Punjab PMS Screening Test: Pakistan Affairs MCQs with Answers

Question 1

When was the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) established?

Accepted Answer

On February 12, 1960

Answer

On February 12, 1958

Answer

On February 12, 1959

Answer

On February 12, 1961

Question 2

The dissolution of the One Unit scheme and restoration of the four provinces of West Pakistan occurred in which year?

Accepted Answer

1970

Answer

1969

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1971

Answer

1972

Question 3

When did nationalization of industries and educational institutions take place in Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

in 1972

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in 1971

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in 1975

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in 1977

Question 4

After the suppression of the War of Independence 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to which city?

Accepted Answer

Rangoon

Answer

London

Answer

Lahore

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Delhi

Question 5

The Shahi Qila (Lahore Fort) is located in which city?

Accepted Answer

Lahore

Answer

Sukkur

Answer

Quetta

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Peshawar

Question 6

Which cement brand is associated with the Cherat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

Accepted Answer

Cherat Cement

Answer

Lucky Cement

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DG Khan Cement

Answer

Maple Leaf Cement

Question 7

Which Sultan of Delhi has been termed the "Mad Monarch" by some historians?

Accepted Answer

Muhammad bin Tughluq

Answer

Ghiyasuddin Balban

Answer

Alauddin Khalji

Answer

Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

Question 8

The Objectives Resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly in which year?

Accepted Answer

1949

Answer

1947

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1951

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1953

Question 9

General Pervez Musharraf introduced the 17th Constitutional Amendment primarily to legalize which of his actions?

Accepted Answer

Imposition of martial law and his dual role as President and Army Chief

Answer

Dissolution of the Senate

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Merger of FATA with KP

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Abolition of the Senate

Question 10

What was the important element in the strength of the revolt of 1857?

Accepted Answer

Hindu-Muslim unity

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Leadership of Nana Sahib

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Leadership of the Rani of Jhansi

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Support of Bahadur Shah

Question 11

Who was finance minister before becoming Governor General of Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

Ghulam Muhammad

Answer

I.I. Chundrigar

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Ishaq Khan

Answer

Ch. Muhammad Ali

Question 12

General Zia ul Haq died in an air crash near which city in Pakistan in 1988?

Accepted Answer

Bahawalpur

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Karachi

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Islamabad

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Multan

Question 13

Agra city was founded by _______.

Accepted Answer

Sikandar Lodhi

Answer

Bahlul Khan Lodhi

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Ibrahim Lodhi

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Malik Sultan Shah Lodi

Question 14

In what order did Nawaz Sharif serve as Prime Minister? He served his first term from 1990 to 1993. When did his third term begin?

Accepted Answer

2013

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2011

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2015

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2008

Question 15

Which mineral resource is associated with the Thar Desert in Sindh?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Answer

Copper

Answer

Natural Gas

Answer

Chromite