All Free Pakistan Studies MCQs with Answers

1231. SNGPL stands for?

• A. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Lahore
• B. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines limited
• C. Sui Northern Gas Pakistan limited
• D. Sui Northern Gas Punjab limited

Explanation: SNGPL expands to Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, the company responsible for gas distribution in northern and central Pakistan. “Pakistan,” “Punjab” and “Lahore” are not part of its official name.

1232. First Charter of Human Rights is?

• A. International Charter
• B. U.N. Charter
• C. Khutba-Hajjat-ul-Vida
• D. French Constitution

Explanation: The Farewell Sermon, or Khutba-e-Hajjat-ul-Wida, is widely described in Pakistan Studies as an early charter of human rights because it stressed equality, sanctity of life and property, and protection from injustice.

1233. ICT stands for?

• A. Islamabad capital total
• B. Islamabad city tribes
• C. Islamabad Capital Territory
• D. Islamabad city territory

Explanation: ICT is the standard abbreviation for Islamabad Capital Territory, the federal territory containing Pakistan's capital.

1234. The capital city of Gilgit Baltistan is?

• A. Ghanchay
• B. Nagar
• C. Chilas
• D. Gilgit

Explanation: Gilgit is the administrative capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. Ghanchay, Nagar and Chilas are districts or towns rather than the regional capital.

1235. Mirza Qaleech Baig was born in tando thoro in?

• A. 1850
• B. 1853
• C. 1790
• D. 1773

Explanation: Mirza Qaleech Baig, a prominent Sindhi writer and scholar, was born in Tando Thoro in 1853. He is remembered as one of the major pioneers of modern Sindhi literature.

1236. Karachi was the capital of Pakistan till ?

• A. 1958
• B. 1959
• C. 1960
• D. 1961

Explanation: Karachi remained Pakistan's capital until 1959, when the government announced the shift to the new capital, Islamabad. The transfer of government offices took several years and was completed later.

1237. Who made the design of Pakistan's first Stamp Ticket?

• A. Rehmat Ali
• B. Abdur-rehaman Chugtai
• C. Waqar-ul-Hassan
• D. none of these

Explanation: The design of Pakistan's first postage stamp was prepared by Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Pakistan's celebrated artist. His name is often confused with later contributors to the country's stamps and currency designs.

1238. The Railway workshop of Mughalpura is situated in?

• A. Gujranwala
• B. Multan
• C. Karachi
• D. Lahore

Explanation: The Mughalpura Railway Workshop is located in Lahore and is one of Pakistan's historic railway maintenance and manufacturing facilities. Mughalpura is a locality of Lahore, which makes the answer identifiable from the name.

1239. Who was the second Prime Minister of Pakistan?

• A. Ch Muhammad Ali
• B. Kh. Nazim-ud-Din
• C. Liaquat Ali Khan
• D. Feroze Khan Noon

Explanation: Khawaja Nazimuddin became Pakistan's second Prime Minister in 1951 after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and Feroz Khan Noon held the office later.

1240. Who was the founder of Daily English Newspaper Dawn?

• A. Liaquat Ali Khan
• B. Z.A Sulehri
• C. Quaid-e-Azam
• D. None of them

Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah founded Dawn in 1941 as an English-language newspaper to present the Muslim League's viewpoint. It began in Delhi and later moved its headquarters to Karachi after Partition.