Pakistan Quiz Questions

1) What is the meaning of Pakistan?
a) Muslim Land
b) Land of five rivers
c) Desert
d) Holy Land

2) Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan?
a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
b) Liaquat Ali Khan
c) Ayub Khan
d) Iskander Mirza

3) What was the major event of 1971?
a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan
b) Explosion of nuclear bomb
c) Tashkent Agreement
d) Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister

4) When Musharraf overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif what designation did he take?
a) Dictator
b) Consul
c) Prime Minister
d) Chief Executive

5) In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
a) 1975
b) 1987
c) 1992
d) 1996

6) When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1960
d) 1964

7) Which party was in power in North West Frontier Province at the time of independence?
a) Muslim League
b) Congress
c) Justice Party
d) Communist Party

8) When Sindh was annexed by the British what message was sent by Charles Napier to headquaters?
a) The die is cast
b) Peccavi
c) Do or die
d) In hoc signo vinces

9) Where was General Pervez Musharraf born?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Delhi
d) Quetta

10) Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
a) Delhi
b) Agra.
c) Lahore
d) Karachi

11) Who succeeded Zia Ul Haque as President of Pakistan?
a) Rafiq Tarar
b) Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
c) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
d) Benazir Bhutto

12) When did Pakistan become a Republic?
a) 14/8/1947
b) 23/3/1956
c) 16/12/1971
d) 12/10/1999

13) How many times did squash player Jansher Khan win World Open?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine

14) Who sang Mujko bhi zara lift kara de?
a) Adnan Sami
b) Talat Aziz
c) Ataullah Khan
d) Arshad Sami

15) Who did the title role in the film Henna?
a) Ashwini Bhave
b) Shilpa Shirodkar
c) Zeba Bakhtiar
d) Meera

16) Which Indian Cardinal was from Karachi?
a) Ivan Dias
b) Simon Pimenta
c) Anthony Padiyara
d) Valerian Gracias

17) Which is the national flower of Pakistan?
a) Rose
b) Thistle
c) Jasmine
d) Camomille

18) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai
c) Wali Khan
d) Tikka Khan

19) Which military alliance had Pakistan as its member?

a) NATO
b) SEATO
c) CENTO
d) Warsaw Pact

20) Who wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem?
a) Hafeez Jallundhari
b) Abdul Rab Nishtar
c) Jagannath Azad
d) Ahmed Chagla

21) Which is the national language of Pakistan?
a) Hindi
b) Bengali
c) Tamil
d) Urdu

22) How is Pakistan’s film industry known?
a) Bollywood
b) Lollywood
c) Mollywood
d) Tollywood

23) Which is the national animal of Pakistan?
a) Markhor
b) Bear
c) Lion
d) Tiger

24) Which is the national bird of Pakistan?
a) Eagle
b) Crow
c) Chakor
d) Peacock

25) Which Pakistani Prime Minister received Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he arrived by bus to Lahore?
a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Nawaz Shariff
c) Shujat Hussain
d) Shaukat Aziz

Pakistan Quiz Questions with Answers

1) What is the meaning of Pakistan?
d) Holy Land

2) Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan?
a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

3) What was the major event of 1971?
a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan

4) When Musharraf overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif what designation did he take?
d) Chief Executive

5) In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
c) 1992

6) When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
c) 1960

7) Which party was in power in North West Frontier Province at the time of independence?
b) Congress

8) When Sindh was annexed by the British what message was sent by Charles Napier to headquaters?
b) Peccavi

9) Where was General Pervez Musharraf born?
c) Delhi

10) Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
c) Lahore

11) Who succeeded Zia Ul Haque as President of Pakistan?
c) Ghulam Ishaq Khan

12) When did Pakistan become a Republic?
b) 23/3/1956

13) How many times did squash player Jansher Khan win World Open?
c) Eight

14) Who sang Mujko bhi zara lift kara de?
a) Adnan Sami

15) Who did the title role in the film Henna?
c) Zeba Bakhtiar

16) Which Indian Cardinal was from Karachi?
d) Valerian Gracias

17) Which is the national flower of Pakistan?
c) Jasmine

18) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag?
b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai

19) Which military alliance had Pakistan as its member?
b) SEATO

20) Who wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem?
c) Jagannath Azad

21) Which is the national language of Pakistan?
d) Urdu

22) How is Pakistan’s film industry known?
b) Lollywood

23) Which is the national animal of Pakistan?
a) Markhor

24) Which is the national bird of Pakistan?
c) Chakor

25) Which Pakistani Prime Minister received Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he arrived by bus to Lahore?
b) Nawaz Shariff