CSS Pakistan Affairs chapter 7: Economy and development MCQs with answers

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28 exam-style questions on Economy and development, 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.

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Ten Economy and development questions with answers

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1. Pakistan became a member of the IMF and the World Bank in

  1. A
    1947
  2. B
    1950
  3. C
    1956
  4. 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.

2. Which government nationalised major industries and banks between 1972 and 1976?

  1. A
    Z. A. Bhutto's government
  2. B
    Ayub Khan's government
  3. C
    Yahya Khan's government
  4. D
    Zia-ul-Haq's government
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Answer: A. Bhutto's government nationalised heavy industry, banks and insurance. Zia later returned some units to private owners.

3. Which body, set up in 1952, established industries that private investors would not enter?

  1. A
    The Planning Commission of Pakistan
  2. B
    Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
  3. C
    Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation
  4. D
    The Water and Power Development Authority
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Answer: B. The PIDC was created to start industries with state money and hand them over later. WAPDA dealt with water and power.

4. The slogan 'Roti, Kapra aur Makan' was associated with

  1. A
    the Muslim League of Jinnah
  2. B
    the Jamaat-e-Islami of Maududi
  3. C
    the Awami League of East Pakistan
  4. D
    the Pakistan Peoples Party
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Answer: D. The PPP promised food, clothing and shelter in the 1970 campaign.

5. The Green Revolution in Pakistan in the 1960s involved

  1. A
    the nationalisation of flour mills and grain stores
  2. B
    high-yielding wheat varieties, fertiliser and tubewells
  3. C
    large collective farms set up on state-owned land
  4. D
    the closing down of the old canal irrigation system
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Answer: B. New seeds and inputs raised yields, especially of wheat, in the Punjab.

6. The main source of sugar in Pakistan is

  1. A
    sorghum
  2. B
    maize
  3. C
    sugar beet
  4. D
    sugarcane
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Answer: D. Pakistan's sugar mills use sugarcane, grown mainly in Punjab and Sindh. Sugar beet is a minor crop.

7. Which industry is Pakistan's largest in manufacturing and exports?

  1. A
    Fertiliser
  2. B
    Steel
  3. C
    Textiles
  4. D
    Cement
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Answer: C. Textiles and clothing dominate manufacturing and export earnings.

8. Which of these is a kharif crop?

  1. A
    Barley
  2. B
    Wheat
  3. C
    Gram
  4. D
    Cotton
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Answer: D. Cotton is sown in spring and harvested in autumn. The other three are rabi crops.

9. Large coal reserves are found in which desert region?

  1. A
    Thar
  2. B
    Cholistan
  3. C
    Kharan
  4. D
    Thal
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Answer: A. The Thar desert in Sindh holds very large lignite deposits. Cholistan and Thal are deserts of the Punjab and Kharan is in Balochistan.

10. Pakistan Steel Mills at Karachi was built with the assistance of

  1. A
    the Soviet Union
  2. B
    China
  3. C
    Germany
  4. D
    the United States
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Answer: A. The Soviet Union provided technical and financial help for the mills at Pipri near Karachi, which began production in the early 1980s.

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28, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 2 topics: Planning, agriculture and industry, Energy, water and the economy today. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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