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Q61.Who founded the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)?

Easy
A Benazir Bhutto
B Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C Asif Zardari
D Mumtaz Bhutto
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Correct Answer: B

Z.A. Bhutto founded the PPP in November 1967 at Lahore.

Q62.Who is the author of "Friends Not Masters"?

Medium
A Bhutto
B Ayub Khan
C Yahya Khan
D Iskander Mirza
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Correct Answer: B

"Friends Not Masters" is Ayub Khan's political autobiography (1967).

Q63.Who was Pakistan's first female Foreign Minister?

Medium
A Benazir Bhutto
B Hina Rabbani Khar
C Sherry Rehman
D Fehmida Mirza
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Correct Answer: B

Hina Rabbani Khar became the first female Foreign Minister in 2011.

Q64.Who was Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly?

Medium
A Benazir Bhutto
B Fehmida Mirza
C Hina Rabbani Khar
D Shireen Mazari
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Correct Answer: B

Dr. Fehmida Mirza became the first woman Speaker in 2008.

Q65.Who was the last Governor-General of Pakistan?

Medium
A Ghulam Muhammad
B Iskander Mirza
C Khawaja Nazimuddin
D Ayub Khan
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Correct Answer: B

Iskander Mirza was the last Governor-General (1955-56) and first President.

Q66.Who was the last PM before Ayub's 1958 Martial Law?

Hard
A Suhrawardy
B I.I. Chundrigar
C Feroz Khan Noon
D Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
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Correct Answer: C

Sir Feroz Khan Noon was PM when Martial Law was imposed in October 1958.

Q67.Who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan?

Medium
A Ghulam Muhammad
B Khawaja Nazimuddin
C Iskander Mirza
D Liaquat Ali Khan
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Correct Answer: B

Khawaja Nazimuddin became Governor-General after Quaid's death in September 1948.

Q68.Who was the third Governor-General of Pakistan?

Medium
A Iskander Mirza
B Ghulam Muhammad
C Khawaja Nazimuddin
D Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
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Correct Answer: B

Ghulam Muhammad served as Governor-General from 1951 to 1955.

Q69.Who wrote "If I am Assassinated"?

Medium
A Benazir Bhutto
B Z.A. Bhutto
C Nawaz Sharif
D Musharraf
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Correct Answer: B

Z.A. Bhutto wrote it from his death cell in 1978.

Q70."Raja Gidh" is a famous novel by?

Medium
A Ashfaq Ahmed
B Bano Qudsia
C Intizar Hussain
D Mumtaz Mufti
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Correct Answer: B

Bano Qudsia's Raja Gidh is a landmark Urdu novel.

Q71."Toba Tek Singh" is a short story by?

Medium
A Krishan Chander
B Saadat Hasan Manto
C Bedi
D Ismat Chughtai
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Correct Answer: B

Manto's masterpiece satirizes Partition through asylum inmates' exchange.

Q72."Zindan Nama" was written by?

Hard
A Habib Jalib
B Faiz Ahmed Faiz
C Ahmad Faraz
D Josh Malihabadi
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Correct Answer: B

Faiz wrote Zindan Nama during his imprisonment in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case.

Q73.Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in which region?

Hard
A Sindh
B Gujarat (India)
C Punjab
D KPK
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Correct Answer: B

Edhi was born in Bantva, Gujarat in 1928 and migrated to Karachi in 1947.

Q74.Abdur Rahman Chughtai was a famous?

Medium
A Painter
B Poet
C Politician
D Scientist
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Correct Answer: A

Chughtai, the pride of Pakistani art, illustrated Diwan-e-Ghalib.

Q75.Ali Sadpara, the legendary mountaineer, died on which peak?

Medium
A Everest
B K-2
C Nanga Parbat
D Broad Peak
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Correct Answer: B

Muhammad Ali Sadpara perished during a winter K-2 attempt in February 2021.

Q76.Ansar Burney is known for work in?

Medium
A Human rights
B Sports
C Science
D Films
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Correct Answer: A

Ansar Burney is a pioneering human rights activist.

Q77.Arfa Karim became the youngest?

Easy
A Doctor
B Microsoft Certified Professional
C Pilot
D Judge
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Correct Answer: B

Arfa Karim became the youngest MCP at age 9 in 2004.

Q78.Ashfaq Ahmed is famous for which TV/radio program and book series?

Medium
A Zavia
B Alif Laila
C Ainak Wala Jin
D Fifty Fifty
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Correct Answer: A

Ashfaq Ahmed's Zavia talks and books earned wide acclaim.

Q79.Dr. Ruth Pfau devoted her life in Pakistan to fighting?

Medium
A Polio
B Leprosy
C TB
D Malaria
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Correct Answer: B

Dr. Ruth Pfau, the German-born nun, led Pakistan's fight against leprosy.

Q80.Faiz Ahmed Faiz received which international award?

Medium
A Nobel Prize
B Lenin Peace Prize
C Magsaysay Award
D Booker Prize
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Correct Answer: B

Faiz received the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962.