Pakistan Study MCQs with Explanations

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‘Thy Sacred Land’), is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 and the music was produced by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, preceding the lyrics.

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A ceasefire came into effect in Siachen in 2003 between India and Pakistan. However, the conflict continues, and both countries maintain a strong military presence in the area.

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Significance of Indian Independence Act 1947. On the basis of Mountbatten Plan, the British government was anxious to transfer power. The Indian Independence Bill was introduced in British Parliament on July 4 1947. The Act did not provide for any new Constitution of India. The transfer of power and the birth of two countries Elections held in the winter of 1945–46 proved how effective Jinnah’s single-plank strategy for his Muslim League had been, as the league won all 30 seats reserved for Muslims in the Central Legislative Assembly and most of the reserved provincial seats as well. The Congress Party was successful in gathering most of the general electorate seats, but it could no longer effectively insist that it spoke for the entire population of British India. The transfer of power was completed on August 14 in Pakistan and August 15 in India, held a day apart so that Lord Mountbatten could attend both ceremonies. With the birth of the two independent nations, the British raj formally came to an end on August 15, 1947.

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Nishan-e-Pakistan 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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All of the above 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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AJK 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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Mahboob Hussain 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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At the time of Independence Muslim community was in majority in the state of Kashmir. In 1947, Jammu and Kashmir’s population was “77% Muslim and 20% Hindu”.

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ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān al-Hujwīrī, better known as ʿAlī Hujwīrī and reverentially as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh, was an 11th-century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher. He is well known for composing the Kashf al-Maḥjūb, which is considered the earliest formal treatise on Sufism in Persian. Abu ’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or al-Hujwīrī (also spelt Hajweri, Hajveri, or Hajvery) for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Syed ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, was an 11th Century Ghaznian-Persian sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher who became famous for composing the Kashf al-Maḥjūb (Unveiling of the Hidden), which is considered the “earliest formal treatise” on Sufism in Persian. Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed “significantly” to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching, with one historian describing him as “one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent.”

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