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Pakistan Studies Easy

Which Pakistani city is known as the Heart of Pakistan due to its cultural and historical significance?

  • ALahore
  • BKarachi
  • CIslamabad
  • DPeshawar
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Correct Answer: Option A — Lahore
Explanation: Lahore is often called the Heart of Pakistan because of its central role in Pakistani culture history literature music and its status as the cultural capital of the country.
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Pakistan Studies Easy

Which Pakistani city is known as the City of Lights?

  • AKarachi
  • BLahore
  • CIslamabad
  • DFaisalabad
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Correct Answer: Option A — Karachi
Explanation: Karachi is popularly known as the City of Lights due to its vibrant nightlife commercial activity and the illuminated skyline that gives it a lively cosmopolitan character.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which river originates in Tibet and flows through Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea?

  • AIndus
  • BJhelum
  • CChenab
  • DRavi
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Correct Answer: Option A — Indus
Explanation: The Indus River originates in the Tibetan Plateau flows through Ladakh and then through the entire length of Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea near Thatta in Sindh.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which city is famous for producing hand-woven carpets and is considered the carpet capital of Pakistan?

  • ALahore
  • BKarachi
  • CQuetta
  • DPeshawar
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Correct Answer: Option D — Peshawar
Explanation: Peshawar is famous for producing hand-woven carpets and is considered the carpet weaving capital of Pakistan with a tradition of carpet making stretching back centuries.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which Pakistani general introduced the Islamisation policy in the 1980s?

  • AAyub Khan
  • BYahya Khan
  • CPervez Musharraf
  • DZia-ul-Haq
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Correct Answer: Option D — Zia-ul-Haq
Explanation: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq introduced sweeping Islamisation policies in Pakistan during the 1980s including the introduction of Islamic laws and courts into the legal system.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which Pakistani Prime Minister was hanged in 1979?

  • ALiaquat Ali Khan
  • BBenazir Bhutto
  • CKhawaja Nazimuddin
  • DZulfikar Ali Bhutto
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Correct Answer: Option D — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Explanation: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged on 4 April 1979 after being convicted of authorising the murder of a political opponent a verdict condemned internationally as politically motivated.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which Pakistani general took power in a military coup in 1999 and later became President?

  • AYahya Khan
  • BAyub Khan
  • CPervez Musharraf
  • DZia-ul-Haq
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Correct Answer: Option C — Pervez Musharraf
Explanation: General Pervez Musharraf took power in a military coup on 12 October 1999 ousting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and later served as President of Pakistan until 2008.
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Pakistan Studies Easy

Which crop is the staple food of most Pakistanis grown extensively in Punjab and Sindh?

  • ACotton
  • BMaize
  • CRice
  • DWheat
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Correct Answer: Option D — Wheat
Explanation: Wheat is the staple food of Pakistan grown extensively in Punjab and Sindh and is essential for the production of bread and roti consumed daily by most Pakistanis.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

Which major agricultural crop is known as the backbone of Pakistan's economy and export earnings?

  • ARice
  • BCotton
  • CWheat
  • DSugarcane
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Correct Answer: Option B — Cotton
Explanation: Cotton is known as the backbone of Pakistan's economy as it supports the textile industry which accounts for the largest share of Pakistan's export earnings.
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Pakistan Studies Medium

What is the name of the line dividing Pakistani-administered and Indian-administered Kashmir?

  • ARadcliffe Line
  • BLine of Control
  • CDurand Line
  • DMcMahon Line
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Correct Answer: Option B — Line of Control
Explanation: The Line of Control LoC is the military control line dividing Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
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