HEC USAT-A (Arts & Humanities): Pakistan Affairs MCQs with Answers

Question 1

The range of the Hatf-I missile is _________.

Accepted Answer

90 km

Answer

100 km

Answer

65 km

Answer

105 km

Question 2

Which of the following deserts is known as the 'friendly desert'?

Accepted Answer

Thal

Answer

Thar

Answer

Cholistan

Answer

Nara

Question 3

Allama Iqbal is also called "Shair-e-Mashriq" which means what in English?

Accepted Answer

Poet of the East

Answer

Poet of the West

Answer

Poet of the Nation

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Poet of Islam

Question 4

Which Viceroy of India announced the Mountbatten Plan (3 June Plan) for the partition of India?

Accepted Answer

Lord Mountbatten

Answer

Lord Wavell

Answer

Lord Linlithgow

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Lord Irwin

Question 5

Minto Park is now officially called __________.

Accepted Answer

Iqbal Park

Answer

Jinnah Park

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Lawrence Park

Answer

Patriot Park

Question 6

In 1955, the Muslim League formed a coalition government with which party?

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Answer

United Front

Answer

Jamaat-e-Islami

Answer

Awami National Party

Question 7

When were banks nationalized in Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

in 1972

Answer

in 1974

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in 1975

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in 1977

Question 8

The office of District Magistrate was abolished by the ___________.

Accepted Answer

Police Order, 2002

Answer

Local Government Ordinance, 2001

Answer

Amendments in the code of Criminal Procedure

Answer

18th Amendment in the Constitution

Question 9

The pivot point of Pakistan's foreign policy is:

Accepted Answer

All of these

Answer

Defense

Answer

Kashmir

Answer

Trade and Commerce

Question 10

In India, English education was first initiated in Bengal in:

Accepted Answer

in 1835

Answer

in 1813

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in 1829

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in 1854

Question 11

What was Tipu Sultan's real name?

Accepted Answer

Fateh Ali Khan

Answer

Haider Ali

Answer

Mir Sadiq

Answer

Kharak Singh

Question 12

Kashmir Solidarity Day was first celebrated in:

Accepted Answer

in 1990

Answer

in 1989

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in 1991

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in 1992

Question 13

The Cripps Mission of 1942 failed primarily because it did not offer immediate independence and was rejected by which two parties?

Accepted Answer

Congress and Muslim League

Answer

Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha

Answer

Congress and Hindu Mahasabha

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Muslim League only

Question 14

The capital of Tipu Sultan (Fateh Ali), where he died fighting the fourth Anglo-Mysore war, was:

Accepted Answer

Srirangapatna (Seringapatam)

Answer

Mysore

Answer

Bangalore

Answer

Calicut

Question 15

Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka played a key role in the founding of the All India Muslim League in 1906 by

Accepted Answer

Providing his palace as the venue and rallying Muslim leaders

Answer

Presiding over the founding session

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Drafting the constitution of the Muslim League

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Representing the Muslim League at the Simla Deputation