FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2018
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
❑ Select the best option and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet:
- The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War:
- India should be granted complete independence
- India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
- India should be made a republic
- India should be given domination status
- The second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan reconstituted on:
(a) March 23, 1956 (b) May 28, 1955 (c) August 14, 1965 (d) October 8, 1958
- Dars-i-Nizami was named after:
(a) Nizamuddin Auliya (b) Nizamul Mulk
(c) Mullah Nizamuddin (d) None of these
- Nadwatul Ulama was established in:
(a) 1890 (b) 1892 (c) 1894 (d) 1896
- Who was the last speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan (before 1969 martial law)?
(a) Tamizuddin Khan (b) labbar Khan
(c) Abdul Wahab Khan (d) Fazlul Chaudhry
- Who was the editor of The Comrade?
(a) Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (b) Mujibur Rahman Khan
(c) Maulana Mohammad All Johr (d) None of these
- Who was the governor of Sindh in 1946?
(a) Sir Hugh Dow (b) Sir Lancelot Graham
(c) Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (d) Sir Francis Mudie
Note: Sir Hugh Dow remained governor of Smdh (I April 1941 — /5 January 1946) and Sir Francis Mudie remained governor from 15 January 1946 to /4 August 1947
- The Partition of Bengal was annulled in the year
(a) 1905 (b) 1911 (c) 1913 (d) 1940
- The picture on the back of 5000 rupee Pakistani Note:
(a) Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Mausoleum (b) Badshahi Masjid (c) Shah Faisal Mosque (d) Mohenjo-Daro
- Murree is a mountainous area, forming part of outer:
(a) Pir Pan ial Range Himalayas (b) Koh-e-Hindukush
(c) Karakoram (d) None of these
- Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of Army? (a) Douglas Gracey (b) Frank Messervv (c) Musa Khan (d) Gul Hassan Khan
- The Simla Agreement signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan on:
(a) 2nd July 1971 (b) 2nd July 1972 (c) 3rd June 1973 (d) 2nd July 1974
- Who is the author of the book “Pakistan: A Hard Country”?
(a) Daniyal Mucenuddin (b) Ayesha Jalal
(c) Anatol Lieven (d) Stephen P. Cohen
- Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and Lala Lajpat Rai established the Hindu organization:
(a) Punjab Hindu Sabha (b) Akhil Bharativa Hindu Mahsabha
(c) Arya Samaj (d) None of these
- The British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald the Communal Award in 1932 at the end of:
(a) First Round Table Conference (b) Second Round Table Conference
(c) Third Round Table Conference (d) None of these
- The Pakistani Republican party was formed in October 1955. The President of the party was:
(a) Nawab Muzaffar All Khan Qizilbash (b) Mirza Mumtaz Hassan Qizilbash
(c) Dr Khan Sahib (d) Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti
- National Anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time in front of:
(a) Ran Shah Pahlavi (b) Quaid-e-Azam
(c) Queen Elizabeth (d) Liaquat Ali Khan
Correction: National Anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time on Radio Pakistan on 13 August 1954.
- Pak-Afghan border ‘Durand Line’ was drawn in: (a) 1892 (b) 1890 (c) 1893 (d) 1897
- On 9 July 1948, Pakistan issued its first: (a) Coin (b) Currency Note (c) Postal Stamp (d) All of these
- Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra was completed with the financial and technical assistance of:
(a) USA (b) Canada (c) France (d) China