📘 Pakistan Affairs MCQs (Post-Partition)
1. Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
(A) Liaquat Ali Khan
(B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(C) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(D) Ghulam Muhammad
✅ Correct Answer: B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
🔹 Explanation: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the first Governor-General of Pakistan on 14th August 1947. He held the position until his death on 11 September 1948.
2. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(A) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Ghulam Muhammad
(D) Muhammad Ali Bogra
✅ Correct Answer: B. Liaquat Ali Khan
🔹 Explanation: Liaquat Ali Khan was appointed Pakistan’s first Prime Minister and played a crucial role in setting up the administrative and constitutional framework of the new state.
3. Which Resolution is considered the “cornerstone of Pakistan’s constitutional development”?
(A) Lahore Resolution
(B) Objectives Resolution
(C) Delhi Resolution
(D) None of these
✅ Correct Answer: B. Objectives Resolution
🔹 Explanation: Passed in March 1949, the Objectives Resolution laid the foundation for Pakistan’s constitutional framework. It declared sovereignty belongs to Allah and emphasized democracy, freedom, and Islamic principles.
4. When was the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan dissolved?
(A) 1948
(B) 1951
(C) 1954
(D) 1956
✅ Correct Answer: C. 1954
🔹 Explanation: Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the first Constituent Assembly on 24th October 1954, marking a major constitutional crisis in Pakistan’s early years.
5. The first Constitution of Pakistan was enforced in:
(A) 1954
(B) 1956
(C) 1958
(D) 1962
✅ Correct Answer: B. 1956
🔹 Explanation: Pakistan adopted its first Constitution on 23rd March 1956, declaring the country an Islamic Republic with a parliamentary system.
6. Who became the first President of Pakistan in 1956?
(A) Iskander Mirza
(B) Ayub Khan
(C) Ghulam Muhammad
(D) Liaquat Ali Khan
✅ Correct Answer: A. Iskander Mirza
🔹 Explanation: With the enforcement of the 1956 Constitution, Governor-General Iskander Mirza became Pakistan’s first President.
7. Which Prime Minister of Pakistan was assassinated in 1951?
(A) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(D) Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
✅ Correct Answer: B. Liaquat Ali Khan
🔹 Explanation: Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on 16 October 1951 at Company Bagh, Rawalpindi, later renamed Liaquat Bagh.
8. Pakistan’s first capital city was:
(A) Karachi
(B) Islamabad
(C) Lahore
(D) Rawalpindi
✅ Correct Answer: A. Karachi
🔹 Explanation: Karachi served as the first capital of Pakistan until Islamabad was built in the 1960s.
9. Who presented the Bogra Formula?
(A) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(D) Iskander Mirza
✅ Correct Answer: C. Muhammad Ali Bogra
🔹 Explanation: Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra presented the Bogra Formula (1953) as a solution for equal provincial representation in the central legislature.
10. What was the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case about?
(A) Military coup attempt
(B) Partition of Punjab
(C) Water dispute with India
(D) Creation of One Unit
✅ Correct Answer: A. Military coup attempt
🔹 Explanation: In 1951, senior military officers, along with leftist intellectuals, plotted against the government in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case, led by Major General Akbar Khan.
11. When did Pakistan join SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)?
(A) 1953
(B) 1954
(C) 1955
(D) 1956
✅ Correct Answer: B. 1954
🔹 Explanation: Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954 and later CENTO in 1955, strengthening its ties with the Western bloc during the Cold War.
12. Who imposed Pakistan’s first Martial Law?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Iskander Mirza
(C) Yahya Khan
(D) Ghulam Muhammad
✅ Correct Answer: B. Iskander Mirza
🔹 Explanation: On 7th October 1958, President Iskander Mirza abrogated the 1956 Constitution and declared Martial Law. Soon after, Ayub Khan ousted him and took power.
13. The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan started in?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1951
(D) 1956
✅ Correct Answer: A. 1947
🔹 Explanation: Soon after partition in October 1947, India occupied Kashmir after the Instrument of Accession, leading to the first war (1947–48) between the two countries.
14. Who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan?
(A) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(B) Ghulam Muhammad
(C) Iskander Mirza
(D) Ayub Khan
✅ Correct Answer: A. Khawaja Nazimuddin
🔹 Explanation: After Jinnah’s death in 1948, Khawaja Nazimuddin became the second Governor-General and later served as Prime Minister.
15. When was the Liaquat–Nehru Pact signed?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
✅ Correct Answer: C. 1950
🔹 Explanation: The Liaquat–Nehru Pact (April 1950) aimed to protect the rights of minorities in both India and Pakistan.
16. Pakistan’s first Five-Year Plan was launched in:
(A) 1950
(B) 1951
(C) 1955
(D) 1956
✅ Correct Answer: B. 1951
🔹 Explanation: The First Five-Year Plan (1955–1960) was actually launched in 1955, but planning started in 1951 under Liaquat Ali Khan’s government.
17. When was Pakistan admitted to the United Nations?
(A) August 1947
(B) September 1947
(C) October 1947
(D) November 1947
✅ Correct Answer: B. September 1947
🔹 Explanation: Pakistan became a member of the United Nations on 30 September 1947.
18. Who was Pakistan’s first Finance Minister?
(A) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(B) Ghulam Muhammad
(C) Zahid Hussain
(D) Muhammad Ali Bogra
✅ Correct Answer: B. Ghulam Muhammad
🔹 Explanation: Ghulam Muhammad served as Pakistan’s first Finance Minister before becoming Governor-General in 1951.
19. What was the “One Unit Scheme”?
(A) Merger of West Pakistani provinces
(B) Merger of East and West Pakistan
(C) Division of Punjab
(D) None of these
✅ Correct Answer: A. Merger of West Pakistani provinces
🔹 Explanation: In 1955, the One Unit Scheme merged the provinces of West Pakistan into a single administrative unit to create balance with East Pakistan.
20. When did Pakistan become an Islamic Republic?
(A) 1949
(B) 1954
(C) 1956
(D) 1958
✅ Correct Answer: C. 1956
🔹 Explanation: On 23 March 1956, Pakistan was officially declared an Islamic Republic, with Iskander Mirza as President.