All Free Pakistan Studies MCQs with Answers

• A. Sir Syed
• B. Lord Elgin
• C. Henry Siddons
• D. Theodore Beck

Explanation: Henry Siddons was the first principal of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh.

• A. Sir Syed
• B. Lord Elgin
• C. Henry Siddons
• D. Theodore Beck

Explanation: The first principal of the Anglo-Oriental College, later called M.A.O. College, was Henry Siddons. Theodore Beck succeeded him in 1883.

• A. 1895
• B. 1896
• C. 1897
• D. 1898

Explanation: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani died in Istanbul in 1897. He was an important Muslim reformer whose ideas influenced political and educational…

• A. 1886
• B. 1887
• C. 1888
• D. 1889

Explanation: The Aligarh Trusteeship Bill was passed in 1889, strengthening the institutional administration of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College…

• A. Sir Agha Khan
• B. Nawab Waqar ul Mulk
• C. Nawab Saleem ullah Khan
• D. None of them

Explanation: Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, was chosen as the first president of the All-India Muslim League at its establishment in 1906.

• A. Delhi
• B. Lahore
• C. Dhaka
• D. Allahabad

Explanation: The All-India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in December 1906 during the session of the Muhammadan Educational Conference.

• A. Delhi
• B. Bombay
• C. Kanpur
• D. Allahabad

Explanation: The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in 1885, with A. O. Hume playing a central organisational role.

• A. Dr. Safdar Mahmood
• B. Abdul Haleem Sharar
• C. Sir Syed Amir Ali
• D. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Explanation: Khutbat-e-Ahmadia was written by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as a response to William Muir's criticism of the Prophet Muhammad.

• A. Pani pat
• B. Agra
• C. Delhi
• D. Punjab

Explanation: Khawaja Altaf Hussain Hali was born in Panipat in 1837 and became a leading Urdu poet associated with the reformist intellectual climate…

• A. 1907
• B. 1904
• C. 1899
• D. 2000

Explanation: Altaf Hussain Hali received the honorific title Shams-ul-Ulama in 1904 for his services to Urdu literature and scholarship.

• A. 2nd August 1858
• B. 18th July 1858
• C. 24th October 1858
• D. 3rd June 1858

Explanation: The Government of India Act 1858 was passed by the British Parliament on 2 August 1858 after the War of Independence of 1857.

• A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• B. Sir William Wilson Hunter
• C. M Delwar Hussain
• D. John King Fairbank

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan reviewed William Wilson Hunter's work, commonly titled The Indian Musalmans, in 1872.

• A. Haji Shariat Ullah
• B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• C. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
• D. Sir Aga Khan

Explanation: Haji Shariatullah founded the Faraizi Movement in Bengal in the early nineteenth century, urging Muslims to observe their obligatory…

• A. 1939
• B. 1927
• C. 1947
• D. 1949

Explanation: Fatima Jinnah formally joined the All-India Muslim League in 1939 and thereafter became an important supporter of her brother's political…

• A. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• B. Inayatullah khan
• C. Molana Muhmmad Ali johar
• D. A.K fazul Haq

Explanation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, popularly called Bacha Khan, founded the Khudai Khidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier Province.

• A. Depuy Nazir Ahmed
• B. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• C. Maulana Zafar Ali khan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote Hunter par Hunter as a response to W. W. Hunter’s criticism of Muslims after the 1857 uprising.

• A. Lord Canning
• B. Lord Wellselly
• C. Lord Harding
• D. Lord William Bentick

Explanation: Lord William Bentinck’s administration accepted the policy of using English as the medium of higher instruction in 1835.

• A. Change in the government of the UK
• B. Impact of World War II
• C. Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
• D. All of the above

Explanation: The shift in British policy resulted from several combined pressures: the Labour government, the economic and political impact of World…

• A. Railways
• B. Plantations and mines
• C. Banking and insurance
• D. Shipping

Explanation: Railways received the largest share of British capital investment in India because they served military movement, raw-material extraction…

• A. Lord Irwin
• B. Warren Hastings
• C. Lord Curzon
• D. None of these

Explanation: Among the listed figures, Warren Hastings served as Governor-General for the longest period, from 1773 to 1785.