Political History of Pakistan

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1. In what year (AD) was the place now called Pakistan invaded by Muslims? Answer: (Three digit date)

2. In what year did the Sepoy Rebellion, or the Indian War of Independence, take place? Answer: (The same year that the Dred Scott decision is issued by the US Supreme Court)

3. In what year was the Lahore Resolution approved? Answer: (The same year that the Germans invaded France)

4. In which year did Pakistan become a separate, independent country? 1947 1948 1946 1950

5. In which year was the first constitution of Pakistan adopted? Answer: (The same year that Morocco became independent)

6. In which year did General Ayub Khan, commander-in-chief of the military, take over the Government of Pakistan and assume the title of President? Answer: (The same year as Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the USSR)

7. In which year did the second war break out between Pakistan and India over Kashmir? Answer: (The same year that Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlem, NY)

8. In which year did General Ayub Khan hand over power to General Yahya Khan? Answer: (The same year that man first walked on the moon)

9. In which of these years did Civil War break out in Pakistan? 1968 1980 1971 1975

10. In which year did Yahya Khan resign and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto become president? 1980 1968 1975 1971

11. In which year did Army chief Zia ul Haq launche a coup and take over the presidency of Pakistan? Answer: (The same year that Elvis Presley and Charlie Chaplin died)

12. In which year was Benazir Bhutto elected Prime Minister of Pakistan; the first woman to hold such office in a Muslim country? Answer: (The same year that the Iran-Iraq War ended)

13. In which year did both Prime-Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resign? Answer: (The same year that twelve American soldiers were killed in Somalia)

14. Benazir Bhutto, re-elected in 1993, is dismissed in which year, this time by President Faruq Ahmed Khan Laghari? Answer: (The same year that Bill Clinton was re-elected president of the US)

15. In which year did the military launch a coup in Pakistan, declaring General Pervez Musharraf Chief Executive? Answer: (The same year that King Hussein of Jordan died)