 - 1. Which province is considered the most important political province in Pakistan?
A) Balochistan
B) Sindh
C) Punjab
D) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2. Which two parties have historically used Punjab to gain legitimacy and as a stronghold?
A) PML(N) and PTI
B) JUI-F and PMAP
C) PPP and ANP
D) GDA and PML-Q
- 3. Which party coalition was created as an anti-PPP coalition in Sindh?
A) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
B) Grand Democratic Alliance
C) Pak Defence Qoumi Movement
D) Pakistan Muslim League N
- 4. Which party has KPK as its political stronghold and base of power?
A) PML(N)
B) PTI
C) PPP
D) ANP
- 5. Which province is characterized by high levels of Baloch nationalism and frequent secessionist demands?
A) Sindh
B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
C) Balochistan
D) Punjab
- 6. Which religious party is mentioned as active in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
A) GDA
B) PMAP
C) JUI-F
D) PDQM
- 7. What is the primary ideological characteristic of political parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
A) Punjabi secularism
B) Sindhi unionism
C) Baloch separatism
D) Pashtun nationalism
- 8. Which party saw minor successes in Sindh during the early 2000s?
A) PPP
B) PTI
C) PML-Q
D) PML(N)
- 9. What type of groups usually gain victories near the Afghan border in Balochistan?
A) Feudal reformers
B) Liberal democrats
C) Right-wing religious groups
D) Left-wing nationalists
- 10. What kind of government structure does Pakistan have according to the text?
A) A one-party communist state
B) A absolute military autocracy
C) A de jure multi-party democracy
D) A constitutional monarchy
- 11. The Parliament of Pakistan is described as what?
A) Unicameral
B) Bicameral
C) Tricameral
D) Non-existent
- 12. Which general pursued the policy of 'enlightened moderation' in the early 2000s?
A) Pervez Musharraf
B) Ayub Khan
C) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
D) Imran Khan
- 13. In what year was the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formed?
A) 1996
B) 1993
C) 1947
D) 1967
- 14. Who founded the Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 1993?
A) Asif Ali Zardari
B) Nawaz Sharif
C) Benazir Bhutto
D) Imran Khan
- 15. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was founded in what year?
A) 1947
B) 1996
C) 1967
D) 1993
- 16. What is the primary ideology associated with the PML-N?
A) Communist
B) Anarchist
C) Socialist
D) Conservative
- 17. The Pakistan Peoples Party was founded by which individual?
A) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
B) Imran Khan
C) Nawaz Sharif
D) Benazir Bhutto
- 18. Which party formed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in 2020?
A) Only the PML-N
B) A group of many parties
C) Only the PTI
D) The military establishment
- 19. The PTI formed a government after which general election?
A) 1993
B) 2013
C) 1990
D) 2018
- 20. Which political party had to register with the Sunni Ittehad Council after legal challenges?
A) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F
B) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
C) Pakistan Peoples Party
D) Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- 21. What is the economic approach of the PML-N?
A) Isolationism
B) Free market capitalist
C) Agrarian socialism
D) Planned economy
- 22. Which party is known as the oldest out of the top ruling parties in Pakistan?
A) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
B) Pakistan Peoples Party
C) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F
D) Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- 23. Who is the current leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F?
A) Muhammad Khan Sherani
B) Samiul Haq
C) Imran Khan
D) Fazal-ur-Rehman
- 24. What event led to the JUI splitting into JUI-F and JUI-S in 1980?
A) The death of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
B) A dispute over the party's name
C) Disagreement over the 1947 partition
D) Policy of supporting Mujahideen in Afghanistan
- 25. Which leader of the PPP was assassinated in 2007?
A) Benazir Bhutto
B) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C) Asif Ali Zardari
D) Yusuf Raza Gillani
- 26. The military establishment ruled Pakistan for approximately how much of its existence since 1947?
A) Nearly all
B) Nearly half
C) One quarter
D) One tenth
- 27. How many seats did the Pakistan Peoples Party win in the first Gilgit-Baltistan elections?
A) 15
B) 16
C) 3
D) 20
- 28. How many seats did the Pakistan Muslim League (N) win in the 2015 Gilgit-Baltistan elections?
A) 20
B) 1
C) 15
D) 16
- 29. How many seats did the Pakistan Peoples Party win in the 2020 and 2026 Gilgit-Baltistan elections?
A) 15
B) 3
C) 20
D) 1
- 30. How many seats did the Pakistan Peoples Party win in the 2015 Azad Kashmir elections?
A) 1
B) 15
C) 20
D) 3
- 31. How many Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan are mentioned in the text?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 4
D) 5
- 32. The text defines unrepresented parties as those not in Parliament or provincial assemblies since which year?
A) 2026
B) 2015
C) 2024
D) 2020
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