Pakistan Studies — All MCQs
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Q261.Which country facilitated the Tashkent Declaration?
Correct Answer: C
The USSR mediated the Tashkent Declaration between Pakistan and India.
Q262.Which country lies to the north-east of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: C
China borders Pakistan to the north-east via Gilgit-Baltistan.
Q263.Which crop is called the golden fibre of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
Jute is traditionally called the golden fibre (mainly of former East Pakistan).
Q264.Which is the highest peak of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
K-2 (8,611 m) in the Karakoram Range is Pakistan's highest peak.
Q265.Which missile is Pakistan's long-range ballistic missile?
Correct Answer: B
Shaheen-III, with a range of about 2,750 km, is Pakistan's longest-range ballistic missile.
Q266.Which organization collects federal taxes in Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is responsible for federal tax collection.
Q267.Which point was NOT part of Jinnah's Fourteen Points?
Correct Answer: C
The Fourteen Points demanded safeguards within a united India, not a separate homeland.
Q268.Which river is called the lifeline of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: C
The Indus River irrigates most of Pakistan and is called its lifeline.
Q269.Which title was given to Liaquat Ali Khan?
Correct Answer: B
Liaquat Ali Khan was called Quaid-e-Millat and, after assassination, Shaheed-e-Millat.
Q270.Who abrogated the 1962 Constitution?
Correct Answer: B
Yahya Khan abrogated the 1962 Constitution and imposed Martial Law in 1969.
Q271.Who dissolved the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the assembly in October 1954.
Q272.Who founded the newspaper Dawn?
Correct Answer: B
Quaid-e-Azam founded Dawn in 1941 as the Muslim League's mouthpiece.
Q273.Who is known as the pioneer of the Two-Nation Theory in the subcontinent?
Correct Answer: B
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan first articulated that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations.
Q274.Who seconded the Lahore Resolution from Punjab?
Correct Answer: B
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan seconded the resolution from Punjab.
Q275.Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army?
Correct Answer: B
General Sir Frank Messervy was the first C-in-C (1947-48), followed by Gracey.
Q276.Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was Pakistan's first Governor-General (1947-1948).
Q277.Who was the first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief of the Army?
Correct Answer: A
General Ayub Khan became the first native C-in-C in January 1951.
Q278.Who was the first president of All India Muslim League?
Correct Answer: A
Sir Aga Khan III served as the first (honorary) president of AIML from 1908 to 1913.
Q279.Who was the first recipient of Nishan-e-Haider?
Correct Answer: B
Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1948, Kashmir) was the first recipient.
Q280.Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the Muslim world?
Correct Answer: B
Benazir Bhutto became PM in December 1988, the first woman PM in the Muslim world.