CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs with answers
Practise CSS Pakistan Affairs (Compulsory) with 322 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.
322 questions · 9 chapters
What each chapter covers 9 chapters
The questions follow the syllabus chapter by chapter. You can test the whole subject or one chapter at a time.
- Ideological foundations 27 questionsTwo-Nation Theory and the Ideology of Pakistan, Thinkers: Shah Waliullah, Sir Syed, Iqbal, Jinnah
- Muslim rule, British rule and 1857 40 questionsMuslim rule in the subcontinent, East India Company and the War of 1857, Reform movements
- The Pakistan Movement 55 questionsCongress, the Partition of Bengal and the Muslim League, Lucknow Pact to the Fourteen Points, 1935 Act and the 1937 elections, Lahore Resolution to independence
- Creation and early years of Pakistan 29 questionsPartition, boundaries, refugees and Kashmir, Early challenges: Objectives Resolution and language
- Constitutional history 46 questionsThe constitutions of 1956 and 1962, The 1973 Constitution, Amendments, martial laws and the courts
- Government and institutions 26 questionsFederation, parliament and the provinces, Judiciary, elections and political parties
- Economy and development 28 questionsPlanning, agriculture and industry, Energy, water and the economy today
- Foreign policy and regional issues 44 questionsIndia: wars, agreements and disputes, Afghanistan, China, Iran and the USA, International organisations
- Society and national issues 27 questionsPeople, languages, culture and minorities, Education, health and challenges
Sample CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs with answers 12 questions
12 questions from the test, one or two from each chapter. Try each one, then open the answer.
1. A Muslim League speaker in the 1930s argues that Muslims differ from Hindus in law, festivals, calendar and customs. This argument supports
- A
the doctrine of necessity
- B
the Two-Nation Theory
- C
the federal principle
- D
composite nationalism
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Answer: B. Listing differences in social and cultural life to show that two communities are separate nations is the core of the Two-Nation Theory. Composite nationalism argues the opposite.
2. Which of these movements used armed struggle (jihad) as its method?
- A
Aligarh Movement
- B
Nadwatul Ulama
- C
Tehrik-e-Mujahideen
- D
Deoband
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Answer: C. Syed Ahmad Shaheed's movement fought; the other three worked through education and teaching.
3. Why did Jinnah ask Muslims to observe a Day of Deliverance in December 1939?
- A
To mark the passing of the Lahore Resolution
- B
To protest against the Quit India Movement
- C
To celebrate the grant of independence to India
- D
To mark relief at the end of the Congress ministries
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Answer: D. It was observed on 22 December 1939, after the Congress ministries had resigned.
4. Which UN agency declared 21 February International Mother Language Day?
- A
UNESCO
- B
WHO
- C
UNHCR
- D
UNICEF
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Answer: A. UNESCO did so in 1999, in memory of the Dhaka firing of 1952.
5. Subverting the Constitution by force is declared high treason in
- A
Article 190
- B
Article 2
- C
Article 6
- D
Article 8
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Answer: C. Article 6 makes abrogating or subverting the Constitution by force a high treason offence. Article 2 declares the state religion and Article 8 deals with laws inconsistent with Fundamental Rights.
6. Which party led the autonomy movement in East Pakistan under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
- A
The Pakistan Peoples Party
- B
The Awami League
- C
The Krishak Sramik Party
- D
The National Awami Party
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Answer: B. Mujib led the Awami League, which put forward the Six Points.
7. Pakistan became a member of the IMF and the World Bank in
- A
1947
- B
1950
- C
1956
- D
1960
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Answer: B. Pakistan joined both institutions in 1950. The Indus Waters Treaty, which the World Bank helped to negotiate, came ten years later.
8. Which conflict followed soon after the Lahore Declaration?
- A
The Kargil conflict
- B
The Siachen conflict
- C
The Rann of Kutch clash
- D
The Poonch uprising
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Answer: A. Soon after the Lahore Declaration of February 1999 fighting broke out in the Kargil sector in the summer of 1999. Siachen had been a separate conflict since 1984.
9. Taxila, famous for its Gandhara-era Buddhist remains, lies near
- A
Multan
- B
Rawalpindi
- C
Karachi
- D
Quetta
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Answer: B. Taxila, in the Punjab near Rawalpindi and Islamabad, was a centre of Gandhara Buddhist culture and is a World Heritage Site.
10. Who wrote 'Hujjatullah al-Balighah', a major work on Islamic law and society?
- A
Syed Ahmad Shaheed
- B
Allama Iqbal
- C
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- D
Shah Waliullah
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Answer: D. Shah Waliullah of Delhi (1703-1762) wrote it. Sir Syed and Iqbal belong to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Syed Ahmad Shaheed was a mujahid leader rather than a major author.
11. Which ruler of Ghazni raided the subcontinent repeatedly in the early eleventh century and attacked Somnath?
- A
Mahmud of Ghazni
- B
Nadir Shah
- C
Timur
- D
Muhammad Ghori
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Answer: A. Mahmud of Ghazni made repeated raids from about 1001. Muhammad Ghori came later, in the 1190s, and Timur and Nadir Shah invaded in 1398 and 1739.
12. Which event came between the Nehru Report and the Communal Award?
- A
The Fourteen Points
- B
The Lucknow Pact
- C
The Hijrat Movement
- D
The Simla Deputation
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Answer: A. The order is Nehru Report (1928), Fourteen Points (1929), Communal Award (1932). The other three events came earlier.
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