O Level Pakistan Studies History chapter 6: Nationhood: 1971 to 1999 and Pakistan in world affairs MCQs with answers

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1. Which laws introduced under Zia in 1979 set Islamic punishments for crimes such as theft?

  1. A
    the Hudood Ordinances
  2. B
    the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance
  3. C
    the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance
  4. D
    the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order
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Answer: A. The Hudood laws were central to Zia's Islamisation. The Family Laws Ordinance was Ayub Khan's, 1961.

2. Which was an attempt to improve Pakistan-India relations in 1999?

  1. A
    the Tashkent Declaration
  2. B
    the Simla Agreement
  3. C
    the Indus Waters Treaty
  4. D
    the Lahore Declaration
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Answer: D. Vajpayee travelled to Lahore by bus in February 1999 and he and Sharif agreed to work for peace and reduce nuclear risks.

3. How did Zia change voting arrangements for religious minorities?

  1. A
    he removed their right to vote
  2. B
    he gave them one-third of the seats
  3. C
    he introduced separate electorates
  4. D
    he abolished all their reserved seats
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Answer: C. In the 1985 elections non-Muslims voted only for candidates from their own community in separate electorates.

4. What was agreed in the Simla Agreement of 1972?

  1. A
    disputes would be settled bilaterally
  2. B
    Kashmir would hold a UN plebiscite within a year
  3. C
    Pakistan would recognise Bangladesh at once
  4. D
    India would pay compensation for the 1971 war
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Answer: A. Occupied territory in the West was returned and both sides agreed to respect the Line of Control in Kashmir. Pakistan recognised Bangladesh in 1974.

5. Which country voted against Pakistan's admission to the UN in 1947?

  1. A
    India
  2. B
    Iran
  3. C
    the USSR
  4. D
    Afghanistan
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Answer: D. Afghanistan objected over the Pakhtun areas and the Durand Line, though it later withdrew its opposition.

6. What was the Kargil conflict of 1999?

  1. A
    a naval war off the coast near Karachi
  2. B
    a dispute over the Sutlej canal headworks
  3. C
    fighting over the Rann of Kutch border
  4. D
    fighting on the Line of Control in Kashmir
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Answer: D. It came soon after the Lahore Declaration and damaged the improvement in relations. The Rann of Kutch clash was in 1965.

7. Which road completed in the late 1970s links Pakistan with China?

  1. A
    the Karakoram Highway
  2. B
    the Grand Trunk Road
  3. C
    the Khyber Pass road
  4. D
    the Makran Coastal Highway
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Answer: A. The highway crosses the Khunjerab Pass and was built jointly by Pakistan and China.

8. Which problem faced Benazir Bhutto's second government (1993–96)?

  1. A
    violence in Karachi and inflation
  2. B
    the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  3. C
    the loss of East Pakistan
  4. D
    a war with India at Kargil
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Answer: A. Unrest in Karachi, unemployment and IMF concerns weakened her government. Kargil was in 1999.

9. Which country was the first to recognise Pakistan in 1947?

  1. A
    Afghanistan
  2. B
    China
  3. C
    Iran
  4. D
    the USA
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Answer: C. Iran was the first to recognise Pakistan, and the two developed close links.

10. What was the Federal Security Force created by Bhutto?

  1. A
    a UN peacekeeping unit made up of Pakistani troops
  2. B
    a paramilitary force under the government's control
  3. C
    a new branch of the air force for border defence
  4. D
    a tribal force raised to guard the Durand Line
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Answer: B. Bhutto set it up partly to reduce dependence on the army; it became unpopular for being used against political opponents.

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54, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 5 topics: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 1971-1977, Zia-ul-Haq, 1977-1988, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, 1988-1999, Pakistan as a nuclear power; relations with India and Bangladesh, Relations with Afghanistan, Iran, China, the USSR, the USA, the UK and the UN. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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