CSS Pakistan Affairs chapter 5: Constitutional history MCQs with answers
By Team Megalecture · Updated 4 Nov 2026
46 exam-style questions on Constitutional history, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
Amendments, martial laws and the courts16 questions
Ten Constitutional history questions with answers
Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. 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.
2. Who was the first President elected under the 1973 Constitution?
A
Z. A. Bhutto
B
Zia-ul-Haq
C
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
D
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
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Answer: D. Bhutto became Prime Minister and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was elected President. Bhutto had been President under the interim constitution.
3. Who was appointed the first Chief Martial Law Administrator in October 1958?
A
Zia-ul-Haq
B
Yahya Khan
C
Ayub Khan
D
Iskander Mirza
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Answer: C. Mirza proclaimed martial law and appointed the army chief Ayub Khan as CMLA. Within three weeks Ayub also removed Mirza.
4. Which commission, headed by Justice Shahabuddin, prepared proposals for the 1962 Constitution?
A
The Constitution Commission
B
The Munir Commission
C
The Sharif Commission
D
The Hamoodur Rahman Commission
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Answer: A. It reported in 1961. The Hamoodur Rahman Commission looked into the break-up of 1971, and the Sharif Commission into education.
5. What was the purpose of the One Unit scheme of 1955?
A
To divide the Punjab into several smaller provinces
B
To make Karachi the capital of a separate province
C
To merge West Pakistan into one province to match East Pakistan
D
To merge East and West Pakistan into one single province
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Answer: C. One Unit combined West Pakistan so that it could balance East Pakistan's larger population.
6. Who abrogated the 1956 Constitution on 7 October 1958?
A
Yahya Khan
B
Ayub Khan
C
Ghulam Muhammad
D
Iskander Mirza
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Answer: D. Mirza, the President, declared martial law, and Ayub Khan was made Chief Martial Law Administrator.
7. Which 1972 case declared Yahya Khan a usurper and overruled Dosso?
A
Zafar Ali Shah v Federation
B
Nusrat Bhutto v Chief of Army Staff
C
Asma Jilani v Government of Punjab
D
State v Dosso
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Answer: C. The Supreme Court held Yahya's rule illegal after he had left office. Nusrat Bhutto (1977) and Zafar Ali Shah (2000) validated later takeovers.
8. Which amendment, passed under General Musharraf, restored the President's power to dissolve the National Assembly?
A
The Eighteenth Amendment
B
The Seventeenth Amendment
C
The Thirteenth Amendment
D
The Fourteenth Amendment
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Answer: B. The Seventeenth Amendment of 2003 restored it. The Thirteenth had removed it in 1997.
9. How did the making of the 1973 Constitution differ from that of 1962?
A
It was framed and adopted by elected representatives
B
It was handed down by the President of the country
C
It was drawn up and imposed by the army command
D
It was adopted by a nationwide referendum of voters
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Answer: A. The 1962 Constitution was given by the President, whereas the 1973 text was passed by the elected National Assembly.
10. Which opposition figure stood against Ayub Khan in the presidential election of 1965?
A
H. S. Suhrawardy
B
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
C
Z. A. Bhutto
D
Fatima Jinnah
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Answer: D. Fatima Jinnah was the candidate of the combined opposition. Suhrawardy had died in 1963.
46, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 3 topics: The constitutions of 1956 and 1962, The 1973 Constitution, Amendments, martial laws and the courts. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
Is the CSS Pakistan Affairs chapter 5 test free?
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How is the chapter test marked?
The moment you press Finish: your score, the right answer and an explanation for every question, and the ones you got wrong saved in My mistakes to retry.
