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101
Pakistan Studies Easy

Pakistan's membership in the United Nations was granted in which year?

  • A1945
  • B1947
  • C1948
  • D1950
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Correct Answer: Option B — 1947
Explanation: Pakistan became a member of the United Nations on 30 September 1947, shortly after gaining independence, joining the international body as a sovereign state.
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102
Pakistan Studies Easy

Which Pakistani city is the country's primary financial and commercial hub?

  • ALahore
  • BKarachi
  • CFaisalabad
  • DIslamabad
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Correct Answer: Option B — Karachi
Explanation: Karachi, as Pakistan's largest city and former capital, serves as the country's principal financial, commercial, and industrial hub, hosting the Karachi Stock Exchange and major ports.
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103
Pakistan Studies Medium

The Mangla Dam is constructed on which river?

  • AIndus
  • BJhelum
  • CChenab
  • DKabul
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Correct Answer: Option B — Jhelum
Explanation: Mangla Dam, one of the largest dams in the world, is built on the Jhelum River in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, primarily serving irrigation and hydroelectric power generation purposes.
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104
Pakistan Studies Easy

Which province produces the majority of Pakistan's wheat output?

  • ASindh
  • BPunjab
  • CBalochistan
  • DKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Correct Answer: Option B — Punjab
Explanation: Punjab, often called the breadbasket of Pakistan, produces the largest share of the country's wheat due to its fertile alluvial soil and extensive irrigation network from the Indus Basin.
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105
Pakistan Studies Easy

Which crop is Pakistan's leading cash crop in terms of export earnings historically?

  • AWheat
  • BRice
  • CCotton
  • DSugarcane
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Correct Answer: Option C — Cotton
Explanation: Cotton has traditionally been Pakistan's most important cash crop, forming the backbone of the textile industry, which remains the country's largest export-earning sector.
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106
Pakistan Studies Medium

Who wrote the lyrics of Pakistan's national anthem?

  • AFaiz Ahmad Faiz
  • BHafeez Jalandhari
  • CAhmad Ghulamali Chagla
  • DJosh Malihabadi
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Correct Answer: Option B — Hafeez Jalandhari
Explanation: Hafeez Jalandhari wrote the lyrics of Pakistan's national anthem, officially adopted in 1954, composed predominantly in Persianized Urdu reflecting the country's cultural and Islamic identity.
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107
Pakistan Studies Easy

The bicameral federal legislature of Pakistan consists of the National Assembly and which other house?

  • AProvincial Assembly
  • BSenate
  • CFederal Council
  • DSupreme Council
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Correct Answer: Option B — Senate
Explanation: Pakistan's Parliament is bicameral, comprising the directly elected National Assembly and the Senate, which represents the provinces equally and provides continuity through staggered elections.
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108
Pakistan Studies Medium

Islamabad was established as the capital of Pakistan, replacing which city as the seat of government?

  • ALahore
  • BKarachi
  • CRawalpindi
  • DPeshawar
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Correct Answer: Option B — Karachi
Explanation: Karachi served as Pakistan's first capital until the 1960s, when the government decided to build a new planned capital, Islamabad, near Rawalpindi, which became operational in the following decade.
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109
Pakistan Studies Medium

Which of the following is NOT one of the four provinces of Pakistan?

  • APunjab
  • BSindh
  • CGilgit-Baltistan
  • DBalochistan
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Correct Answer: Option C — Gilgit-Baltistan
Explanation: Gilgit-Baltistan, while administratively significant and self-governing, is not formally one of Pakistan's four constitutional provinces, which are Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.
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110
Pakistan Studies Medium

General Pervez Musharraf came to power through which event in 1999?

  • AGeneral election
  • BMilitary coup
  • CPresidential appointment
  • DJudicial order
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Correct Answer: Option B — Military coup
Explanation: General Pervez Musharraf seized power through a bloodless military coup in October 1999, removing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government and later assuming the presidency.
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