FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO PIN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Pakistan Affairs
1) Who was the first Ustadh of Darul-Uloom Deoband?
(a) Haji Aabid Hussain
(b) Maulana Mahtab Ali
(c) Maulana Zul Faqqar Ali
(d) Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi
Answer: (d)
Explanation: Maulana Qasim Nanotwi rahimuhullah alaih was born in 1831 AD in the village of Nanota near Saharanpur. Maulana Qasim Nanotwi was called Hujjatul Islam (the proof of Islam). His lineage reaches back to Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique which is why he is known as Siddiqi He was the first Ustadh of Darul Uloom Deoband.
2) Who among the following Mughal rulers was a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of England?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Jalaluddin Akbar was born at Amarkot (1542) Sindh. He was an exact contemporary of Elizabeth I of England but was the ruler of far greater number of people in India than the sparse population of England. The population of the subcontinent of India at the end of the sixteenth century is estimated at 140 million people with most of them living in the territory controlled by Akbar, between the Himalayas and the Deccan plateau. Compare this with the population of five million in England and 40 million in Western Europe. Akbar was indeed a true monarch and India with its enormous manpower quickly became rich again.
3) Ruling party in Punjab after 1937 elections
(a) Hindu Election Board
(b) Khalsa National Board
(c) Unionist Party
(d) Akalis
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Mian Fazl-i-Hussain and Chhotu Ram laid the foundation of the Punjab National Unionist Party in 1923. It was originated by a group of rural members of the Punjab Legislative Council. In 1937 elections the Unionist Party captured 98 seats in the house of 175, emerging as the leading party, while Muslim League got 2 seats.