1. The Lahore Resolution was passed in:
A) 1938
B) 1940
C) 1942
D) 1946
Answer: B
2. Pakistan came into existence on:
A) 14 August 1947
B) 15 August 1947
C) 23 March 1940
D) 26 January 1950
Answer: A
3. The founder of Pakistan is:
A) Allama Iqbal
B) Liaquat Ali Khan
C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: C
4. The first Governor-General of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Iskander Mirza
D) Khawaja Nazimuddin
Answer: B
5. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Ayub Khan
C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
D) Nawaz Sharif
Answer: A
6. The Two-Nation Theory was given by:
A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Quaid-e-Azam
D) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: B
7. Allama Iqbal’s Allahabad Address was delivered in:
A) 1928
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1935
Answer: C
8. The Muslim League was founded in:
A) 1905
B) 1906
C) 1911
D) 1919
Answer: B
9. The capital of Pakistan was shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in:
A) 1959
B) 1965
C) 1967
D) 1970
Answer: C
10. Objective Resolution was passed in:
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1956
D) 1962
Answer: B
11. Pakistan’s first constitution was enforced in:
A) 1954
B) 1956
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: B
12. The first President of Pakistan was:
A) Iskander Mirza
B) Ayub Khan
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Ghulam Muhammad
Answer: A
13. The capital of Pakistan at independence was:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Peshawar
Answer: B
14. The Indus Water Treaty was signed in:
A) 1958
B) 1960
C) 1965
D) 1971
Answer: B
15. The Simla Agreement was signed in:
A) 1947
B) 1965
C) 1972
D) 1974
Answer: C
16. Pakistan joined the United Nations in:
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1949
D) 1950
Answer: B
17. The capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is:
A) Quetta
B) Peshawar
C) Karachi
D) Lahore
Answer: B
18. The capital of Punjab is:
A) Multan
B) Faisalabad
C) Lahore
D) Rawalpindi
Answer: C
19. The capital of Sindh is:
A) Hyderabad
B) Karachi
C) Sukkur
D) Larkana
Answer: B
20. The capital of Balochistan is:
A) Gwadar
B) Quetta
C) Turbat
D) Khuzdar
Answer: B
21. Pakistan’s national language is:
A) Punjabi
B) English
C) Urdu
D) Sindhi
Answer: C
22. National anthem of Pakistan was composed by:
A) Hafeez Jullundhri
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
D) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Answer: A
23. The national flag of Pakistan was designed by:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Amiruddin Kidwai
C) Allama Iqbal
D) Quaid-e-Azam
Answer: B
24. Pakistan became a republic in:
A) 1947
B) 1956
C) 1962
D) 1973
Answer: B
25. 1973 Constitution was enforced in:
A) 1972
B) 1973
C) 1974
D) 1975
Answer: B
26. The first martial law in Pakistan was imposed in:
A) 1958
B) 1969
C) 1977
D) 1999
Answer: A
27. Ayub Khan became President in:
A) 1956
B) 1958
C) 1962
D) 1965
Answer: B
28. Pakistan lost East Pakistan in:
A) 1965
B) 1970
C) 1971
D) 1973
Answer: C
29. East Pakistan became Bangladesh in:
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1973
Answer: B
30. The capital of Bangladesh is:
A) Dhaka
B) Chittagong
C) Khulna
D) Rajshahi
Answer: A
31. The founder of Pakistan Muslim League is:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Nawab Salimullah
D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: C
32. The Pakistan Resolution is also called:
A) Delhi Resolution
B) Lahore Resolution
C) Karachi Resolution
D) Lucknow Resolution
Answer: B
33. The Lucknow Pact was signed in:
A) 1915
B) 1916
C) 1917
D) 1918
Answer: B
34. Quit India Movement started in:
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1944
D) 1946
Answer: B
35. Cabinet Mission Plan came in:
A) 1945
B) 1946
C) 1947
D) 1948
Answer: B
36. The last Viceroy of British India was:
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Curzon
D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: B
37. Pakistan’s first census was held in:
A) 1948
B) 1951
C) 1956
D) 1960
Answer: B
38. First Governor of State Bank of Pakistan was:
A) Zahid Hussain
B) Ghulam Muhammad
C) Iskander Mirza
D) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: A
39. Pakistan became member of SAARC in:
A) 1983
B) 1985
C) 1987
D) 1989
Answer: B
40. Headquarters of SAARC is in:
A) Dhaka
B) Kathmandu
C) Delhi
D) Islamabad
Answer: B
41. Minar-e-Pakistan is located in:
A) Karachi
B) Lahore
C) Islamabad
D) Multan
Answer: B
42. Badshahi Mosque was built by:
A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
Answer: B
43. Lahore is also called:
A) City of Lights
B) Heart of Pakistan
C) Paris of East
D) City of Gardens
Answer: D
44. Pakistan’s currency is:
A) Dollar
B) Rupee
C) Taka
D) Dinar
Answer: B
45. National flower of Pakistan is:
A) Sunflower
B) Rose
C) Jasmine
D) Tulip
Answer: C
46. National bird of Pakistan is:
A) Eagle
B) Parrot
C) Chakor
D) Peacock
Answer: C
47. National animal of Pakistan is:
A) Lion
B) Deer
C) Markhor
D) Tiger
Answer: C
48. First constitution was abrogated in:
A) 1958
B) 1962
C) 1971
D) 1977
Answer: A
49. Ayub Khan introduced constitution in:
A) 1956
B) 1962
C) 1965
D) 1969
Answer: B
50. Simla Agreement was signed by:
A) Bhutto & Gandhi
B) Bhutto & Indira Gandhi
C) Ayub & Nehru
D) Zia & Rajiv
Answer: B
51. The 1965 Pakistan-India war started in:
A) April 1965
B) June 1965
C) September 1965
D) December 1965
Answer: C
52. The Tashkent Agreement was signed in:
A) 1965
B) 1966
C) 1967
D) 1968
Answer: B
53. The Tashkent Agreement was signed between Pakistan and:
A) China
B) USA
C) USSR
D) India
Answer: D
54. The capital of Pakistan was shifted to Islamabad in:
A) 1960
B) 1965
C) 1967
D) 1970
Answer: C
55. The first census of Pakistan was conducted in:
A) 1947
B) 1951
C) 1956
D) 1961
Answer: B
56. The Indus Basin Treaty was mediated by:
A) China
B) United Nations
C) World Bank
D) USA
Answer: C
57. Pakistan became a member of SEATO in:
A) 1950
B) 1952
C) 1954
D) 1956
Answer: C
58. Pakistan joined CENTO in:
A) 1953
B) 1955
C) 1957
D) 1959
Answer: B
59. The capital of Pakistan during 1950s was:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Rawalpindi
D) Peshawar
Answer: B
60. The first military ruler of Pakistan was:
A) Yahya Khan
B) Ayub Khan
C) Iskander Mirza
D) Zia-ul-Haq
Answer: C
61. Ayub Khan introduced “Basic Democracies” in:
A) 1958
B) 1959
C) 1960
D) 1962
Answer: B
62. The 1962 Constitution of Pakistan was presidential in nature and introduced by:
A) Zia-ul-Haq
B) Ayub Khan
C) Yahya Khan
D) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: B
63. Pakistan’s first space satellite project was:
A) Suparco
B) Badar-1
C) Shaheen
D) Rehbar
Answer: B
64. Pakistan’s nuclear program was officially initiated in:
A) 1965
B) 1972
C) 1974
D) 1976
Answer: B
65. The first nuclear reactor in Pakistan was established at:
A) Karachi
B) Islamabad
C) Lahore
D) Rawalpindi
Answer: A
66. The Simla Agreement led to return of:
A) Kashmir
B) POWs
C) Gilgit
D) Siachen
Answer: B
67. The 1973 Constitution was framed under:
A) Ayub Khan
B) Zia-ul-Haq
C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
D) Yahya Khan
Answer: C
68. National Assembly of Pakistan is also called:
A) Senate
B) Upper House
C) Lower House
D) Parliament
Answer: C
69. Senate of Pakistan is:
A) Upper House
B) Lower House
C) Provincial House
D) Judicial House
Answer: A
70. The first Speaker of National Assembly was:
A) Ayaz Sadiq
B) Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
C) Abdul Jabbar Khan
D) Yousaf Raza Gillani
Answer: C
71. Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in:
A) 1975
B) 1977
C) 1979
D) 1981
Answer: B
72. General Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash in:
A) 1986
B) 1987
C) 1988
D) 1989
Answer: C
73. Pakistan became nuclear power in:
A) 1990
B) 1998
C) 1995
D) 2001
Answer: B
74. Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in:
A) Ras Koh Hills
B) Thar Desert
C) Cholistan
D) Bolan Pass
Answer: A
75. Pakistan’s first Prime Minister to complete full term was:
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C) Nawaz Sharif (first term)
D) Imran Khan
Answer: C
76. The Kargil conflict occurred in:
A) 1997
B) 1998
C) 1999
D) 2000
Answer: C
77. Pervez Musharraf came into power in:
A) 1998
B) 1999
C) 2000
D) 2001
Answer: B
78. Pakistan joined Shanghai Cooperation Organization in:
A) 2015
B) 2016
C) 2017
D) 2018
Answer: C
79. The capital of Pakistan is:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Peshawar
Answer: C
80. Pakistan’s largest province by area is:
A) Punjab
B) Sindh
C) Balochistan
D) KPK
Answer: C
81. The largest city of Pakistan is:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Faisalabad
Answer: B
82. The Pakistan Resolution Monument is located in:
A) Karachi
B) Islamabad
C) Lahore
D) Peshawar
Answer: C
83. Pakistan became member of Commonwealth in:
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1955
Answer: A
84. The first General Elections in Pakistan were held in:
A) 1965
B) 1969
C) 1970
D) 1973
Answer: C
85. Bangladesh separated from Pakistan after elections of:
A) 1965
B) 1969
C) 1970
D) 1972
Answer: C
86. The first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
A) Fatima Jinnah
B) Benazir Bhutto
C) Maryam Nawaz
D) Hina Rabbani
Answer: B
87. Benazir Bhutto was first elected in:
A) 1985
B) 1988
C) 1990
D) 1993
Answer: B
88. Pakistan joined ECO in:
A) 1985
B) 1989
C) 1992
D) 1995
Answer: C
89. Pakistan’s Independence Day is also called:
A) Republic Day
B) Pakistan Day
C) Freedom Day
D) National Day
Answer: C
90. Pakistan Day is celebrated on:
A) 14 August
B) 23 March
C) 25 December
D) 1 January
Answer: B
91. Quaid-e-Azam’s birth date is:
A) 25 December 1876
B) 14 August 1875
C) 11 September 1876
D) 23 March 1875
Answer: A
92. Quaid-e-Azam died in:
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1949
D) 1950
Answer: B
93. The founder of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam was:
A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Abdul Latif
D) Nawab Salimullah
Answer: C
94. The first Muslim President of India Muslim League was:
A) Aga Khan III
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Nawab Salimullah
Answer: A
95. The Pakistan Resolution venue is now called:
A) Minar-e-Pakistan
B) Quaid-e-Azam Library
C) Badshahi Mosque
D) Shalimar Gardens
Answer: A
96. Pakistan’s largest dam is:
A) Warsak
B) Tarbela
C) Mangla
D) Hub
Answer: B
97. The second largest dam in Pakistan is:
A) Tarbela
B) Mangla
C) Warsak
D) Diamer-Bhasha
Answer: B
98. Pakistan’s national tree is:
A) Deodar
B) Pine
C) Neem
D) Banyan
Answer: A
99. Pakistan’s first radio broadcast started in:
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1949
D) 1950
Answer: B
100. Radio Pakistan headquarters is located in:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Peshawar
Answer: C