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Pakistan Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Q241. Who took over power in the coup of October 1999?

  1. General Aslam Beg
  2. General Pervez Musharraf
  3. General Yahya
  4. General Zia
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Correct answer: B. General Pervez Musharraf

Musharraf ousted Nawaz Sharif on 12 October 1999.

Q242. When did Quaid-e-Azam die?

  1. 11 September 1948
  2. 25 December 1948
  3. 14 August 1947
  4. 30 December 1948
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Correct answer: A. 11 September 1948

Jinnah died on 11 September 1948 in Karachi.

Q243. Who moved the Lahore Resolution?

  1. Quaid-e-Azam
  2. Liaquat Ali Khan
  3. A. K. Fazlul Haq
  4. Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
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Correct answer: C. A. K. Fazlul Haq

Fazlul Haq, Chief Minister of Bengal, moved it.

Q244. Who administered the oath to Quaid-e-Azam as Governor-General?

  1. Justice Abdur Rashid
  2. Liaquat Ali Khan
  3. Mountbatten
  4. Sir Muhammad Zafarullah
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Correct answer: A. Justice Abdur Rashid

Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Sir Abdur Rashid administered the oath.

Q245. Which city is known as City of Flowers (Peshawar)?

  1. Swat
  2. Mardan
  3. Abbottabad
  4. Peshawar
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Correct answer: D. Peshawar

Peshawar is called the City of Flowers.

Q246. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

  1. Lord Mountbatten
  2. Lord Linlithgow
  3. Lord Wavell
  4. Lord Irwin
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Correct answer: A. Lord Mountbatten

Mountbatten was the last Viceroy and first Governor-General of India.

Q247. Where is the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh?

  1. Karachi
  2. Pakpattan
  3. Lahore
  4. Multan
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Correct answer: C. Lahore

Data Darbar is in Lahore.

Q248. The Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?

  1. 1946
  2. 1947
  3. 1942
  4. 1945
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Correct answer: A. 1946

The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced in May 1946.

Q249. The Communal Award was announced in which year?

  1. 1932
  2. 1935
  3. 1940
  4. 1930
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Correct answer: A. 1932

Ramsay MacDonald announced it in 1932.

Q250. Which is the largest dam in Pakistan by height?

  1. Diamer-Bhasha Dam
  2. Warsak Dam
  3. Mangla Dam
  4. Tarbela Dam
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Correct answer: D. Tarbela Dam

Tarbela is the largest earth-filled dam in the world.

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