Pakistani rupee - Quiz
Pakistani rupee
  • 1. Which banknotes do not feature a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the obverse?
A) Rs. 5/- and Rs. 10/-
B) Re. 1/- and Rs. 2/-
C) Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-
D) Rs. 50/- and Rs. 100/-
  • 2. What language is used for the writing on the obverse of banknotes featuring Jinnah?
A) Persian
B) Urdu
C) English
D) Arabic
  • 3. What language is found on the reverses of the banknotes?
A) French
B) English
C) Arabic
D) Urdu
  • 4. What is the only Urdu text found on the reverse of the banknotes?
A) The name of the State Bank
B) A translation of a Prophetic Hadith
C) The national anthem
D) A quote from Jinnah
  • 5. What English translation of the Prophetic Hadith appears on the reverse of banknotes?
A) Cleanliness is half of faith.
B) Patience is a virtue.
C) Knowledge is power.
D) Seeking an honest livelihood is an act of worship.
  • 6. What is the Urdu phrasing for the Hadith featured on the reverse of the banknotes?
A) Hasool-e-Rizq-e-Halal Ibaadat hai
B) Hukumat-e-Pakistan
C) Pakistan Zindabad
D) Quaid-e-Azam
  • 7. How do the sizes of the banknotes vary based on their denominations?
A) Larger denominations are longer than smaller ones
B) Size is completely random
C) Smaller denominations are longer than larger ones
D) All banknotes are the exact same size
  • 8. Do banknotes contain single or multiple colours?
A) Transparent
B) Only one colour
C) Black and white only
D) Multiple colours
  • 9. What characterizes each banknote denomination regarding its colour?
A) They change colour daily
B) They have no predominant colour
C) One colour predominates
D) They all share the exact same predominant colour
  • 10. What feature is included on all banknotes for security purposes?
A) A fingerprint scanner
B) A hologram sticker
C) A metal coin embedded inside
D) A watermark
  • 11. What is the watermark on larger denomination notes?
A) A crescent and star
B) A mark of the State Bank
C) The national flower
D) A picture of Jinnah
  • 12. What is the watermark on smaller denomination notes?
A) A map of Pakistan
B) A portrait of the Governor
C) A crescent and star
D) A picture of Jinnah
  • 13. What type of security feature, other than watermarks, is present in each banknote?
A) Magnetic stripes
B) Different types of security threads
C) Invisible ink stamps
D) DNA coding
  • 14. What has the State Bank started doing with older banknote designs?
A) Reissuing them with higher values
B) Phasing them out for new, more secure ones
C) Painting over them
D) Exporting them
  • 15. When did Pakistan put foreign exchange controls in place?
A) 1972
B) 1978
C) 1950
D) 1949
  • 16. What did the 1949 foreign exchange controls restrict?
A) The export and import of currency except for Haj
B) All banking activities completely
C) Trade with Western countries
D) Only the use of coins
  • 17. The restrictions on currency export and import created an opportunity for what illegal activity?
A) Identity theft
B) Tax evasion
C) Smuggling
D) Counterfeiting
  • 18. What did Pakistan issue to combat smuggling related to the Haj?
A) Digital vouchers
B) International credit cards
C) Special Haj pilgrim notes
D) Gold coins
  • 19. What text was overprinted in English on the original Haj pilgrim notes?
A) For Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan for use in Saudi Arabia only
B) For pilgrims from Pakistan for use in Saudi Arabia and Iraq
C) Valid only in Mecca and Medina
D) State Bank of Pakistan Haj Note
  • 20. Why did the government not use other means of exchange for Haj pilgrims?
A) Lack of paper supply
B) Banks were closed
C) High illiteracy and additional costs
D) Opposition from Saudi Arabia
  • 21. When was the State Bank Order made to allow the issue of Haj notes?
A) May 1949
B) May 1950
C) May 1978
D) May 1972
  • 22. When was a new series of Haj notes released under the name of the State Bank of Pakistan?
A) 1978
B) 1975
C) 1972
D) 1950
  • 23. Whose name was on the Haj notes released in 1972 instead of the Government of Pakistan?
A) King of Saudi Arabia
B) State Bank of Pakistan
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Governor of the State Bank
  • 24. What language overprints were on the 1972 series of Haj notes?
A) Urdu and English
B) Arabic only
C) English only
D) Urdu and Arabic
  • 25. What did the overprint on the 1972 Haj notes say?
A) State Bank of Pakistan Pilgrim Currency
B) For pilgrims from Pakistan for use in Saudi Arabia and Iraq
C) For Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan for use in Saudi Arabia only
D) Authorized for Haj travel only
  • 26. In which years were new Haj notes printed to reflect changes in standard notes?
A) 1950 and 1955
B) 1975 and 1978
C) 1980 and 1985
D) 1960 and 1965
  • 27. Until what year did the use of Haj notes continue?
A) 1950
B) 1972
C) 1990
D) 1978
  • 28. What was true about the stock of notes used until 1978?
A) Existing stocks were used without printing new notes with signatures of later Governors
B) New notes were printed every single month
C) Notes were hand-signed by the Prime Minister
D) Notes were imported from the UK
  • 29. What is believed to have happened to most of the remaining stock of Haj notes once their use was discontinued?
A) It was destroyed
B) It was distributed to the poor
C) It was shipped to Iraq
D) It was locked in a museum forever
  • 30. How did many Haj notes end up entering the collector market?
A) By pilgrims who refused to return them
B) Following their sale to a banknote dealer by the State Bank of Pakistan
C) They were found buried underground
D) Through thefts from the central bank
  • 31. What text was engraved on the front watermark area of the provisional notes in Urdu?
A) Hukumat-e-PAKISTAN
B) State Bank of Pakistan
C) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
D) Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
  • 32. What stake did Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd. hold in the PSPC partnership?
A) 60%
B) 50%
C) 40%
D) 7.5%
  • 33. What stake did the Pakistani Government hold in the PSPC partnership?
A) 40%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 100%
  • 34. What was the initial capital of the PSPC venture?
A) 10 million rupees
B) 7.5 billion rupees
C) 7.5 million rupees
D) 1.5 million rupees
  • 35. Which printing method did the PSPC choose over the lithographic method?
A) Screen printing
B) Letterpress printing
C) Intaglio process
D) Relief printing
  • 36. In which year did regular government issues of Pakistani banknotes commence?
A) 1957
B) 1948
C) 1953
D) 1949
  • 37. Until which decade did the government continue to issue Re. 1 notes?
A) 1960s
B) 1980s
C) 1950s
D) 1970s
  • 38. When did the State Bank of Pakistan take over note-issuing with new denominations?
A) 1953
B) 1948
C) 1963
D) 1986
  • 39. When were Rs. 50/- notes added to the currency?
A) 1957
B) 1953
C) 1986
D) 2005
  • 40. When were Rs. 2/- notes reintroduced after their initial limited issue?
A) 1971
B) 1985
C) 1953
D) 1998
  • 41. In which year were Rs. 500/- notes introduced?
A) 2006
B) 1987
C) 1986
D) 1957
  • 42. When were Rs. 20/- notes added?
A) 1998
B) 2005
C) 1986
D) 2006
  • 43. When were Rs. 5,000/- notes added?
A) 1953
B) 2005
C) 1987
D) 2006
  • 44. Until what year were Pakistan banknotes bilingual with a Bengali translation?
A) 1971
B) 1953
C) 1985
D) 1948
  • 45. What was the currency renamed as in the Bengali text featured on pre-1971 Pakistani banknotes?
A) dinar
B) paisa
C) rupee
D) taka
  • 46. In which fiscal year did the PSPC begin issuing its own 1- and 5-rupee notes?
A) 1948-49
B) 1963-64
C) 1985-86
D) 1952-53
  • 47. What color was the back of the British-produced 1-rupee version that the PSPC changed?
A) Green
B) Red
C) Purple
D) Blue
  • 48. When was the new PSPC 1-rupee note design circulated?
A) 31 January 1953
B) 11 March 1949
C) 1 April 1948
D) 14 December 1963
  • 49. When did the State Bank of Pakistan start operating its own printing press?
A) 14 December 1963
B) 11 March 1949
C) 1 September 1953
D) 31 January 1953
  • 50. When was the third series of the 100-rupee note released?
A) April 1948
B) March 1949
C) December 1963
D) September 1953
  • 51. What is the official currency of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan?
A) Pakistani rupee
B) Pakistani rupee coin
C) Pakistani paisa
D) Pakistani taka
  • 52. What is the ISO code for the Pakistani rupee?
A) PRK
B) PIE
C) PAR
D) PKR
  • 53. What is the currency symbol of the Pakistani rupee?
A) ₹
B) ₨
C) 𞱱
D) ৳
  • 54. Until what year were paisa-denominated coins legal tender in Pakistan?
A) 1949
B) 1996
C) 2013
D) 1961
  • 55. In Pakistani English, what term represents hundred thousands?
A) crore
B) lac
C) arab
D) kharab
  • 56. In Pakistani English, what term represents ten-millions?
A) crore
B) lac
C) kharab
D) arab
  • 57. In Pakistani English, what term represents a billion?
A) lac
B) crore
C) arab
D) kharab
  • 58. In Pakistani English, what term represents hundred billion?
A) arab
B) kharab
C) crore
D) lac
  • 59. From which language is the word rūpiya derived?
A) Arabic
B) Persian
C) Urdu
D) Sanskrit
  • 60. Who introduced the coin named rūpaya during his reign from 1540 to 1545 CE?
A) Aurangzeb
B) Babur
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Akbar the Great
  • 61. Initially, like the Indian rupee, the Pakistani rupee was originally divided into how many annas?
A) 100
B) 10
C) 16
D) 12
  • 62. Each anna was originally equal to how many pice?
A) 100
B) 12
C) 16
D) 4
  • 63. Each anna was originally equal to how many pie?
A) 16
B) 100
C) 4
D) 12
  • 64. What Urdu inscription was added to the front of modified RBI notes?
A) Bank-e-Pakistan
B) Pakistan Zindabad
C) Hukumat-e-Hind
D) Hakumat-e-Pakistan
  • 65. In what year was the Pakistani currency decimalised?
A) 1972
B) 1996
C) 1949
D) 1961
  • 66. Until what year were coins denominated in paisa issued before stopping production?
A) 1996
B) 2013
C) 1972
D) 1961
  • 67. In 1972, which newly independent country introduced the taka originally at parity with the Pakistani rupee?
A) Bangladesh
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Sri Lanka
  • 68. What did the adjective rūpya originally mean before taking the specific meaning of a coin?
A) Valuable
B) Heavy
C) Shapely
D) Shiny
  • 69. From which noun is the word rūpya derived?
A) rūpa
B) rūpiya
C) rāj
D) taka
  • 70. What does the noun rūpa mean?
A) King, ruler, sovereign
B) Wealth, property, asset
C) Silver, metal, ore
D) Shape, likeness, image
  • 71. In which year was the 2 paisa coin introduced?
A) 1964
B) 1963
C) 1961
D) 1976
  • 72. When were Re. 1/- coins reintroduced?
A) 2002
B) 1979
C) 1998
D) 2007
  • 73. What year was the 2 paisa coin last minted?
A) 1976
B) 1979
C) 1964
D) 1996
  • 74. What architectural feature appears on some Rs. 2/- coins above the Badshahi Mosque?
A) Stars
B) Birds
C) Clouds
D) Sun rays
  • 75. In what year were the Re. 1/- and Rs. 2/- coins changed to Aluminium?
A) 2002
B) 1998
C) 2013
D) 2007
  • 76. When did the Pakistan government introduce a revised Rs. 5/- coin with reduced size and weight?
A) 15 October 2016
B) 15 October 2013
C) 15 October 2015
D) 15 October 2019
  • 77. What is the composition of the revised Rs. 5/- coin introduced in 2015?
A) Pure copper
B) Aluminium
C) Copper-nickel-zinc
D) Nickel-brass
  • 78. What is the color of the revised Rs. 5/- coin introduced in 2015?
A) Silver
B) Copper
C) Bronze
D) Golden
  • 79. In what year was a Rs. 10/- coin introduced into circulation?
A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) 2019
  • 80. Who signed the 75 Rupees Independence commemorative note?
A) Jameel Ahmad
B) Abid Qamar
C) Raza Baqir
D) Quaid-e-Azam
  • 81. Who introduced the commemorative Rs. 75 banknote to celebrate the central bank's 75th anniversary?
A) Raza Baqir
B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
C) Abid Qamar
D) Jameel Ahmad
  • 82. Which Urdu numeral appears complete when the Rs75 commemorative note is held in the light?
A) 25
B) 75
C) 100
D) 50
  • 83. During which holiday did shopkeepers across Pakistan refuse to accept Rs. 75 notes?
A) Ramadan
B) Eid al-Adha
C) Eid al-Fitr
D) Independence Day
  • 84. Who posted a video on the central bank's official Twitter account to reassure the public about the Rs. 75 note?
A) Jameel Ahmad
B) Abid Qamar
C) Quaid-e-Azam
D) Raza Baqir
  • 85. Under which section of its Act does the SBP issue all currency?
A) Section 14
B) Section 25
C) Section 75
D) Section 30
  • 86. Which notable historical figure's omission from the 2022 commemorative note stirred debate?
A) Quaid-e-Azam
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  • 87. Is the commemorative Rs. 75 banknote a legal tender?
A) Only for foreign trade
B) No
C) Yes
D) Only temporarily
  • 88. Will the commemorative Rs. 75 banknote impact the overall money supply?
A) Yes, by doubling the supply
B) Yes, by increasing inflation
C) No
D) Yes, significantly
  • 89. How is the release of the Rs. 75 banknote described?
A) An unlimited release
B) A permanent replacement
C) A limited, one-time release
D) A monthly issuance
  • 90. Between 1948 and July 1955, the Pakistani rupee was effectively pegged to which currency?
A) Indian rupee
B) U.S. dollar
C) Gold
D) Pound Sterling
  • 91. Initially, the Indian and Pakistani rupees were at what status?
A) At a 30% discount
B) At parity
C) At a 44% premium
D) Unlinked
  • 92. At what premium was the Pakistani rupee valued against the Indian rupee after 1949?
A) 44%
B) 23%
C) 30%
D) 38.5%
  • 93. When did the Pakistani rupee return to parity with the Indian rupee?
A) 1972
B) 1966
C) 1948
D) 1955
  • 94. What system existed before its collapse, pegging the currency at a fixed exchange rate for international trade?
A) Federal Investigation Agency system
B) Managed float system
C) Current account surplus system
D) Bretton Woods system
  • 95. Before the Bretton Woods collapse, to whom was the dollar convertible for foreign governments?
A) Silver
B) Gold
C) Pound Sterling
D) Indian rupee
  • 96. To which currency was the rupee pegged until 1982?
A) U.S. dollar
B) Indian rupee
C) Gold
D) Pound Sterling
  • 97. Who was the government leader when the rupee changed to a managed float in 1982?
A) An unnamed Federal Investigation head
B) General Zia-ul-Haq
C) Pervez Musharraf
D) The text does not mention another leader
  • 98. What happened to the cost of importing raw materials after the 1982 change?
A) Decreased rapidly
B) Remained stable
C) Increased rapidly
D) Fluctuated daily
  • 99. What pushed the value of the rupee up against the dollar at the turn of the century?
A) Raids by the Federal Investigation Agency
B) A managed float by General Zia-ul-Haq
C) Pakistan's large current account surplus
D) The introduction of the Rs. 75 note
  • 100. What year was termed a disastrous year for the rupee after elections?
A) 2023
B) 1971
C) 2008
D) 1982
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