Free National Symbols and Firsts MCQs with Answers

1271. Who dismissed Benazir Bhutto's Government for the second time?

• A. Rafiq Tarar
• B. Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
• C. Shaukat Aziz
• D. Yahya Khan

Explanation: President Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari dismissed Benazir Bhutto's second government in November 1996 under the constitutional powers then available to the president. Her first government had been dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

1272. Benazir Bhutto was married to______?

• A. Imran Khan
• B. Nawaz Sharif
• C. Asif Ali Zardri
• D. Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto married Asif Ali Zardari in 1987, and he later became President of Pakistan. The option spells his surname incorrectly as Zardri, but it clearly identifies him.

1273. Benazir Bhutto first sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan on______________?

• A. 19 November 1989
• B. 27 December 1988
• C. 2 December 1988
• D. 2 December 1989

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto took the oath as Pakistan's Prime Minister on 2 December 1988, becoming the first woman to head a democratic government in the Muslim world. The other dates do not match her swearing-in.

1274. Where did Benazir Bhutto die?

• A. Karachi
• B. Lahore
• C. Rawalpindi
• D. London

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007 after a political rally. She died at Liaquat National Bagh, now commonly called Liaquat Bagh.

1275. Benazir Bhutto was the __________ ever female Prime Minister of Pakistan?

• A. First
• B. Fourth
• C. Third
• D. Second

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan’s first female Prime Minister in 1988. She was also the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.

1276. Benazir Bhutto was born in Which City of Pakistan?

• A. Karachi
• B. Lahore
• C. Larkana
• D. Islamabad

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto was born in Karachi, Sindh, on 21 June 1953. Larkana was her family’s ancestral political base, which makes it a tempting alternative.

1277. Benazir Bhutto served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan ____________times.

• A. One
• B. Two
• C. Three
• D. Four

Explanation: Benazir Bhutto served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister, first from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.

1278. Which one of these architect designed the Quaid-e-Azam tomb?

• A. Yahya Merchant
• B. Ahmed Saeed
• C. Abdur Rab Nishtar
• D. Ahmad Hasan Dani

Explanation: The Mazar-e-Quaid was designed by architect Yahya Merchant of Bombay and completed in 1971. The other names listed were not the tomb’s architect.

1279. The name of NWFP was changed to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in______________?

• A. 2007
• B. 2009
• C. 2010
• D. 2012

Explanation: The 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010 changed the name of the North-West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. This change is therefore associated with 2010, not 2009.

1280. The old name of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was______________?

• A. NWFP
• B. Pukhtonabad
• C. Pukhtunistan
• D. Khyber

Explanation: Before 2010, the province was officially called the North-West Frontier Province, commonly abbreviated as NWFP. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is its present name.