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931
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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932
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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933
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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934
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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935
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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936
Pakistan Studies Easy

Benazir Bhutto became the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan in which year?

  • A1986
  • B1988
  • C1990
  • D1993
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Correct Answer: Option B — 1988
Explanation: Benazir Bhutto was elected Prime Minister in 1988, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority country, following the death of Zia-ul-Haq in a plane crash.
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937
Pakistan Studies Medium

General Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in which year?

  • A1971
  • B1977
  • C1985
  • D1988
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Correct Answer: Option B — 1977
Explanation: General Zia-ul-Haq overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government and imposed martial law in July 1977, beginning over a decade of military rule marked by Islamization policies.
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938
Pakistan Studies Medium

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded which political party in 1967?

  • AMuslim League
  • BPakistan Peoples Party
  • CAwami League
  • DJamaat-e-Islami
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Correct Answer: Option B — Pakistan Peoples Party
Explanation: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the Pakistan Peoples Party in 1967, which went on to become one of the country's major political forces, particularly strong in Sindh and parts of Punjab.
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939
Pakistan Studies Easy

Who was the last Viceroy of British India who oversaw the transfer of power?

  • ALord Wavell
  • BLord Mountbatten
  • CLord Linlithgow
  • DLord Irwin
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Correct Answer: Option B — Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: Lord Mountbatten served as the last Viceroy of British India, overseeing the transfer of power and the partition process that led to the independence of India and Pakistan in August 1947.
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940
Pakistan Studies Medium

The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?

  • A1885
  • B1900
  • C1906
  • D1916
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Correct Answer: Option A — 1885
Explanation: The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885, initially as a platform for educated Indians to voice political demands, later becoming the principal vehicle of the independence movement.
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