Pakistan Studies — All MCQs
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Q501.Benazir Bhutto returned from exile and survived a bombing at Karsaz in which year?
Correct Answer: B
The Karsaz attack on her homecoming procession occurred on 18 October 2007.
Q502.Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in which year?
Correct Answer: B
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007 at Rawalpindi.
Q503.Broad Peak is located in which range?
Correct Answer: B
Broad Peak (8,051 m) lies in the Karakoram near K-2.
Q504.Chashma Barrage is on which river?
Correct Answer: C
Chashma Barrage is on the Indus in Mianwali district.
Q505.Chashma nuclear power plants were built with the help of?
Correct Answer: B
The Chashma (C-1 to C-4) plants were built with Chinese cooperation.
Q506.Chief Minister of a province is elected by?
Correct Answer: B
The Provincial Assembly elects the Chief Minister.
Q507.Cotton production is highest in which province?
Correct Answer: B
Punjab produces the bulk of Pakistan's cotton.
Q508.CPEC agreements worth $46 billion were signed during whose visit?
Correct Answer: B
President Xi Jinping's April 2015 visit launched CPEC formally.
Q509.Defence Day is observed to commemorate the war of?
Correct Answer: B
6 September commemorates the defence of Lahore in the 1965 war.
Q510.Delhi Durbar of 1911 announced, besides annulment of partition, the shifting of capital from Calcutta to?
Correct Answer: C
King George V announced the transfer of the capital to Delhi in 1911.
Q511.Deosai Plains are located near?
Correct Answer: B
Deosai, among the world's highest plateaus, lies near Skardu.
Q512.Devastating floods submerged one-third of Pakistan in which year?
Correct Answer: C
The 2022 monsoon floods affected 33 million people.
Q513.Diamer-Bhasha Dam will have a storage capacity of about?
Correct Answer: C
Diamer-Bhasha will store about 8.1 million acre-feet of water.
Q514.Diarchy introduced by the 1919 Act operated at which level?
Correct Answer: B
Diarchy divided provincial subjects into reserved and transferred categories.
Q515.Dr. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize for his work on?
Correct Answer: B
Salam shared the 1979 Physics Nobel for electroweak unification theory.
Q516.EOBI provides?
Correct Answer: B
The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution provides pensions to private-sector workers.
Q517.Hingol National Park is located in?
Correct Answer: B
Hingol National Park, Pakistan's largest, is in Balochistan along the Makran coast.
Q518.How many Basic Democrats initially formed the electoral college?
Correct Answer: C
Initially 80,000 Basic Democrats, equally divided between the two wings.
Q519.How many countries share a border with Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan borders India, China, Afghanistan and Iran.
Q520.How many districts approximately does Punjab have?
Correct Answer: C
Punjab has 41 districts after recent creations (previously 36).