: B
Workers' remittances are Pakistan's largest source of foreign exchange.
Q223.The Lucknow Pact was signed between?
Correct Answer: C
In 1916 Congress accepted separate electorates in the Lucknow Pact with the Muslim League.
Q224.The main demand of Simla Deputation was?
Correct Answer: B
The deputation demanded separate electorates for Muslims, granted in the 1909 reforms.
Q225.The music of the national anthem was composed by?
Correct Answer: B
Ahmed G. Chagla composed the anthem's music in 1949, before the lyrics were written.
Q226.The national anthem of Pakistan was officially adopted in which year?
Correct Answer: C
The national anthem was officially adopted in August 1954.
Q227.The national flag of Pakistan was adopted on?
Correct Answer: B
The Constituent Assembly adopted the national flag on 11 August 1947.
Q228.The Nehru Report was published in which year?
Correct Answer: B
The Nehru Report of August 1928 rejected separate electorates, alienating Muslims.
Q229.The newspaper "Zamindar" was published by?
Correct Answer: A
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan published the influential Urdu daily Zamindar from Lahore.
Q230.The Objectives Resolution was made a substantive part of the Constitution by which amendment?
Correct Answer: B
The 8th Amendment (1985) inserted the Objectives Resolution as Article 2-A.
Q231.The pamphlet "Now or Never" was written in which year?
Correct Answer: B
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali published "Now or Never" on 28 January 1933 at Cambridge.
Q232.The Quit India Movement was launched by Congress in which year?
Correct Answer: C
Congress launched the Quit India Movement in August 1942; the Muslim League did not join it.
Q233.The Radcliffe Award announced the boundaries on?
Correct Answer: C
The Radcliffe Boundary Award was made public on 17 August 1947, after independence.
Q234.The Scientific Society was founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in which year?
Correct Answer: C
The Scientific Society was established at Ghazipur in 1864 to translate scientific works.
Q235.The second OIC summit was held in which city?
Correct Answer: C
The second OIC summit was held in Lahore in February 1974, hosted by Z.A. Bhutto.
Q236.The Shimla Agreement was signed by Bhutto and?
Correct Answer: B
Z.A. Bhutto and Indira Gandhi signed the Simla Agreement on 2 July 1972.
Q237.The Simla Deputation was led by?
Correct Answer: B
Sir Aga Khan III led the 35-member deputation that met Lord Minto in 1906.
Q238.The Tashkent Declaration was signed in which year?
Correct Answer: B
Ayub Khan and Lal Bahadur Shastri signed the Tashkent Declaration in January 1966 after the 1965 war.
Q239.The Thal desert is located in which province?
Correct Answer: B
The Thal desert lies between the Indus and Jhelum rivers in Punjab.
Q240.The UN resolutions on Kashmir call for?
Correct Answer: B
UNSC resolutions of 1948-49 call for a plebiscite to decide Kashmir's accession.