CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs (2016)
📘 Introduction
The 2016 Pakistan Affairs paper tested knowledge of Mughal history, constitutional developments, reform movements, and modern Pakistan issues. Below are the solved MCQs with explanations to help aspirants grasp the concepts and avoid rote learning.
Solved MCQs
Q1. First Ustadh of Darul-Uloom Deoband:
a) Haji Aabid Hussain
b) Maulana Mahtab Ali
c) Maulana Zul Faqqar Ali
d) Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi
✅ Answer: a) Haji Aabid Hussain
📖 Explanation: Darul-Uloom Deoband (est. 1866) began its teaching under Haji Aabid Hussain as the first ustadh.
Q2. Mughal ruler contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603):
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Shah Jahan
✅ Answer: b) Akbar
📖 Explanation: Emperor Akbar (1556–1605) ruled during Elizabeth I’s reign, marking an important Indo-European era.
Q3. Ruling party in Punjab after 1937 elections:
a) Hindu Elections Board
b) Khalsa National Board
c) Unionist Party
d) Alkalis
✅ Answer: c) Unionist Party
📖 Explanation: The Unionist Party under Sikandar Hayat Khan secured majority in Punjab in the 1937 elections.
Q4. Author of The Spirit of Islam:
a) Yasir Latif Hamdani
b) Syed Ameer Ali
c) Mahadev Gobind Ranade
d) Major R.D Osborn
✅ Answer: b) Syed Ameer Ali
📖 Explanation: Syed Ameer Ali’s classic work The Spirit of Islam (1891) defended Islamic civilization before the West.
Q5. We Have Learnt Nothing From History written by:
a) Hassan Askari Rizvi
b) Air Marshal M. Asghar Khan
c) Ayesha Siddiqa
d) Mushahid Hussain Syed
✅ Answer: b) Air Marshal M. Asghar Khan
📖 Explanation: The book highlights Pakistan’s military-political failures from the perspective of Air Marshal Asghar Khan.
Q6. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 written by:
a) William Dalrymple
b) Dervla Murphy
c) Andre Aciman
d) Sean O’Reilly
✅ Answer: a) William Dalrymple
📖 Explanation: Historian William Dalrymple authored this detailed account of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857.
Q7. Foundation stone of Islamia College Peshawar laid by:
a) Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayum Khan
b) Haji Sahib of Turangzai
c) Sir George Roos-Keppel
d) Bibi Gul
✅ Answer: b) Haji Sahib of Turangzai
📖 Explanation: Though Sahibzada Abdul Qayum was the founder, the stone was laid by religious leader Haji Sahib of Turangzai.
Q8. Arya Samaj movement launched by:
a) Karsamji Tiwari
b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
c) Dayananda-Lala Hansaraj
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
✅ Answer: b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
📖 Explanation: Founded in 1875, Arya Samaj promoted Vedic revival and Hindu reforms under Swami Dayanand.
Q9. Infamous law passed by Lord Dalhousie:
a) India Slavery Act, 1843
b) Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850
c) Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act, 1856
d) Doctrine of Lapse
✅ Answer: d) Doctrine of Lapse
📖 Explanation: Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse annexed Indian princely states, fueling discontent before 1857.
Q10. Gold and Guns (1945) banned in NWFP in 1947 by:
a) Dr Khan Sahib
b) Abdul Qayyum Khan
c) Abdur Rauf Seemab
d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
✅ Answer: b) Abdul Qayyum Khan
📖 Explanation: CM Abdul Qayyum Khan banned the controversial book due to its anti-state content.
Q11. Most important Muslim offer in Delhi Proposals (1927):
a) Reforms in NWFP/Balochistan
b) Separation of Sindh from Bombay
c) One-third seats for Muslims
d) Separate electorate
✅ Answer: c) One-third seats for Muslims
📖 Explanation: The Delhi Proposals demanded Muslim representation of one-third in the central legislature.
Q12. Why Simon Commission failed:
a) No Indian member in the Commission
b) Indians didn’t want review
c) It abolished Diarchy
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) There was no Indian member in the Commission
📖 Explanation: The all-British commission (1927) was boycotted by Indians, hence failing.
Q13. Who helped Liaquat Ali Khan with Objectives Resolution:
a) Pir of Manki Sharif
b) Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani
c) Maulana Akram Khan
d) Maulana Maududi
✅ Answer: b) Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani
📖 Explanation: Shabbir Ahmed Usmani assisted Liaquat Ali Khan in drafting and presenting the Objectives Resolution (1949).
Q14. Pakistan’s first Law Minister & interim Constituent Assembly head:
a) Chandra Chattopadhyaya
b) Bhupendra Kumar Datta
c) Jogendra Nath Mandal
d) Raj Kumar Chakravarty
✅ Answer: c) Jogendra Nath Mandal
📖 Explanation: A Bengali scheduled-caste leader, J. N. Mandal was Pakistan’s first Law Minister.
Q15. Charismatic Bengali PM of Pakistan:
a) Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
b) Khawaja Nizamuddin
c) Nurul Amin
d) Feroz Khan Noon
✅ Answer: a) Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
📖 Explanation: Suhrawardy became PM in 1956, remembered as a strong Bengali political figure.
Q16. Pirpur Report (1938) prepared by:
a) S. M. Sharif
b) Raja Sayed Muhammad Mehdi
c) Fazlul Haq
d) Js. Sachar
✅ Answer: b) Raja Sayed Muhammad Mehdi
📖 Explanation: The report highlighted Congress atrocities against Muslims in provinces ruled after 1937 elections.
Q17. 1970 election held under:
a) Adult franchise basis
b) Non-party basis
c) LFO (Legal Framework Order)
d) None of these
✅ Answer: c) LFO (Legal Framework Order)
📖 Explanation: The 1970 elections, Pakistan’s first general elections, were held under Yahya Khan’s LFO.
Q18. Purpose of 21st Constitutional Amendment (2015):
a) Establishment of military courts
b) Impose Shariah Law
c) Speedy trial courts for 3 years
d) Remove powers of President
✅ Answer: a) Establishment of military courts
📖 Explanation: Passed after the APS tragedy (2014), it allowed military courts for terrorism trials.
Q19. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park located near:
a) Multan
b) Bahawalpur
c) Sukkur
d) Rahim Yar Khan
✅ Answer: b) Bahawalpur
📖 Explanation: The mega solar project was built in Bahawalpur to meet Pakistan’s energy demand.
Q20. Live storage capacity of Tarbela reservoir declined more than:
a) 30.5%
b) 32.5%
c) 33.5%
d) 35.5%
✅ Answer: b) 32.5%
📖 Explanation: By 2016, siltation had reduced Tarbela’s capacity by over 32.5%.
Complete CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs
📘 Conclusion
The 2016 MCQs tested a mix of Indo-Pak history, constitutional milestones, leaders, and modern infrastructure. Practicing such papers not only builds factual accuracy but also strengthens the conceptual foundation necessary for CSS exams.