All Free Pakistan Studies MCQs with Answers

2281. In 1949 who was appointed as the 'Plebiscite Administrator' by the UN Secretary General for the plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir?

• A. General Eisenhower
• B. Richard Casey
• C. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
• D. James F. Byrnes

Explanation: The UN Secretary-General appointed Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz of the United States as the Plebiscite Administrator for Jammu and Kashmir in 1949. Eisenhower and Byrnes were prominent American figures but did not hold this UN appointment.

2282. Which country lately became member of SAARC?

• A. Sri-Lanka
• B. Bangladesh
• C. Afghanistan
• D. Bhutan

Explanation: Afghanistan became the eighth member of SAARC in 2007. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan were among the organisation’s original members.

2283. When was the 'first Anglo-Sikh' war fought?

• A. 1809-10
• B. 1820-21
• C. 1845-46
• D. 1857-58Geographic Reference

Explanation: The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought from 1845 to 1846 between the British East India Company and the Sikh Empire. The dates 1857–58 refer to the War of Independence, not an Anglo-Sikh conflict.

2284. War of 1965 resulted in the signing of________?

• A. Delhi Pact
• B. Shimla Pact
• C. Lahore Pact
• D. Tashkent Pact

Explanation: The 1965 war between Pakistan and India ended diplomatically with the Tashkent Declaration, signed in January 1966. The Shimla Agreement followed the 1971 war, making it the usual distractor.

2285. Tashkent Declaration was signed in 1966 by_______?

• A. Z.A Bhutto & Lal Bahadur Shastri
• B. Ayub Khan & Lal Bahadur Shastri
• C. ZA Bhutto & Indira Gandhi
• D. Ayub Khan & Indira Gandhi

Explanation: The Tashkent Declaration was signed by Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan and India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on 10 January 1966. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto attended as Pakistan’s foreign minister but was not the signatory named in this question.

2286. The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in Karachi by_______?

• A. Ayub Khan and Indira Gandhi
• B. Ayub Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru
• C. Z.A Bhutto and Indira Gandhi
• D. Z.A Bhutto and Jawahalal Nehru

Explanation: The Indus Waters Treaty was signed at Karachi in 1960 by President Ayub Khan of Pakistan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India. Indira Gandhi became prime minister several years later, in 1966.

2287. When Pakistan got first loan from USA?

• A. 1949
• B. 1950
• C. 1951
• D. 1952

Explanation: Pakistan received its first loan from the United States in 1952, an early step in the two countries’ growing economic relationship. The nearby years are often confused with later US military and development assistance.

2288. Name the Pakistan's surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which is capable of delivering multiple warheads using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology ?

• A. Shaheen-II
• B. Ababeel
• C. Nasr
• D. Ghauri

Explanation: Ababeel is Pakistan’s surface-to-surface ballistic missile designed to carry multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, or MIRVs. Shaheen-II and Ghauri are ballistic missiles, but they are not the missile identified here by MIRV capability.

2289. Pakistan conducted a successful test of the "Ababeel" surface-to-surface ballistic missile on 24 January 2017, its range is___________?

• A. 450 KM
• B. 750 KM
• C. 2200 KM
• D. 1400 KM

Explanation: The Ababeel missile was reported with an approximate range of 2,200 kilometres and tested on 24 January 2017. The shorter ranges listed belong to other missile systems or estimates, not the stated Ababeel specification.

2290. Pakistan test fired its first submarine launched cruise missile Babur-III on 9 January 2017, has the range of___________ kilometres?

• A. 450 kilometres
• B. 550 kilometres
• C. 650 kilometres
• D. 700 kilometres

Explanation: The Babur-III submarine-launched cruise missile was reported to have a range of about 450 kilometres. Its significance lies in giving Pakistan a sea-based land-attack capability, not in the longer ranges listed here.