Post Partition (After 1947) MCQs



51. The first military ruler to impose martial law twice in Pakistan was:
A) Ayub Khan ✅
B) Zia-ul-Haq
C) Yahya Khan
D) Iskander Mirza


52. Pakistan’s foreign minister during the 1965 war was:
A) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ✅
B) Liaquat Ali Khan
C) Agha Shahi
D) Hina Rabbani Khar


53. Which city was the capital of West Pakistan before Islamabad?
A) Lahore
B) Karachi ✅
C) Peshawar
D) Quetta


54. Pakistan became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in:
A) 1947 ✅
B) 1950
C) 1956
D) 1962


55. The Indo-Pakistan war of 1947–48 is also called:
A) First Kashmir War ✅
B) Second Kashmir War
C) Kargil War
D) Operation Gibraltar


56. The 1971 war resulted in the creation of:
A) Kashmir
B) Bangladesh ✅
C) Siachen
D) Gilgit-Baltistan


57. Pakistan’s first nuclear scientist was:
A) Abdul Qadeer Khan ✅
B) Abdus Salam
C) Pervez Hoodbhoy
D) Ishfaq Ahmad


58. The economic reforms of Ayub Khan were known as:
A) Green Revolution ✅
B) Nationalization
C) Privatization
D) Islamization


59. Which Pakistani Prime Minister signed the Indus Water Treaty?
A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ✅
C) Nawaz Sharif
D) Benazir Bhutto


60. The first democratic elections in Pakistan were held in:
A) 1947
B) 1956
C) 1970 ✅
D) 1977

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