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Pakistan History

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"What do you know about Pakistan's history? Take this quiz to find out!"


1. Pakistan became free from British control in 1947. When was the Lahore Resolution approved, which called for a sovereign, independent Muslim state?
    1940
    1905
    1943
    1946


2. On _________________, Pakistan became an independent nation.
    August 14, 1947
    March 23, 1947
    July 5, 1947
    September 22, 1947


3. Jinnah was declared the first governer-general of Pakistan. Who was the first prime-minister?
    Liaquat Ali Khan
    Dr. Mohammed Iqbal
    Chaudhri Rahmat Ali
    None of these; Pakistan doesn't have a prime minister.


4. On September 11, 1948, Jinnah died in Karachi at the age of 72. What was the cause of his death?
    Heart attack
    Assassination
    Tuberculosis
    Cancer


5. In 1951, Liaquat was assassinated in Rawalpindi. Khwaja Nazimuddin, an East Pakistani who had succeeded Jinnah as governor-general, became prime minister. Who became governor-general?
    Ghulam Mohammed
    Ayub Khan
    Iskandar Mirza
    None of these


6. When was Pakistan's first constitution adopted?
    1956
    1962
    1947
    1959


7. President Mirza declared martial law in October 1958, and was supported by the army commander-in-chief. Twenty days later, the latter forced Mirza to resign and became president himself. Who was this commander-in-chief who ruled Pakistan for nearly ten years?
    Ayub Khan
    Firoz Khan Noon
    Yahya Khan
    None of these; nothing like this ever happened in Pakistan's history.


8. On September 6, 1965, war broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. The war was stopped after Britain and the US suspended military and economic aid to both countries. On September 23, a cease fire was arranged by the UN and the heads of both nations met in _________ to sign a peace treaty.
    Lahore
    Tashkent
    New Delhi
    Istanbul


9. After the Civil War in 1971, East Pakistan became a separate state in the form of Bangladesh. Yahya Khan, who had become president after Ayub, resigned and ___________________ became president and martial law administrator of Pakistan.
    Nawaz Sharif
    Mohammed Shah Junejo
    Zia-ul-Haq
    Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto


10. On July 5, 1977, army commander-in-chief, _________________________ staged a coup and imposed a martial law regime.
    Gen. Zia-ul-Haq
    Gen. Tauqir Zia
    Gen. Pervez Musharraf
    Gen. Rashid Qureshi


11. Zia was killed in an airplane crash possibly caused by sabotage in _____________.
    June 1988
    July 1988
    August 1988
    September 1988


12. After the elections in November 1988 ________________________ became prime-minister, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan was appointed president.
    Pervez Musharraf
    Nawaz Sharif
    Benazir Bhutto
    Altaf Husain


13. After Bhutto's dismissal, Sharif was elected prime-minister. Fulfilling Sharif's election promise to make Sharia (Islamic law) the supreme law of Pakistan, the national legislature passed an amended Shariat Bill in _____.
    1992
    1993
    1990
    1991


14. In 1996, Bhutto, who was elected prime-minister in October 1993, was dismissed by President Farooq Leghari amid allegations of corruption. New elections in February 1997 brought _______________ back to power.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Mohammed Khan Junejo
    Ayub Khan
    Nawaz Sharif


15. In early 1997 Sharif resumed talks with India over the Kashmir region; however, negotiations quickly broke down when armed hostilities erupted again. Tensions escalated further in 1998, when India conducted several nuclear tests. Pakistan responded with its own tests, first of which on ______________________.
    May 28, 1998
    June 7, 1998
    April 25, 1998
    July 19, 1998


16. In May 1999, fighting broke out in __________, an Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
    Srinagar
    Kargil
    Jammu
    Muzaffarabad


17. In October 1999, a bloodless coup launched by __________________, the commander-in-chief of the army, ousted Sharif and made him chief executive of Pakistan.
    Rashid Qureshi
    Faruq Laghari
    Pervez Musharraf
    Yahya Khan


18. The Supreme Court of Pakistan set a deadline of _________________ for the restoration of civilian rule.
    October 2002
    January 2006
    November 2005
    September 2004


19. Pakistan became a frontline state of high strategic importance as the U.S.-led war on terrorism unfolded in neighboring __________________.
    Iran
    India
    China
    Afghanistan


20. Musharraf pledged to hold provincial and parliamentary elections by October 2002. In a bid to secure his position as president ahead of the elections, however, Musharraf called a referendum in April on extending his presidency for ______ years.
    six
    three
    four
    five


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