CSS Pakistan Affairs 2017 MCQs
📘 Introduction
The 2017 Pakistan Affairs paper contained multiple-choice questions focusing on history, constitutional developments, foreign relations, and general knowledge. Below is the solved set with explanations, valuable for CSS aspirants aiming for accuracy and concept clarity.
Solved MCQs
Q1. Mohenjo-Daro was discovered in:
a) 1922
b) 1920
c) 1919
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) 1922
📖 Explanation: Mohenjo-Daro, one of the main Indus Valley Civilization sites, was excavated in 1922 by R. D. Banerji.
Q2. Current Ambassador of Pakistan to China (2017):
a) Masood Khan
b) Masood Khalid
c) Salman Bashir
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Masood Khalid
📖 Explanation: Masood Khalid served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to China from 2013 to 2019.
Q3. The Simla Deputation met the Viceroy:
a) The Earl of Minto
b) Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
c) The Lord of Chelmsford
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) The Earl of Minto
📖 Explanation: The famous Simla Deputation met Viceroy Lord Minto in 1906 to demand separate electorates for Muslims.
Q4. Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam was founded in:
a) 24 September 1880
b) 24 September 1884
c) 24 September 1888
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) 24 September 1884
📖 Explanation: This educational and reformist organization was founded in Lahore in 1884 to promote Islamic education and welfare.
Q5. Author of My Life Fragment:
a) Tausif Sadiq
b) Maulana Muhammad Ali
c) Mushirul Hassan
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Maulana Muhammad Ali
📖 Explanation: Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, a prominent leader, penned My Life: A Fragment.
Q6. Friday declared official holiday on:
a) 1 July 1977
b) 14 August 1984
c) 23 March 1973
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) 1 July 1977
📖 Explanation: General Zia-ul-Haq declared Friday as a weekly holiday in July 1977 to promote Islamization.
Q7. PTV started its color transmission in:
a) 1974
b) 1975
c) 1976
d) None of these
✅ Answer: c) 1976
📖 Explanation: Pakistan Television began color transmission on 20 December 1976.
Q8. Who led funeral prayers of Quaid-e-Azam?
a) Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni
b) Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani
c) Maulana Maududi
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani
📖 Explanation: Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, a noted scholar, led Jinnah’s funeral prayers on 12 September 1948.
Q9. Pakistan’s largest artificial lake:
a) Keenjhar Lake
b) Attabad Lake
c) Borit Lake
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) Keenjhar Lake
📖 Explanation: Keenjhar (Kalri) Lake in Sindh is Pakistan’s largest man-made freshwater lake.
Q10. Seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan:
a) Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
b) Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
c) Malik Feroz Khan Noon
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
📖 Explanation: I. I. Chundrigar became the 7th PM of Pakistan in October 1957.
Q11. 18th Amendment to the 1973 Constitution was passed on:
a) 10 April 2010
b) 8 April 2010
c) 18 April 2010
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) 10 April 2010
📖 Explanation: The landmark 18th Amendment, devolving powers to provinces, was passed on 10 April 2010.
Q12. Writer of Humsafar:
a) Shaila Abdullah
b) Farhat Ishtiaq
c) Shahbano Bilgrami
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Farhat Ishtiaq
📖 Explanation: Farhat Ishtiaq is the novelist behind Humsafar, later adapted into a famous TV drama.
Q13. Total number of US Electoral College votes:
a) 435
b) 538
c) 100
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) 538
📖 Explanation: The U.S. Electoral College has 538 votes — 435 House + 100 Senate + 3 for D.C.
Q14. Indian to receive Pakistan’s highest award:
a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) Narendra Modi
c) Morarji Desai
d) None of these
✅ Answer: c) Morarji Desai
📖 Explanation: Former Indian PM Morarji Desai received Nishan-e-Pakistan in 1990.
Q15. Total number of Basic Democrats in 1965:
a) 80,000
b) 120,000
c) 65,000
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) 80,000
📖 Explanation: Ayub Khan introduced the Basic Democracies system in 1960 with 80,000 members.
Q16. First Vice President of Pakistan:
a) Nurul Amin
b) Hamid Ansari
c) Parvez Elahi
d) None of these
✅ Answer: a) Nurul Amin
📖 Explanation: Nurul Amin was appointed the first and only Vice President of Pakistan in 1971.
Q17. National Anthem composed by:
a) Zawar Hussain
b) Ahmed Rushdi
c) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla
d) None of these
✅ Answer: c) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla
📖 Explanation: The tune of Pakistan’s national anthem was composed by Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla in 1949.
Q18. Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider (till 2017):
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
✅ Answer: c) 10
📖 Explanation: Till 2017, ten military heroes of Pakistan had been awarded Nishan-e-Haider.
Q19. First embassy in Pakistan opened by:
a) Britain
b) USA
c) Iran
d) None of these
✅ Answer: c) Iran
📖 Explanation: Iran was the first country to open its embassy in Pakistan in 1947.
Q20. US Ambassador who died with Gen. Zia in plane crash:
a) Robert B. Oakley
b) Arnold Lewis Raphel
c) Deane Roesch Hinton
d) None of these
✅ Answer: b) Arnold Lewis Raphel
📖 Explanation: U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel died in the 1988 plane crash along with Gen. Zia-ul-Haq.
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📘 Conclusion
The 2017 CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs highlight history, diplomacy, governance, and general knowledge. Mastering such questions equips candidates to handle both MCQ and subjective sections with confidence. Consistent revision of past papers strengthens preparation for upcoming exams.