SUBJECT SPECIALIST PAKISTAN STUDIES (BPS-17)
Special Education Department (2024)   
1.  Which province of China touches Pakistan's border?            Xinjiang
2.  Who was the first United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights?            Jose Ayala Lasso
3.  Who wrote the book "The Sufis"?            Idries Shah
4.  Who is the author of the book "Documents on Punjab"?            O.P Ralhan
5.  What is the rank of Pakistan in the Global Innovation Index 2021?            99
6.  Which is the world's most polluted city, as per the US Air Quality Index?            Lahore
7.  In the European Court, the judges are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from a list of how many individuals put forth by each Member State?            Three
8.  Pakistan faced sanctions under the Pressler Amendment in 1992 by which country?            US
9.  What is the common language of Chitral and Ghizer districts?            Khowar
10.  Which amendment relates to the Shariah Bill?            9th
11.  In which year did Moinuddin Chishti migrate from Persia?            1192
12.  Palestinian National Authority headquarters are located at:            Ramallah
13.  Which article of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 deals with the National Economic Council?            Article 156
14.  Choose the correct antonym for the word "Ecstasy":            Misery
15.  Who is known as the "Breaker of Idols"?            Mahmud Ghazni
16.  The Schengen area means:            Common Visa policy
17.  According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), what was the population growth rate of Pakistan in 2023?            2.55%
18.  Bicameral Legislature system was introduced for the first time in Pakistan in:            1973 Constitution
19.  When was the Radcliffe Award announced?            1947
20.  Which language was primarily used for computers?            Binary language
21.  In which mountain range are the maximum summits in Pakistan located?            Karakoram range
22.  In 1920, which of the following changed its name to All India Home Rule League?            Swarajya Sabha
23.  Sir Sikandar Hayat was the CM of which province of Pakistan?            Punjab
24.  In which year was the session of the Indian National Congress held at the bank of the river Ravi in Lahore?            1929
25.  Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Muscat (Oman) in which year?            1958
26.  Which two Muslims contributed to writing the Nehru Report?            Shoaib Qureshi and Syed Ali Imam
27.  MS Access is used for:            All of these
28.  What is the contribution of Baba Farid Rabani included in the Holy Book of Sikh Granth Sahib?            Ashloq
29.  Which is the highest peak of the Salt Range?            Sakasar
30.  Which Pakistani cricketer was awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz posthumously?            Abdul Qadir
31.  Which of the following is the famous political party of Sikhs?            Shiromani Akal Dal
32.  Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?            John Marshall
33.  A referendum on allowing Pervez Musharraf to continue as President for five years was held in Pakistan on:            30 April 2002
34.  The "Mountbatten Plan" regarding the partition of India was officially declared on:            3rd June 1947
35.  Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq became the ___ President of Pakistan.            6th
36.  In which year was the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founded by Hedgewar?            1925
37.  Who is considered the author of the first history book?            Herodotus
38.  When did Pakistan join SEATO?            1954
39.  Which verb form ends in "ing" and acts as a noun?            Gerund
40.  Which is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush range?            Tirich Mir
41.  Sheikh Mujib was arrested during which era?            Ayub Khan
42.  When was the Vernacular Press Act given?            1886
43.  Who was Pakistan's first Civil Martial Law Administrator?            Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
44.  Forests constitute only ___ of the total area of Pakistan.            4.8%
45.  Who was the first Speaker of the Sindh Assembly in 1937?            Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemchand
46.  The Government of India Act 1858 was passed on:            2nd August 1858
47.  Which country became the largest exporter of camel meat worldwide in 2020 according to the Global Export survey 2020?            Pakistan
48.  What kind of system of Government was introduced in the 1973 Constitution?            Parliamentary
49.  ___ is the most malleable metal.            Gold
50.  Who wrote the book "The Emergence of Pakistan"?            Ch. Muhammad Ali
51.  Panipat is in which state of India?            Haryana
52.  Who was the sixth caliph of the Umayyad dynasty during the Debal incident?            Walid bin Abdul Malik
53.  The demand for a separate electorate for Muslims was conceded in:            1909
54.  Hazrat Sultan Bahu was alive during the era of:            Both A & B
55.  The most populous city in the world is:            Tokyo
56.  The old name of Taxila was:            Takhshasila
57.  Mian Sir Fazl-i-Hussain belonged to which caste?            Rajput
58.  Which is the national game of Japan?            Judo
59.  What was the purpose of the 1947 Constituent Assembly?            Legislative and Constituent
60.  In which city was the Indus Water Treaty signed by the Prime Minister of India and the President of Pakistan?            Karachi
61.  When was Quetta devastated by an earthquake?            1935
62.  Who was the fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan?            Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
63.  The British Crown assumed direct control over India in which year?            1858
64.  Who interpreted the neo-Sufi concept of Islam?            Shah Waliullah
65.  How many Senators represent Islamabad?            4
66.  Where is Mian Muhammad Bux buried?            Khari Sharif
67.  In 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory trading post?            Surat
68.  When was the Pak-China Economic Corridor Secretariat inaugurated in Islamabad?            August 27, 2013
69.  Babusar Pass connects which two cities?            Abbottabad with Gilgit
70.  Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal?            Lord Curzon
71.  Which is the smallest province of Pakistan by area?            KPK
72.  The Indian Councils Act (Minto-Morley Reforms) was enacted into law in:            1909
73.  When was the province of NWFP (now KPK) established?            1901
74.  The most important feature of the Government of India Act 1935 was:            Bicameral Legislature
75.  Who was the first Viceroy of India?            Lord Curzon
76.  What was the theme of World Environment Day 2021?            Ecosystem Restoration
77.  The main demand of the Simla Muslim Deputation, accepted in the Minto-Morley Reforms of 1906, was about:            Separate electorates
78.  The length of Siachen Glacier is:            76 km
79.  Pakistan's loan and interest payments in Budget 2024-25 are:            Rs. 9.775 trillion
80.  In her book *We Are Displaced*, Malala discussed the story of which two refugee girls?            Zaynab and Muzoon
81.  In MS Excel, the dollar sign is used to ___ data.            Fix
82.  India's national song "Vande Mataram" is a part of which novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?            Anandamath
83.  Who headed the two Boundary Commissions set up to delineate the international frontiers between India and Pakistan in 1947?            Radcliffe
84.  What is Balochistan's share in the NFC Award?            9.09%
85.  What is the second most famous code in Pashtu poetry after Tappa?            Ghazal
86.  According to the Government of India Act of 1935, elections in the subcontinent were conducted in which year?            1937
87.  Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was established in which year?            1967
88.  In the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup, Pakistan defeated which country?            Netherlands
89.  The line y=-2x-2 is perpendicular to line I. If these two lines have the same y-intercept, which of the following could be the equation of line I?            y = ½ x-2
90.  A ladder 15 meters long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of 60° with the wall, find the height of the wall.            7.5 m
91.  The British appointed ___ especially to crush the Indian Freedom Movement.            Sir Charles Tegart
92.  The average adult has a blood volume of about:            5 liters
93.  ریختہ کے معنی کیا ہیں؟            ایجاد کرنا
94.  جان تم پر نثار کرتا ہوں میں نہیں جانتا_____ کیا ہے            دعا
95.  بابائے اردو کس شخصیت کو کہا جاتا ہے؟            مولوی عبد الحق
96.  رود کوثر، آب کوثر، موج کوثر کس کی تصانیف ہیں؟            شیخ محمد اکرم