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  • 1. How many provinces does Pakistan have?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Six
D) Four
  • 2. Which of the following is a territory of Pakistan?
A) Sindh
B) Balochistan
C) Gilgit-Baltistan
D) Punjab
  • 3. When was the Gilgit–Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order passed?
A) 2005
B) 2009
C) 2004
D) 1990
  • 4. What is the lowest tier of the local government system mentioned in the text?
A) Union councils
B) Provinces
C) Tehsils
D) Districts
  • 5. Who identified sovereign equality and bilateralism as cardinal features of Pakistan's foreign policy?
A) The Government of Pakistan
B) The United Nations
C) The Commonwealth of Nations
D) Hasan Askari Rizvi
  • 6. How many of the four wars between Pakistan and India were fought over Kashmir?
A) One
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 7. Which treaty is Pakistan a non-signatory of?
A) Commonwealth Agreement
B) United Nations Charter
C) SAARC Charter
D) Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • 8. What is Pakistan's nuclear doctrine called?
A) Enlightened moderation
B) Strategic autonomy
C) Nuclear non-interference
D) Full spectrum deterrence
  • 9. Which country calls Pakistan an 'Iron Brother'?
A) China
B) Turkey
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia
  • 10. In what year was Pakistan granted major non-NATO ally status by the U.S.?
A) 2001
B) 1990
C) 2009
D) 2004
  • 11. Which country acted as an intermediary during an exchange between Pakistan and Israel in 2005?
A) China
B) Turkey
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iran
  • 12. What concept has Pakistan advocated for in the Muslim world?
A) Enlightened moderation
B) Sovereign equality
C) Bilateralism
D) Full spectrum deterrence
  • 13. Which organization is Pakistan a member of?
A) NATO
B) African Union
C) SAARC
D) European Union
  • 14. What was the main reason relations with the US soured in the 1990s?
A) Sanctions over its nuclear program
B) Disagreements over trade
C) The Kashmir conflict
D) The Soviet-Afghan War
  • 15. What type of government is Pakistan?
A) Constitutional monarchy
B) Presidential republic
C) Federal parliamentary republic
D) Absolute monarchy
  • 16. What percentage of Muslim seats did the Muslim League secure in the 1946 elections?
A) 50 percent
B) 90 percent
C) 75 percent
D) 80 percent
  • 17. On what date was the modern state of Pakistan established?
A) 14 August 1948
B) 14 August 1947
C) 11 September 1948
D) 3 June 1947
  • 18. Who was the Viceroy of India during the formal declaration of partition?
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • 19. What was the final slogan used by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his radio address?
A) Long Live India
B) Pakistan Zindabad
C) Azadi Mubarak
D) Allah-o-Akbar
  • 20. Who was appointed as Pakistan's first prime minister?
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Iskander Mirza
C) Ayub Khan
D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • 21. In what year did Pakistan pass the Objectives Resolution?
A) 1949
B) 1947
C) 1973
D) 1956
  • 22. Which leader consolidated control in 1969 and faced a devastating cyclone in East Pakistan?
A) Ayub Khan
B) Yahya Khan
C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
D) Iskander Mirza
  • 23. Which country did East Pakistan become after gaining independence in 1971?
A) Kashmir
B) Punjab
C) Bangladesh
D) West Bengal
  • 24. Who became president following the 1977 military coup?
A) Ayub Khan
B) General Pervez Musharraf
C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
D) General Zia-ul-Haq
  • 25. Who was elected as the country's first female Prime Minister?
A) Benazir Bhutto
B) Imran Khan
C) Nawaz Sharif
D) Asif Ali Zardari
  • 26. What event sparked the Kargil War in 1999?
A) Military tension in the Kargil district
B) A nuclear test
C) A no-confidence vote
D) The death of a prime minister
  • 27. Who served as president from 2001 to 2008?
A) Nawaz Sharif
B) Asif Ali Zardari
C) Zia-ul-Haq
D) Pervez Musharraf
  • 28. Who became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018?
A) Nawaz Sharif
B) Shehbaz Sharif
C) Yusuf Raza Gilani
D) Imran Khan
  • 29. How did Muhammad Ali Jinnah die?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Plane crash
C) Assassination
D) Heart failure
  • 30. What was the estimated number of deaths in the cyclone in East Pakistan in 1970?
A) 500,000
B) 200,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 50,000
  • 31. In which century did Makran come under Muslim rule?
A) 6th century CE
B) 8th century CE
C) 7th century CE
D) 9th century CE
  • 32. Which Arab general conquered Sindh and parts of Punjab in 711 CE?
A) Nader Shah
B) Muhammad ibn Qasim
C) Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque
D) Mu'awiya I
  • 33. What faiths existed in Pakistan before the arrival of Islam?
A) Hinduism and Sikhism only
B) Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Zoroastrianism
C) Christianity, Sikhism, and Judaism
D) Buddhism and Christianity only
  • 34. Who played a pivotal role in converting the regional population to Islam?
A) The British military
B) Mughal emperors
C) Sufi missionaries
D) The Sikh Empire
  • 35. Which dynasties were defeated by Muslim empires in the 7th to 11th centuries?
A) Turk and Hindu Shahi dynasties
B) The Talpur dynasty
C) The Mughal dynasty
D) The Durrani dynasty
  • 36. Which dynasty replaced the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Mughal Empire
B) Sikh Empire
C) Ghorid Empire
D) Ghaznavid Empire
  • 37. Which cities were key urban centres during the Mughal period?
A) Karachi, Hyderabad, and Quetta
B) Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Faisalabad
C) Delhi, Agra, and Kabul
D) Multan, Lahore, Peshawar, and Thatta
  • 38. Who invaded in 1739, hastening the disintegration of the Mughal Empire?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Nader Shah
C) The British East India Company
D) The Sikh Empire
  • 39. What was the status of Karachi in 1839?
A) A major industrial port
B) The capital of the Sikh Empire
C) An independent city-state
D) A small fishing village
  • 40. In which year was the remainder of Sindh annexed by the British?
A) 1849
B) 1857
C) 1839
D) 1843
  • 41. Which conflict occurred in 1843 in Sindh?
A) First Afghan War
B) Anglo-Sikh War
C) Sepoy Mutiny
D) Battle of Miani
  • 42. When was the All-India Muslim League established?
A) 1947
B) 1940
C) 1906
D) 1929
  • 43. Who presented the Lahore Resolution in 1940?
A) Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D) Allama Iqbal
  • 44. What movement did Mahatma Gandhi launch to end British rule?
A) Quit India Movement
B) The Fourteen Points movement
C) Sepoy Mutiny
D) Two-Nation Theory Movement
  • 45. Which power was considered a threat to India during World War II?
A) The Durrani Empire
B) The Russian Empire
C) The Mughal Empire
D) Japanese forces
  • 46. Where were the earliest known stone tools in Pakistan discovered?
A) Soan Valley
B) Taxila
C) Mehrgarh
D) Mohenjo-daro
  • 47. Approximately how old are the earliest stone tools found in the Soan Valley?
A) 1,000 years
B) 2 million years
C) 5,000 years
D) 7,000 years
  • 48. Which Neolithic site is mentioned as being located in the Indus plain region?
A) Bactria
B) Mehrgarh
C) Harappa
D) Gandhara
  • 49. Which civilization is known for its 5,000-year history of urban life in South Asia?
A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Indus Valley Civilisation
C) Indo-Greek Kingdom
D) Rai dynasty
  • 50. Around what year did semi-nomadic Indo-European Aryans migrate into the Indian subcontinent?
A) 185 BCE
B) 326 BCE
C) 517 BCE
D) 2000 BCE
  • 51. Through which mountain pass did the Aryans perhaps migrate into the subcontinent?
A) Lowari Pass
B) Bolan Pass
C) Karakoram Pass
D) Khyber Pass
  • 52. What ancient civilization flourished at the crossroads of India, Central Asia, and the Middle East?
A) Gandhara Civilisation
B) Mauryan Empire
C) Rai dynasty
D) Achaemenid Empire
  • 53. The western regions of Pakistan became part of the Achaemenid Empire in what year?
A) 517 BCE
B) 180 BCE
C) 326 BCE
D) 489 CE
  • 54. Whom did Alexander the Great defeat at Jhelum in 326 BCE?
A) King Porus
B) Demetrius
C) Ashoka
D) Menander
  • 55. Who introduced Buddhism to the region during the Mauryan rule?
A) Menander
B) Demetrius
C) Ashoka
D) Alexander the Great
  • 56. Under which ruler did the Indo-Greek Kingdom reach its greatest extent?
A) Menander
B) Demetrius
C) Ashoka
D) King Porus
  • 57. Which dynasty ruled Sindh and surrounding territories at its zenith between 489–632 CE?
A) Indo-Greek dynasty
B) Rai dynasty
C) Achaemenid dynasty
D) Mauryan dynasty
  • 58. What form of culture flourished under Menander's rule?
A) Greco-Buddhist
B) Achaemenid
C) Neolithic
D) Vedic
  • 59. In what year was the pamphlet 'Now or Never' published?
A) 1933
B) 1929
C) 1940
D) 1947
  • 60. What was the original spelling of Pakistan used in the pamphlet?
A) Pakstan
B) Pakistan
C) Paks-Tan
D) Pak-Stan
  • 61. In Persian and Pashto, what does the word 'pāk' mean?
A) Holy
B) Strong
C) Pure
D) Great
  • 62. Which of the following was NOT one of the regions Rahmat Ali used to form the acronym Pakistan?
A) Sindh
B) Kashmir
C) Bengal
D) Panjab
  • 63. What name did Rahmat Ali propose for the Muslim areas of Bengal?
A) Banglastan
B) Pak-Bangla
C) Benglistan
D) Islamabad
  • 64. What name did Rahmat Ali propose for Hyderabad State?
A) Osmanistan
B) Haideristan
C) Deccanistan
D) Nizamistan
  • 65. In which region is Pakistan located?
A) Central Asia
B) South Asia
C) Middle East
D) Southeast Asia
  • 66. What is the capital city of Pakistan?
A) Karachi
B) Rawalpindi
C) Islamabad
D) Lahore
  • 67. What is the largest city and financial centre of Pakistan?
A) Faisalabad
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Multan
  • 68. Which body of water is located to the south of Pakistan?
A) Bay of Bengal
B) Arabian Sea
C) Persian Gulf
D) Red Sea
  • 69. Pakistan is the world's ____ largest standing armed forces.
A) third-largest
B) tenth-largest
C) seventh-largest
D) fifth-largest
  • 70. When did Pakistan adopt its republican constitution?
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1971
D) 1947
  • 71. What narrow corridor separates Pakistan from Tajikistan?
A) Khyber Pass
B) Siachen Corridor
C) Wakhan Corridor
D) Bolans Pass
  • 72. Which empire ruled over the region before the British Raj?
A) Romans
B) Ottomans
C) Mughals
D) Safavids
  • 73. What status does the United States designate to Pakistan?
A) NATO member
B) Commonwealth partner
C) Major non-NATO ally
D) Strategic rival
  • 74. What is the total area of Pakistan in square kilometers?
A) 800,500 km2
B) 881,913 km2
C) 796,095 km2
D) 950,000 km2
  • 75. How long is Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman?
A) 850 km
B) 1,046 km
C) 1,200 km
D) 950 km
  • 76. Which mountain range is located in the northern highlands of Pakistan?
A) Karakoram
B) Andes
C) Himalayas
D) Alps
  • 77. What is the height of K2?
A) 8,848 m
B) 8,611 m
C) 7,500 m
D) 8,126 m
  • 78. How many of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders are located in Pakistan?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 79. In which months does Pakistan experience a cool, dry winter?
A) March through May
B) September through November
C) June through August
D) December through February
  • 80. What is the length of the Indus River?
A) 2,000 km
B) 2,500 km
C) 1,200 km
D) 1,609 km
  • 81. Which desert is located in the east of Pakistan?
A) Kharan Desert
B) Sahara Desert
C) Cholistan Desert
D) Thar Desert
  • 82. Which region is prone to powerful earthquakes due to its location on the edge of the Indian Plate?
A) Balochistan
B) Azad Kashmir
C) Sindh
D) Punjab
  • 83. What is the duration of the southwest monsoon season in Pakistan?
A) March through May
B) December through February
C) October and November
D) June through September
  • 84. Which country borders Pakistan to the west with 909 km?
A) Iran
B) China
C) India
D) Afghanistan
  • 85. Which tree species is specifically mentioned as being found in the Sulaiman Mountains?
A) Deodar cedar
B) Ephedra
C) Coconut palm
D) Shisham
  • 86. What type of forest dominates the coastal wetlands in southern Pakistan?
A) Alpine forests
B) Xeric shrublands
C) Mangrove forests
D) Coniferous forests
  • 87. Which plant is prevalent in the xeric regions of Balochistan?
A) Coconut
B) Ephedra
C) Shisham
D) Spruce
  • 88. How many bird species are recorded in Pakistan?
A) 198
B) 177
C) 668
D) 174
  • 89. Where is the western tragopan found?
A) Cholistan
B) Palas, Kohistan
C) Balochistan
D) Indus plains
  • 90. What animal is found in significant numbers in Cholistan?
A) Striped hyena
B) Asiatic jackal
C) Marco Polo sheep
D) Chinkara
  • 91. What was Pakistan's score on the 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index?
A) 7.42/10
B) 4.8/10
C) 41/100
D) 172/10
  • 92. Which animal is mentioned as being found in the mountainous north?
A) Small Indian civet
B) Mugger crocodile
C) Markhor goat
D) Indian pangolin
  • 93. How many species of mammals have been recorded in Pakistan?
A) 174
B) 177
C) 22
D) 198
  • 94. Which of these animals is found in central Pakistan's sandy scrublands?
A) Mugger crocodile
B) Coconut palm
C) Leopards
D) Blind Indus river dolphin
  • 95. What is the state religion of Pakistan?
A) Buddhism
B) Hinduism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
  • 96. When did Pakistan experience its first successful democratic transition?
A) May 2013
B) May 1988
C) May 2008
D) May 1999
  • 97. Which political party is described as socialist?
A) Pakistani People's Party
B) Pakistan Muslim League (N)
C) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
D) Jamaat-e-Islami
  • 98. How many members serve in the Senate?
A) 70
B) 100
C) 96
D) 336
  • 99. Who serves as the ceremonial head of state and civilian commander-in-chief?
A) The President
B) The Prime Minister
C) The Chief of Army Staff
D) The Chief Justice
  • 100. How many seats are reserved for women and religious minorities in the National Assembly?
A) 70
B) 50
C) 336
D) 96
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