Pak Study Mcqs

The correct answer is Oman because the coastal port territory of Gwadar was under Omani rule for over a century before Pakistan bought it back.

• Step 1 (Historical Control): The Sultan of Muscat and Oman exercised sovereign control over Gwadar starting in the late 18th century.


• Step 2 (The Sale): Led by Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistan successfully negotiated a deal and officially purchased the port territory back from Oman on September 8, 1958, for roughly .5 million.


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  • China is incorrect because China is a modern investment partner developing the Gwadar deep-sea port under the CPEC framework, not the historical seller of the land.
  
  
  • Singapore is incorrect because Singapore briefly managed port operations later on, but had nothing to do with the territory's original ownership.
  
  

The correct answer is Ch. Rehmat Ali because he created the name 'Pakistan' and published it in his famous 1933 political pamphlet.

• Step 1 (The Pamphlet): While studying at Cambridge University, Choudhary Rahmat Ali wrote a historic leaflet titled 'Now or Never; Are we to live or perish forever?'.


• Step 2 (The Word): He formed the name as an acronym representing the northern Muslim-majority regions: Punjab, Afghania (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.


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  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah is incorrect because he was the political leader (Quaid-e-Azam) who led the independence movement, but did not invent the name itself.
  
  
  • Liaquat Ali Khan was the nation's first Prime Minister and a close aide to Jinnah.
  
  
  • Hafeez Jalandhari is incorrect because he wrote the lyrics to Pakistan's national anthem years later.
  
  

The correct answer is 3 because Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has officially held the office of Prime Minister during three distinct historical terms.

• Step 1 (The Terms): He served as the head of government for the first time from 1990 to 1993, for a second time from 1997 to 1999, and for a third time from 2013 to 2017.


• Step 2 (History Maker): This track record makes him the only politician in Pakistan's history to become the elected Prime Minister three separate times.


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  • 2, 4, and 5 are incorrect numbers that do not match the official records of his premiership terms.