Pakistan Study MCQs with Explanations

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21 April 1972 is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Deputy Nazir Ahmad is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Sir Agha Khan was the first President of All India Muslim League. The proposal to form a central organisation for Muslims was accepted and political association “All-India Muslim League” was set up on December 30, 1906, under the Presidentship of Nawab Salimullah. Aga Khan was elected as Permanent President of the Muslim League.

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Shalimar Television Network (STN) was the first semi governmental television channel of Pakistan, the first to break up the monopoly of state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV). STN started its broadcast in 1990 with the name of People’s Television Network (PTN) under the umbrella of Shalimar Recording Company from Islamabad. Later on, its transmissions were started from Karachi, Lahore and by the mid-1990s, it was available in the whole country at terrestrial beam. PTN under settlements with CNN International of USA and British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC of UK started rebroadcast of the programmings of CNN International channel and BBC World. In the same year, PTN in an agreement with Interflow (a private company) started a time slot by the name of , Network Television Marketing (NTM) which came as a breath of fresh air after General Zia-ul-Haq’s military dictatorship era of the 1980s, and with its unique and entertainment-filled programmings, it gave tough competition to PTV at prime time evening TV viewing time.[1] In 1999, NTM had to quit the airwaves because of the financial crunch. Right after this, STN also ended the slots of CNN Intentional, BBC World and DW. Under a settlement with PTV Network, STN became “Channel-3”.[1] A Satellite beam was also arranged for STN/Channel-3 and it started its broadcast from PTV Academy. Each rebroadcast station of STN on terrestrial airwaves was connected to the satellite beam of STN/Channel. Channel-3 started its regular transmission in 2000 as an all-purpose channel. Slots of ‘Prime Entertainment’ program and ‘Sunday TV’ program were quite popular among the audience as the quality of entertainment programmings were quite good. In 2005, STN/Channel-3 went off the air and the parent company Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company signed an agreement with Sports Star International to start the first ever semi-private channel of Pakistan ATV (Pakistan) channel, the collaboration stayed intact till 2018. Since 2018, ATV is being run under SRBC solely as a semi-government TV Channel.

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Henry Vivian Derozio is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July 1952.

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The Khilafat movement , also known as the Indian Muslim movement (1919–24). It was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India. The Khilafat movement was launched in the subcontinent in 1919 . It was a political campaign led by Indian Muslims to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam. Why it started After World War I, the Allies planned to dismember the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. Indian Muslims feared that the end of the Khilafat would impact pan-Islamic unity and brotherhood. They believed that western powers were waging a war against Islam. Who led it The Ali brothers, Muhammad Ali Jauhar and Shaukat Ali, were leaders of the movement. Other leaders included Hakim Ajmal Khan and Abul Kalam Azad.

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Din-i Ilahi “the religion of God,” was a system of religious beliefs introduced by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 CE. His idea was to combine Islam and Hinduism into one faith, but also to add aspects of Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Jainism. Akbar took a deep personal interest in religious matters.

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KPK is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Skardu is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.