Level 1
Founding Fathers MCQs set 2 for Quaid-i-Azam University Entry Test Pakistan Affairs — 20 solved questions.
Q1. When did Quaid-e-Azam meet M.K. Gandhi for the first time?
Answer: In 1916
Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah first met Mahatma Gandhi in 1916 at the Lucknow Congress session, where both leaders worked together on the Lucknow Pact.
Q2. Who inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan?
Answer: Quaid-e-Azam
Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan on July 1, 1948, delivering his last major public address in which he outlined his economic vision for Pakistan.
Q3. Who led Quaid-e-Azam's funeral prayer?
Answer: Shabbir Ahmed Usmani
Explanation: Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, a prominent Islamic scholar and founding figure of Pakistan, led the funeral prayer of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on September 12, 1948.
Q4. What was the name of the mother of Allama Iqbal?
Answer: Imam Bibi
Explanation: The correct answer is Imam Bibi. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q5. Author of 'With the Quaid-i-Azam During His Last Days' is__________.
Answer: Col. Elahi Bakash
Explanation: Col. Ilahi Bakhsh, who served as Jinnah's personal physician, authored "With the Quaid-i-Azam During His Last Days," providing first-hand accounts of Jinnah's final illness and death.
Q6. The title "Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim-Unity" was given to Muhammad Ali Jinnah by:
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
Explanation: The correct answer is Sarojini Naidu. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q7. The Lucknow Pact was signed between:
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Explanation: The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was signed between the Indian National Congress, represented by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and the All-India Muslim League, represented by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, establishing Hindu-Muslim political unity.
Q8. Pakistan's ambassador to USA
Answer: A.H. Isphahani
Explanation: A.H. Isphahani (Mirza Abol Hassan Isphahani) was Pakistan's first Ambassador to the United States, appointed in 1947, and was a close associate of Quaid-e-Azam.
Q9. On 7th August, Muhammad Ali Jinnah left India for the last time and flew to:
Answer: Karachi
Explanation: The correct answer is Karachi. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q10. The Lucknow Pact was conceived by?
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah is credited as the chief architect of the Lucknow Pact of 1916, which he conceived and negotiated as a framework for Congress-League cooperation and Hindu-Muslim unity.
Q11. Which institution did Quaid-e-Azam join to be called to the Bar, becoming the youngest Indian to do so?
Answer: Lincoln's Inn
Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah enrolled at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1893 and was called to the Bar in 1896 at age 19, making him the youngest Indian ever to qualify as a barrister at the time.
Q12. Madr-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah died in the year:
Answer: 1967
Explanation: The correct answer is 1967. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q13. Which leader attended all three Round Table Conferences besides Begum Jahanara Shah Nawaz?
Answer: Sir Muhammad Zafarullah
Explanation: Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan attended all three Round Table Conferences (1930, 1931, 1932), alongside Begum Jahanara Shah Nawaz, consistently representing Muslim interests in the constitutional discussions.
Q14. Quaid-e-Azam gave his Fourteen Points in reaction to the _________.
Answer: Nehru Report
Explanation: The correct answer is Nehru Report. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q15. When was the Liaquat-Nehru Pact signed between Pakistan and India?
Answer: 1950
Explanation: The correct answer is 1950. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q16. Who rejected the Nehru Report?
Answer: Jinnah
Explanation: The correct answer is Jinnah. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q17. Pakistan's standard time was suggested by ________.
Answer: Professor Muhammad Anwar
Explanation: Professor Muhammad Anwar, a Pakistani astronomer, suggested that Pakistan's standard time should be UTC+5, which was officially adopted.
Q18. Why did Quaid-e-Azam launch Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946?
Answer: To protest the breach of pledge by the Cabinet Mission/Viceroy
Explanation: The Muslim League called Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946, to protest the Congress-Viceroy breach of the Cabinet Mission Plan and to press for Pakistan.
Q19. Which of the following was signed on 8 April 1950?
Answer: Liaquat Nehru Pact
Explanation: The Liaquat-Nehru Pact, signed on 8 April 1950 between Liaquat Ali Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru, addressed the treatment of minorities in both countries following post-Partition communal violence.
Q20. Daily Dawn was published by Quaid-e-Azam in?
Answer: 1942
Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah launched the English-language newspaper Daily Dawn in Delhi in 1942 as a mouthpiece for the Muslim League's political cause.