MCQ Bank
Why were elections under Zia ul Haq considered depoliticized?
- A) Members of the National Assembly were nominated
- B) Political parties were banned
- C) Army candidates contested directly
- D) Elections were held abroad
Which political alliance challenged Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the 1977 elections?
- A) Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
- B) Pakistan National Alliance (PNA)
- C) National Awami Party (NAP)
- D) Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD)
Who has the authority to declare an emergency under the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan?
- A) The Parliament
- B) The Chief Justice
- C) The Prime Minister
- D) The President
Why did Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto choose Zia ul Haq as Army Chief?
- A) Bhutto thought Zia ul Haq would not interfere in politics
- B) Zia ul Haq had political experience
- C) Zia ul Haq was the senior-most
- D) Zia ul Haq had support from the PPP
Who presented the scheme of Independent Bengal?
- A) Sheikh Mujib Ur Rahman
- B) Subash Chandar Bose
- C) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy
- D) Rabaindra Nath Tagore
What system of governance was established under the Interim Constitution of Pakistan in 1972?
- A) Presidential system
- B) Parliamentary system
- C) Federation of states
- D) Monarchy
In Pakistan, the members of which house represent all the provinces equally?
- A) Senate
- B) Local Government
- C) National Assembly
- D) Provincial Assembly
What system of government did Pakistan adopt under the 1973 Constitution?
- A) Monarchical system
- B) Federal system
- C) Autocratic system
- D) Parliamentary system
What was the role of the Nazim-e-Salat?
- A) Supervise zakat collection
- B) Manage local councils
- C) Encourage and monitor prayers
- D) Lead Friday sermons
Who introduced the ethnic politics in Pakistan?
- A) General Pervez Musharraf
- B) General Zia ul Haq
- C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- D) Nawaz Sharif
How many provinces were part of Pakistan at the time the 1973 Constitution was adopted?
- A) 3
- B) 7
- C) 5
- D) 4
What language was introduced to India by the Aryans?
- A) Bengali
- B) Dravidian
- C) Sanskrit
- D) Hindi
What language was made a national language along with Urdu in Pakistan in 1956?
- A) Hindi
- B) Tamil
- C) Bengali
- D) Punjabi
What is the role of the President in the legislative process under the 1973 Constitution?
- A) To pass laws without parliament
- B) To propose laws
- C) To veto laws
- D) To give assent to laws passed in parliament
How did the nationalization of education unintentionally harm the sector?
- A) It restricted science education only
- B) Political recruitment of teachers lowered the education quality
- C) It eliminated all government schools
- D) It stopped poor students from entering universities
Who established Presidential authority under 8th Amendment to dissolve the National Assembly in his own discretion?
- A) Nawaz Sharif
- B) Benazir Bhutto
- C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- D) General Zia ul Haq
Which significant change did Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s administrative reforms introduce?
- A) Elimination of bureaucracy
- B) Creation of provinces
- C) Grading of civil servants
- D) Direct election of bureaucracy
Why did Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto nationalize education?
- A) To increase private sector investments
- B) To make teachers government employees
- C) To promote social justice and provide uniform education
- D) To centralize political recruitment in education
When did the Interim Constitution of 1972 come into force?
- A) March 23, 1972
- B) April 21, 1972
- C) June 06, 1972
- D) August 14, 1072
Which famous Bengali poet won a Nobel Prize in Literature?
- A) Kazi Nazrul Islam
- B) Allama Iqbal
- C) Rabindranath Tagore
- D) Subhash Chandra Bose