Pakistan Studies MCQs

Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to summit Everest in 2013.
She is from Gilgit-Baltistan.

The One Unit scheme combined the western regions into one province.
It aimed to create parity with East Pakistan.

The National Assembly is the lower house.
Its general seats are allocated mainly according to population.

Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the Punjab and Bengal boundary commissions.
The resulting boundaries became known as the Radcliffe Line.

Fatima Jinnah is known as Madar-e-Millat, or Mother of the Nation.
She supported her brother during the Pakistan Movement.

Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.
He was recognized for work on electroweak theory.

Pakistan's first constitution came into force on 23 March 1956.
The country then formally became an Islamic republic.

The Senate balances population-based representation in the National Assembly.
It gives provinces and other units a voice in federal legislation.

Iqbal argued for political consolidation of Muslim-majority provinces.
The address later became important in the ideological development of Pakistan.

Chaudhry Rahmat Ali used the name Pakistan in his 1933 pamphlet.
The name combined letters associated with Muslim-majority regions.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah led the political struggle that resulted in Pakistan.
He is honored as Quaid-e-Azam, meaning Great Leader.

Now or Never was published in 1933.
It advocated a separate Muslim homeland in north-western India.