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General Knowledge of Pakistan Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q1: Who suggested name of Pakistan?
Ans: Chaudhary Rahmat Ali.
Q2: Who is known as father of Pakistan?
Ans: Quaid-e-Azam- known as "The Great Leader" and Baba-e-Qaum (Father of the Nation).
Q3: Who wrote the national anthem of Pakistan?
Ans: Hafeez Jullundhri
Q4: When was Pakistani national anthem first sung and where?
Ans: Pakistani national anthem was broadcast publicly for the first time on Radio Pakistan on 13 August 1954, sung by Hafeez Jullundhri himself.
Q5: Who made Pakistan flag first time? Ans: Amiruddin Kidwai.
Q6: Who of Pakistan The first capital?
Ans: The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi.
Q7: Who was the first president of Pakistan? Ans: Iskander Mirza.
Q8: Who was the first prime minister of Pakistan? Ans: Liaquat Ali Khan.
Q9: Who was the first governor general of Pakistan? Ans: Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Q10: Who was the first chief justice of Pakistan? Ans: Zaheer Jamali.
Q11: Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan? Ans: Benazir Bhutto.
Q12: Who was the first female speaker of the national assembly of Pakistan?
Ans: Fehmida Mirza (PPPP)
Q13: Who was the first chief of army staff of Pakistan? 2 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Ans: Sir Frank Messervy- (15 August 1947 to 10 February 1948.
Q14: Who was the first Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan?
Ans: Allan Perry-Keene (15 August 1947 to 17 February 1949).
Q15: Who was the first chief of naval staff of Pakistan?
Ans: James Wilfred Jefford, Rear-Admiral (15 August 1947 to 30 January 1953).
Q16: Who was the foreign minister of Pakistan?
Ans: Liaquat Ali Khan (August 15, 1947 to December 27, 1947).
Q17: Who was the first law minister of Pakistan?
Ans: Jogendra Nath Mandal (Bengali, 29 January 1904 – 5 October 1968).
Q18: Who was the first captain of Pakistan cricket team?
Ans: Abdul Hafeez Kardar was first Test captain of Pakistan.
Q19: First TV station in Pakistan?
Ans: The first official television Lahore in November.
Q20: First Radio Station in Pakistan?
Ans: First Radio Station established was of Karachi.
Q21: First woman pilot in Pakistan?
Ans: Marium Mukhtiar became the first female pilot.
Q22: Which is the largest mosque in Pakistan?
Ans: Faisal Mosque, Islamabad,
Q23: Which is the highest peak in Pakistan?
Ans: K2 is the highest peak in Pakistan, globally ranked 2nd, 8611m.
Q24: How many provinces of Pakistan? Ans: Four provinces-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK), Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.
Q25: What is the total area of Pakistan? 3 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Ans: 796,095 km².
Q26: Which is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area?
Ans: Balochistan-347,190 km².
Q27: Which is the largest province of Pakistan by population? Ans: Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan-population 101.4 million.
Q28: How many languages are spoken in Pakistan? Ans: Around 27 languages spoken in Pakistan.
Q29: Which is the biggest city of Pakistan? Ans: Karachi in Sindh, area 3,527 km² and Population 11,624,219.
Q30: Hotest area in Pakistan? Ans: Larkana- the highest temperature was recorded 53.3°C.
Q31: Which is the largest river in Pakistan? Ans: The Indus River is the longest and the largest river in Pakistan.
Q32: Which is the largest desert in Pakistan? Ans: Thar in Sindh is the Largest Desert of Pakistan.
Q33: Island in Pakistan?Ans: Astola Island, Churna Island, Bundal Island, Manora, Karachi, Buddo Island, Shams Pir, Khiprianwala Island, Baba and Bhit Islands and Bukkur.
Q34: Longest Largest Shortest Coldest Hotest and Tallest in Pakistan? Ans: The Highest Radio Station: Gilgit Radio Station in Northern Areas.
Q35: The Highest Pass? Ans: Muztagh Pass in Norther Areas, at an elevation of 19.030 feet.
Q36: The Highest Railway Station? Ans: Khan Mehtarazai Railway Station, Baluchistan, at an elevation of about 2,221 feet.
Q37: The Highest Civil Award? Ans: Nishan-e-Pakistan.
Q38: The Highest Military Award? Ans: Nishan-e-Haider. 4 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q39: The Highest Pea? Ans: K-2, in Skardu (Northern Areas), with a height of 28, 250feet (8,610 metres). It is the second highest peak in the world behind Mount Everest.
Q40: The Tallest tower and Monument? Ans: Minar e Pakistan in Lahore, with a height of about 196 feet 8 inches.
Q41: The Tallest Minaret?
Ans: The Four Minarets of Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.
Q42: The Tallest Building?
Ans: The Habib Bank Plaza in Karachi, Sindh. It consists of 23 stories.
Q43: The Largest Commercial Bank?
Ans: National Bank of Pakistan in December 1995.
Q44: The Largest Railway Station?
Ans: The Lahore Railway Station.
Q45: The Largest Lake?
Ans: Manchhar Lake in Dadu District, Sindh. It is also the largest lake of Asia.
Q46: The Largest Man-Made Lake?
Ans: Keenjhar Lake in Sindh.
Q47: The Largest Railway, Workshop?
Ans: the Mughlpura Railway Workshop in Lahore.
Q48: The Largest Library?
Ans: The Punjab Public Library in Lahore, Punjab.
Q49: The Largest Museum?
Ans: The Lahore Museum, Lahore.
Q50: The Largest and Oldest University?
Ans: The Punjab University, Lahore. 5 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q51: The Largest Mosque?
Ans: Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.
Q52: The Largest Industry?
Ans: cotton Textiles industry, Faisalabad is its main centre.
Q53: The Largest Iindustrial Plant?
Ans: Pakistan steel mills Karachi (Sindh).
Q54: The Largest Oil Field: Mazarin field, with a production of 3724 barrels per day in the first 9, month of 1995-96(July-March).
Q55: The Largest Natural Gas Field?
Ans: Sui in Baluchistan. Its share to the country’s total natural gas production was 36.62 percent in the first 9 months of (July- March).
Q56: The Largest Province?
Ans: Baluchistan, with an area of 347,190 sq. km.
Q57: The Largest City?
Ans: Karachi, Sindh, Lahore (the Punjab) and Hyderabad (Sindh) are the second and third largest cities of Pakistan respectively.
Q58: The Largest Dam?
Ans: The Tarbela dam, NWFP, with a volume of 148,000,000 cubic meters.
Q57: The Largest River? Ans: The Indus River.
Q58: The Largest Shipping Company?
Ans: The Pakistan National shipping Corporation (PNSC) Karachi.
Q59: The Largest Desert?
Ans: The Thar Deser, Sindh. It is the 9th largest desert in the World.
Q60: Largest Park?
Ans: Ayun National Park in Rawalpindi (Punjab), with an area of 2,300 acres. 6 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q61: The Largest Seaport? Ans: Karachi.
Q62: Division, area? Ans: The Largest District in the Punjab: the Bahawalpur District in Bahawalpur 24830 sq. km.
Q63? The Largest Cement Plant? Ans: Lucky cement plant at Pizu in district Lakki Marwat, NWFP. It was commissioned in August 1996.
Q64: The Longest Platform? Ans: The platform of Rohri Railway Station (Sindh)
Q65: The Longest Railroad? Ans: From Karachi to Peshawar, with a length of 1,045 miles (1,681 kilometers).
Q66: The Longest Tunnel?
Ans: The lowari Tunnel, with a length of 5 miles. It is 30 feet wide, and connects Chitral with Northern Areas.
Q67: The Longest Railway Tunnel?
Ans: The Khojak Tunnel, Baluchistan, with a length of 2.43.
Q68: The Longest Road?
Ans: The sharah-e-Karakoram. This 965 km long road.
Q69: The Longest River?
Ans: The Indus River.
Q70: The Shortest River?
Ans: The Ravi River, with a length of about 710 km.
Q71: The Most Beautiful Lake?
Ans: Lake Saiful Maluk in Kaghan Valley, NWFP.
Q72: The Coldest Place? Ans: Skardu,
Q73: The Coldest City? Ans: Ziarat, Baluchista.
Q74: The Rainiest City?
Ans: Rawalpindi, Punjab. 7 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q75: The Hottest Place?
Ans: Jacobabad in Sindh,
Q76? The Most Published and Circulated Newspaper?
Ans: The daily Jung (Urdu).
Q77: The Place of Highest Snowfall?
Ans: Skardu in Gilgit district, Northern Areas.
Q78: The Rainies Place? Ans: Murree in Rawalpindi district (Punjab),
Q79: The Raies Place? Ans: Murree in Rawalpindi district (Punjab),
Q80: The Most Populous Province? Ans: The Punjab.
Q81: The Least Populous Province? Ans: Baluchistan.
Q82: The Smallest Provinces? Ans: NWFP, with an area of 74521 sq km.
Q83: The Most Modern City? Ans: Islamabad (Capital of Pakistan).
Q84.Who presented the famous Pakistan Resolution? A.K Fazal ul Haq of Bengal.
Q85.Who was the first Foreign Minister of Paksitan? Sir Zafarullah Khan.
Q86.When and where was born Quaid I azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
He was born on December 25, 1876 at Karachi.
Q87.When did Quaid e Azam die? He died on September 11, 1948. He was buried at Karachi.
Q88.When and where was born Dr. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal? He was born on November 9, 1877 at Sialkot.
Q89.When did Dr. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal die? He died on September 11, 1948. He was buried at Karachi. 8 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q90. Name the father of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah? Jinnah Poonjah.
Q91.Who is the head of Government of Pakistan? Prime minister of Pakistan
Q92.Who is the head of state of Pakistan? President of Pakistan.
Q93.Name the Pakistani who was awarded 1:The Nobel Prize 2:The Lenin prize 3:Dr.Abdul Salam (1979 physics prize) 4:Faiz ahmed Faiz (a poet)
Q94.Who is the national poet of Pakistan? Dr. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Q95.Who is pakistan’s Father of Nation? Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Q96.Who did write the National Anthem of Pakistan? Hafeez Jullundhri. Q97.Who was the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan? Mr. Zahid Hussain. Q98.Name five prominent poets of Pakistan. Dr. Sir allama Muhammad Iqbal. Abual Asr Hafeez Jullundhri Faiz Ahmed Faiz .Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Ehsan Danish. Q99 Who is president of Pakistan now a days?
Q100. Who is prime minister of Pakistan now a days?
Q101.Who is the chief justice of Pakistan?
Q102.Who is the first chief of army staff of Pakistan?
Q103.Who is the first Foreign Minister of Paksitan? 9 | P a g e General Knowledge of Pakistan by Sanabil Educare Bhiri Shah Rahman
Q104. Who is the Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan?
Q105.Who is the Minister of Province Punjab?
Q106. Who is the Minister of Province Sindh?
Q107Who is the Minister of Province KPK?
Q108.Who is the Minister of Province Blochastan