PPSC Assistant Director (BS-17): Pakistan Affairs MCQs with Answers

Question 1

The range of the Hatf-I missile is _________.

Accepted Answer

90 km

Answer

100 km

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65 km

Answer

105 km

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Thal

Answer

Thar

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Cholistan

Answer

Nara

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Poet of the East

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Poet of the West

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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

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Lord Wavell

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Lord Linlithgow

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Lord Irwin

Question 5

Minto Park is now officially called __________.

Accepted Answer

Iqbal Park

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Jinnah Park

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Lawrence Park

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Patriot Park

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Answer

United Front

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Jamaat-e-Islami

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Awami National Party

Question 7

When were banks nationalized in Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

in 1972

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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

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Local Government Ordinance, 2001

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Amendments in the code of Criminal Procedure

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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

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Trade and Commerce

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

in 1835

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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

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Haider Ali

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Mir Sadiq

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Kharak Singh

Question 12

Kashmir Solidarity Day was first celebrated in:

Accepted Answer

in 1990

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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

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Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha

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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

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Bangalore

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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

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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