Free National Symbols and Firsts MCQs with Answers

1221. When was Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah's name was read in khutba at the Pakistan colony mosque by the Sindh education minister Pir Illahi Bukhsh?

• A. 11 August 1947
• B. 15 August 1947
• C. 12 July 1947
• D. 22 August 1947

Explanation: Pir Ilahi Bakhsh had Quaid-e-Azam’s name read in the khutba at the Pakistan Colony mosque on 22 August 1947. The event occurred shortly after independence during the early establishment of Pakistan’s state institutions.

1222. Pakistan second-worst on Global Gender Gap index_____ out of 144 countries?

• A. 140
• B. 143
• C. 142
• D. 137

Explanation: In the cited Global Gender Gap ranking of 144 countries, Pakistan stood at 143rd, making it the second-worst ranked country. A lower rank indicates a larger gender gap, so 143 fits the phrase “second-worst.”

1223. Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar TBt, PAF was a Pakistani fighter pilot. She died after a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) FT-7PG aircraft crashed near_________?

• A. Sargodha
• B. DG Khan
• C. Kundian
• D. DI Khan

Explanation: Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar died when her PAF FT-7PG aircraft crashed near Kundian in November 2015. She was posthumously awarded the Tamgha-e-Basalat.

1224. The first merger in the mobile telecommunications sector in Pakistan?

• A. Mobilink & Ufone
• B. Mobilink & Warid
• C. Mobilink & Zong
• D. Warid & Telenor

Explanation: Mobilink and Warid merged in 2016, creating Jazz as the combined telecommunications brand. This was Pakistan’s first major merger between mobile telecommunications operators.

1225. Area of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is______________ Square kilo meter?

• A. 18925 km²
• B. 22123 km²
• C. 24532 km²
• D. 27220 km²

Explanation: FATA covered approximately 27,220 square kilometres before its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018. The other figures do not match the standard geographical area given for the former territory.

1226. Dr Abdus Slam was born in which city of Pakistan?

• A. Lahore
• B. Multan
• C. Jhang
• D. Khushab

Explanation: Dr Abdus Salam was born in Jhang, Punjab, in 1926. He later became Pakistan’s first Nobel Prize winner when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.

1227. Punjab University, Lahore was established in ________?

• A. 1947
• B. 1905
• C. 1882
• D. 1884

Explanation: The University of the Punjab was established in Lahore in 1882, making it one of the oldest major universities in the subcontinent. The dates 1884 and 1905 refer to other institutional developments, not its founding.

1228. The first Emperor of Tughluq Dynasty?

• A. Ameer gulzar tughluq
• B. Alaudin khilji
• C. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
• D. Ziauddin Tughluq

Explanation: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, also known as Ghazi Malik, founded the Tughluq dynasty in 1320. Alauddin Khilji belonged to the preceding Khalji dynasty, while the other names are not the dynasty’s first emperor.

1229. Who built Badshahi Masjid ?

• A. Zaheer Uddin Babar
• B. Naseer Uddin Humayun
• C. Aurangzeb Alamgir
• D. Shehnshah Akbar

Explanation: Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir commissioned the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore in 1673. The Mughal rulers listed in the other options built different monuments or ruled in earlier periods.

1230. Pakistan NH&MP Motorway Police deal with following law:

• A. Business law
• B. Traffic Law
• C. NHSO
• D. None of These

Explanation: The National Highways Safety Ordinance, abbreviated NHSO, provides the legal framework for motorway and national-highway traffic enforcement. It is not a business law.