Pakistan Affairs – 2008 Solved MCQs

Pakistan Affairs – 2008
Solved MCQs

i. Mahmud of Ghazni waged war against rebellious India in the year of:

a. 900
b. 1000
c. 1100
d. None of these

ii. Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Ghuri defeated Pirthviraj in the year 1192 in the field of:

a. Panipat
b. Nagpur
c. Tarori or Tarain
d. None of these

iii. Qutb-ud-Din Aibak was succeeded on Delhi throne by:

a. Aram Shah
b. Iltumish
c. Razia Sultana
d. None of these

iv. The downfall of Muslim rule in India started with the demise of:

a. Akbar
b. Aurangzeb
c. Bahadur Shah Zafar
d. None of these

v. The Holy Quran was first translated into Persian by:

a. Shah Ismail Shaheed
b. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
c. Shah Waliullah
d. None of these

vi. Anjuman-e-Islamia Punjab was founded for the renaissance of Islam in the year:

a. 1849
b. 1859
c. 1869
d. None of these

vii. “Pakistan’s Constitution should incorporate the essential principles of Islam, which are as good and relevant in our day, as were 1300 years ago. But Pakistan should not be a theocratic state ruled by priests.” This statement was given by:

a. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
b. Allama Iqbal
c. Quaid-e-Azam
d. None of these

viii. Who was appointed first President of Muslim league?

a. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
b. Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
c. Nawab Saleem Ullah
d. None of these

ix. Who divided Bengal into East and West Bengal in July 1905?

a. Lord Curzon
b. Lord Minto
c. Lord Morely
d. None of these

x. Dyarchy was first introduced in the Act of:

a. 1909
b. 1919
c. 1935
d. None of these.

xi. The resolution of non-cooperation with British Government was passed in the meeting of All India National Congress in 1920, which was held at:

a. Madras
b. Bomby
c. Nagpur
d. None of these (Calcutta)

xii. The Simon Commission arrived in India on:

a. 3rd February, 1927
b. 3rd February, 1928
c. 3rd February, 1929
d. None of these

xiii. The British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award in 1932 at the end of:

a. First Round Table Conference
b. Second Round Table Conference
c. Third Round Table Conference
d. None of these

xiv. All India Muslim League observed the “Direct Action Day” on:

a. August 6, 1944
b. August 6, 1945
c. August 6, 1946
d. None of these (16 August, 1946)

xv. Objective Resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on:

a. March 12, 1947
b. March 12, 1948
c. March 12, 1949
d. None of these

xvi. With regard the division of power between Federation and Provinces the Constitution of Pakistan (1962) was provided with:

a. Single list of subjects
b. Two lists of subjects
c. Three lists of subjects
d. None of these

xvii. The height of Pakistan’s highest mountain Pak-Godwin Austin is as high as:

a. 26, 250 ft
b. 27, 250 ft
c. 28, 250 ft
d. None of these

xviii. The Government of Pakistan established the Indus River System Authority in the year:

a. 1960
b. 1970
c. 1980
d. None of these

xix. Under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 Pakistan has the right to use exclusively the water of:

a. Ravi, Sutleg and Chenab
b. Sutleg, Chenab and Jhelum
c. Chenab, Jhelum and Indus
d. None of these

xx. At present Pakistan has vast natural resources and items of mineral as many as:

a. 14 items
b. 15 items
c. 16 items
d. None of these.