Pakistan Studies MCQs
Most Important MCQs for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS, FPSC
1. Muhammad Bin Qasim entered India in
(a) 712 (Correct)
(b) 713
(c) 711
(d) 714
2. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India?
(a) Mohammad bin Qasim
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak (Correct)
(c) Ghiasuddin Balban
(d) None of the above
3. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq Shah-II
(c) Nasir-ud-Din-Mahmud (Correct)
(d) Ghiasuddin Balban
4. Who amongst the following Sultans of the slave Dynasty reign for the longest period?
(a) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(c) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud
(d) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (Correct)
5. First Islamic state was established in India in
(a) 1206 (Correct)
(b) 1202
(c) 1208
(d) 1209
6. Qatub-u-din Aibek became the first ruler of Islamic state of India in
(a) 1206 (Correct)
(b) 1202
(c) 1208
(d) 1209
7. Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot
(a) 1843
(b) 1831 (Correct)
(c) 1832
(d) 1837
8. The first Governor-General of Bengal was:
(a) Lord Conwallis
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings (Correct)
9. On whose request Ahmad Shah Abdali attacked India and defeated Marhattas at Panipat?
(a) Shah Ismail
(b) Haji Shaukat Ullah
(c) Syed Ahmad Shaheed
(d) Shah Wali Ullah (Correct)
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10. Second Battle of Panipat was fought between Hemubikal and Akbar in
(a) 1493
(b) 1555
(c) 1556 (Correct)
(d) 1548
11. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was:
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (Correct)
(d) None of these
12. The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to the invasion of:
(a) Chengiz Khan
(b) Babar (Correct)
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) None of these
13. The first Muslim invasion of India was led by:
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Muhammad-bin-Qasim (Correct)
(d) None of these
14. First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (discovery of seas route to India via the Cape of Good Hope) was in
(a) 1456
(b) 1476
(c) 1498 (Correct)
(d) 1345
15. Who was the last ruler of Lodi dynasty?
(a) Bahlol Lodi
(b) Daulat Khan Lodi
(c) Ibrahim Lodi (Correct)
(d) Sikandar Lodi
16. The most famous court-poet (in Hindi literature) of Akbar was:
(a) Raskhan
(b) Surdas
(c) Tulsidas
(d) Abdur-Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan (Correct)
17. The Mughal emperor, who died to sudden fall from the staircase, was:
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun (Correct)
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
18. The coin rupia was first issued by:
(a) Sher Shah Suri (Correct)
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Akbar
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
19. Nadir Shah invaded India in
(a) 1674
(b) 1739 (Correct)
(c) 1666
(d) 1707
20. Battle of Plassey was fought in
(a) 1674
(b) 1757 (Correct)
(c) 1666
(d) 1707
21. The first census was conducted in India in 1881 at the time of:
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Ripon (Correct)
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23. Mujahideen Movement was launched under the leadership of
(a) Haji Shariat Ullah
(b) Syed Ahmad Shaheed (Correct)
(c) Shah Ismail
(d) Shah Wali Ullah
24. What was the real name of Shah Wali Ullah?
(a) Ismail
(b) Mohsin
(c) Ahsan
(d) Ahmad (Correct)
25. Sir Sayyed was born in Delhi on
(a) 17th October 1817 (Correct)
(b) 15th November 1817
(c) 10th October 1818
(d) 25th December 1818
26. Sir Syed Ahmad’s journey to London with his son
(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867
(d) 1869 (Correct)
27. Sir Sayyed was given the title of Knight-hood by the British Government in
(a) 1885
(b) 1888 (Correct)
(c) 1887
(d) 1889
28. Where is shrine of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai is situated near:
(a) Sibi
(b) Hyderabad (Correct)
(c) Jacobabad
(d) None
29. What is Malakhra?
(a) A lake
(b) A river
(c) A game (Correct)
30. The founder of the first Afghan dynasty in India was:
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Bahlol Lodi (Correct)
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) None of these
31. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating:
(a) Daulat Khan Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi (Correct)(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Alauddin Khilji
32. The first Mughal emperor to issue a firman in favour of the British to open a factory at Surat was:
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Jahangir (Correct)
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Akbar
33. The court language of Mughals was:
(a) Arabic
(b) Hindi
(c) Persian (Correct)
(d) Urdu
34. When was the second battle of Panipat fought?
(a) 1191
(b) 1540
(c) 1556 (Correct)
(d) 1757
35. Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and where?
(a) Nur Jahan at Lahore (Correct)
(b) Shahjahan at Agra
(c) Shahjahan at Delhi
(d) Nur Jahan at Fatehpur Sikri
36. The Peacock throne was made for:
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan (Correct)
(d) Aurangzeb
37. Third Battle of Panipat was fought in
(a) 1763
(b) 1765
(c) 1761 (Correct)
(d) 1764
38. Battle of Buxar was fought between Britishers and Mir Qasim
(a) 1763
(b) 1765
(c) 1761
(d) 1764 (Correct)
39. Tipu Sultan died in
(a) 1799 (Correct)
(b) 1789
(c) 1800
(d) 1803
40. Fort William College was established at Calcuta
(a) 1799
(b) 1789
(c) 1800 (Correct)
(d) 1803
41. Sher Shah’s real name was:
(a) Hemu
(b) Faizi
(c) Bahadur
(d) Farid (Correct)
42. East India Company established in
(a) 1578
(b) 1614
(c) 1600 (Correct)
(d) 1609
43. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?
(a) Portuguese (Correct)
(b) Dutch
(c) Danish
(d) English
44. Which is the Worlds largest graveyard?
(a) Kirthar Hills
(b) Makli Hill (Correct)
(c) Karachi graveyard
(d) Mohenjo-Daro graveyard
45. Where the French Beach is located?
(a) Karachi (Correct)
(b) Oman
(c) India
(d) Baluchistan
46. Kaleji Lake, Kadiero Lake and Keenjhar Lake are located in
(a) Sindh (Correct)
(b) Balochistan
(c) K.P
(d) Punjab
47. Which place is called little Mecca:
(a) Uch
(b) Bhanbhor
(c) Makli Hill (Correct)
(d) Mansura
48. Where is Shah Jahan Mosque is situated?
(a) Thatta (Correct)
(b) Jacobabad
(c) Sibi
(d) Larkana
49. The earliest mosque in sub-continent is situated in
(a) Jacobabad
(b) Banbhore (Correct)
(c) Sukkur
(d) Rohri
50. Which of the following pass connects Peshawar with Chitral?
(a) Malakand Pass (Correct)(b) Dargai Pass
(c) Bolan Pass
(d) None of these
51. Which of the following pass connects Dir and Chitral?
(a) Lawari Pass (Correct)
(b) Babusar Pass
(c) Bolan Pass
(d) Daragai Pass
52. When M.A.O. College was established in Aligarh
(a) 1877 (Correct)
(b) 1874
(c) 1875
(d) 1873
53. When did Sir Sayyed set M.A.O. High School in Aligarh?
(a) 1871
(b) 1875 (Correct)
(c) 1873
(d) 1872
54. Who inaugurated M.A.O. College in 1877?
(a) Lord Lytton (Correct)
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Ankiuleck
(d) Lord Mayo
55. “Two-Nation Theory” for the first time was introduced by
(a) Allama Iqbal
(b) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
(c) Nawab Viqar ul Mulk
(d) Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan (Correct)
56. British East India Company was abolished
(a) 1857
(b) 1858 (Correct)
(c) 1861
(d) 1865
57. Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan died on
(a) 27th April, 1900
(b) 27th July, 1899
(c) 27th March, 1898 (Correct)
(d) 27th August, 1897
58. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie (Correct)
59. During the 1857 war Sir Sayyed was working in:
(a) Banaras
(b) Bijnaur (Correct)
(c) Delhi
(d) Lucknow
60. Dar-ul-Uloom-i-Deoband began functioning in a small mosque at Deoband
(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867 (Correct)
(d) 1869
61. Hindu-Urdu Controversy began in Banarasin
(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867 (Correct)
(d) 1869
62. National Muhammadan Association was founded by Syed Ameer Ali
(a) 1881
(b) 1889
(c) 1877 (Correct)
(d) 1885
63. Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot
(a) 9th November 1877 (Correct)
(b) 9th March 1897
(c) 9th November 1875
(d) 9th November 1879
64. Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was born
(a) 1878 (Correct)
(b) 1877
(c) 1892
(d) 1885
65. In which year the Congress and the Muslim League held a joint session for the first time at Lucknow?
(a) 1912
(b) 1916 (Correct)
(c) 1915
(d) 1914
66. M.A.O College of Aligarh got the status of University
(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1919
(d) 1920 (Correct)
67. Allama Iqbal gave his historical Presidential Address at Allahabad
(a) 1931
(b) 1930 (Correct)
(c) 1932
(d) 1933
68. Foundation of Indian National Congress by A.O. Hume
(a) 1877
(b) 1885 (Correct)
(c) 1878
(d) 1892
69. Nadva-Tul-Ulema was established in
(a) 1889
(b) 1894 (Correct)
(c) 1888
(d) 1885
70. Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on:
(a) January 30, 1918
(b) April 13, 1919 (Correct)
(c) August 14, 1920
(d) July 3, 1930
71. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at:
(a) Aligarh
(b) Dakha (Correct)
(c) Lucknow
(d) Lahore
72. Khilafat Movement launched in subcontinent
(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1919 (Correct)
(d) 1920
73. The Lahore Resolution was supported by Qazi Muhammad Isa from the province of
(a) Balochistan (Correct)
(b) NWFP
(c) Punjab
(d) None of these
74. Name the Sindhi leader who supported Paksitan’s Resolution from the province of Sindh.
(a) Sir Abdullah Haroon (Correct)
(b) G.M. Syed(c) Ayub Khoro
(d) None of these
75. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan from the province of ________ supported the Pakistan’s resolution.
(a) Punjab (Correct)
(b) Sindh
(c) NWFP
(d) None of these
76. Who presented Lahore Resolution on 23rd March, 1940?
(a) Allama Iqbal
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq (Correct)
(d) Quaid-e-Azam
77. The Pakistan Resolution was moved on
(a) 23rd March, 1940 (Correct)
(b) 23rd March, 1941
(c) 14 August, 1947
(d) 6 September, 1947
78. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Mounbatten (Correct)
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Hasting
79. The June 3rd plan is also known as
(a) Cabinet plan
(b) Partition plan (Correct)
(c) August offer
(d) Cripps plan
80. Quaid-e-Azam elected as the first President of first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
(a) 10th August 1947
(b) 11th August 1947 (Correct)
(c) 12th August 1947
(d) 13th August 1947
81. First meeting of constituent assembly of Pakistan
(a) 10th August 1947 (Correct)
(b) 11th August 1947
(c) 12th August 1947
(d) 13th August 1947
82. When was the Pakistan Constituent Assembly constituted?
(a) July 20, 1947 (Correct)
(b) June 20, 1947
(c) August 20, 1947
(d) August 25, 1947
83. How many members were there in the Constituent Assembly when it was set up?
(a) 59
(b) 69 (Correct)
(c) 79
(d) 80
84. How many members were later added to the Constituent Assembly?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 10 (Correct)
85. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(a) Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan (Correct)
(c) Abdul Rab Nishter
(d) I.I. Chundrigar
86. When the Constituent Assembly passed the Objective Resolution?
(a) February 1949
(b) March 1949 (Correct)
(c) April 1949
(d) March 1948
87. The Cabinet Mission announced their plan on
(a) 8th April 1947
(b) 5th December 1947
(c) 15th January 1947
(d) 16th May 1946 (Correct)
88. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Ramsay MacDonald (Correct)
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) None of these
89. Muslims celebrated the “Day of Deliverance on
(a) 22nd December 1939 (Correct)
(b) 25th December 1939
(c) 24th December 1939
(d) 23rd December 1939
90. Cripps Mission came in
(a) 1942 (Correct)
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1944
91. Pirpur Report was published in
(a) 1938 (Correct)
(b) 1939
(c) 1940
(d) 1941
92. Who dissolved the Federal Assembly on 24 October, 1954?
(a) Sikandar Mirza
(b) Ghulam Muhammad (Correct)
(c) Ayub Khan
(d) None of the above
93. Pakistan became Islamic Republic in?
(a) 1953
(b) 1954
(c) 1955
(d) 1956 (Correct)
94. Sikandar Mirza abrogated the 1956 Constitution and dissolved Assemblies
(a) 7th October 1958 (Correct)
(b) 7th October 1959
(c) 7th October 1960
(d) 7th October 1961
95. General Zia-ul-Haq held general elections in
(a) 1982
(b) 1985 (Correct)
(c) 1984
(d) 1983
96. Pakistan China border treaty was signed in
(a) 1958
(b) 1959
(c) 1964
(d) 1963 (Correct)
97. Tashqand Treaty was signed between Pakistan and India
(a) 10th January 1966 (Correct)
(b) 10th January 1967
(c) 10th January 1968
(d) 10th January 1969
98. Mangla dam’s construction completed in
(a) 1966
(b) 1967 (Correct)
(c) 1968
(d) 1969
99. Swat and Chitral joined Pakistan in
(a) 1966
(b) 1967
(c) 1968
(d) 1969 (Correct)
100. When was the Constitution of 1973 enforced?
(a) 10th April, 1973
(b) 14th August 1973 (Correct)
(c) 10th March 1973
(d) 10th August 1973