Pak Study Mcqs

The Tashkent Agreement was a peace treaty signed between India and Pakistan on January 10, 1966, to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. India was represented by its then Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, who tragically passed away in Tashkent shortly after signing the agreement. Pakistan was represented by President Ayub Khan. Jawaharlal Nehru (A) died in 1964, before the agreement. Indira Gandhi (C) became Prime Minister later in 1966. Rajiv Gandhi (D) served much later. Therefore, Lal Bahadur Shastri is the correct signatory for India.

The name "Pakistan" was coined by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali in 1933. He was a Pakistani nationalist who proposed the name in his pamphlet "Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?". The name is an acronym for the regions of Punjab, Afghan (North-West Frontier Province), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah (B) was the founder of Pakistan but did not coin the name. Liaquat Ali Khan (C) was Pakistan's first Prime Minister. Hafeez Jalandhari (D) is known for writing Pakistan's national anthem. Thus, Ch. Rehmat Ali is the correct answer.

Nawab Amir Muhammad Khan of Kalabagh served as the Governor of West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966. This period directly corresponds with the presidency of Field Marshal Ayub Khan, who ruled Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. Governors during this era were appointed by the President. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (B), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (C), and Pervez Musharraf (D) all served as presidents much later than the 1960s. Therefore, Ayub Khan is the correct president during Nawab Amir Muhammad Khan's governorship.

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan, did not visit India after the independence of Pakistan on August 14, 1947. After partition, his primary focus was entirely on establishing and consolidating the new nation of Pakistan. He remained in Pakistan until his death in September 1948. Therefore, the correct answer is None of these, implying zero visits. Options A, B, and C are incorrect as he did not travel to India post-partition.

Nawaz Sharif has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan a total of three times. His tenures were from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999, and most recently from 2013 to 2017. This makes him a significant figure in Pakistani political history, having held the country's highest executive office multiple times. Options A (2), C (4), and D (5) are incorrect as they do not reflect the accurate number of times he held the Prime Minister's office.