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Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO PIN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Pakistan Affairs 1) Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were discovered in (a) 1909 (b) 1920s (c) 1922 (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: In 1826, a British traveller in India called Charles Masson came across some mysterious brick mounds. He thought they looked like old castles. Thirty years later in 1856, engineers building a railway found more bricks, and carted them off to build the railway. This was the first people knew of the lost Indus city of Harappa. In the 1920s, archaeologists began to excavate the sites of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. They uncovered the remains of long-forgotten cities. They had found the Indus Valley civilisation. 2) Hujjatullah-il-Baligha was written by (a) Shah Walliullah Dehlavi (b) Syed Ahmed Brailvi (c) Sir Syed Ahmaed Khan (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: Hujjat ul Balaghah (translated as “The Conclusive Argument of God”) is the master work of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi (1762), considered to be the most important Muslim thinker of pre-modern South Asia. This work, originally written in Arabic, represents a synthesis of the Islamic intellectual disciplines authoritative in the 18th century. 3) Brahmo Samaj was founded by (a) Rammohun Roy Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 1 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers (b) Tarachand Chakravarti (c) Debendranath Tagore (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: The first phase of its history is intimately linked up with the career of its founder Rammohun Roy (1772 – 1833). The Brahmo Samaj which was launched into its eventful career on August 20, 1828, gave a concrete expression to Rammohun’s concept of universal worship. 4) First President of All India Congress was (a) Allan Octavian Hume (b) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was born on 29 December 1844, in Calcutta in an upper middle class Brahmin family of considerable social standing. He presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay in 1885 from 28 December to 31 December and attended by 72 members 5) First census in India was made in the period of (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Mayo (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: In 1871, India’s first census was carried out on Mayo’s orders. He organized the Statistical Survey of India, which, under the direction of William Wilson Hunter, “produced a printed account of each district, town, and village, carefully compiled upon local inquiry, and disclosing the whole economic and social facts in the life of the people.” This was the most exhaustive work done since the Ain-i-Akbari. 6) “The Life of Muhammad” was a book written by (a) Syed Ahmed Shaheed Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 2 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers (b) Syed Ahmed Khan (c) Sir William Muir (d) None of these Answer: (c) Explanation: Sir William Muir, (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, scholar of Islam, and colonial administrator. 7) Sind was separated from Bombay in: (a) 1936 (b) 1945 (c) 1947 (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: The British Parliament passed the bill in 1935 known as ‘Indian Act 1935’. According to its clause 46 Sindh separated from Bombay on 1st August 1936. 8) Darul Uloom Deoband was founded by (a) Hazrat Haji Aabid Hussain (b) Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi (c) Maulana Zul Faqqar Ali (d) All of the above Answer: (d) Explanation: The head of founding committee of Darul Uloom Deoband was Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi. The other founding members were: Hazrat Haji Aabid Hussain, Maulana Mahtab Ali, Maulana Zul Faqqar Ali, Maulana Fazrulr Rahman and Munshi Fazle Haq. (May 30, 1866 /15 Muharram, 1283) 9) The Viceroy of India in 1919 was (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Minto (c) Edward Montague (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: Lord Chelmsford (1916 – 1921): August Declaration of 1917, whereby control over the Indian government would be Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 3 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers gradually transferred to the Indian people. The government of India act in 1919 (Montague Chelmsford reforms) was passed. Rowlatt act of 1919; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13, 1919). Non Cooperation Movement. An Indian Sir S.P.Sinha was appointed the Governor of Bengal. A Women’s university was founded at Poona in 1916. Saddler Commission was appointed in 1917 to envisage new educational policy. 10) The first secretary of Khilafat Committee was (a) Shaukat Ali (b) Muhammad Ali (c) Maulana Azad (d) Hasrat Mohani Answer: (a) Explanation: The Muslims of India decided to launch a movement for the safeguard of the institution of Caliphate and to manifesttheir resentment over actions the Allies had taken in Turkey. A “Khilafat Committee” was set up in 1919 toconduct and to organize the Khilfat movement with Maulana Shaukat Ali as its General Secretary. Congress also supported this movement under Abdul Kalam Azad. This movement was launched to pressurize the British into keeping their promises. In Novemeber 1919 the 1st Khilafat Conference was held in Delhi. 11) The first Foreign Minister of Pakistan was (a) Liaquat Ali Khan (b) Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (c) Hamidul Huq Choudhury (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: Sir Zafarullah was 1st Foreign Minister of Pakistan and the first Muslim, Asian and the only Pakistani to preside over the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice 12) Who was convicted in Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case? (a) Shorish Kashmiri (b) Habib Jalib (c) Faiz Ahmad Faiz Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 4 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers (d) None of these Answer: (c) The Rawalpindi Conspiracy was an attempted Soviet-backed coup d’état against the government of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1951. Eleven military officers and four civilians included leading Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz were involved in the conspiracy It is just like a fairy tale that Akbar Khan conspires without a gun, tank, brigade or division. Only eleven officers were going to do some miracles with four civilians including his wife. 13) Pakistan purchased Gwadar from (a) Oman (b) U.A.E (c) Iran (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: On 8 September 1958, Pakistan purchased the Gwadar enclave from Oman for $3 million. Gwadar officially became part of Pakistan on 8 December 1958. 14) The largest Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (a) Ghalanai (b) Khyber Agency (c) South Waziristan (d. None of these Answer: (c) Explanation: In terms of area South Waziristan is the largest agency in FATA, being 6,619 km². It has two headquarters: Tank is the winter headquarters of the Agency while Wana is its summer headquarters. It has been functioning since 1895. 15) Militants attacked Quaid e Azam Residency in (a) Ziarat (b) Karachi (c) Quetta (d) None of these Answer: (a) Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 5 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers Explanation: The historical 121-year old Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat, Balochistan was burnt down after a terrorist attack carried out by the foreign-backed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in 15 June 2013. 16) General Election of 2013 was held on (a) May 10 (b) May 11 (c) May 12 (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: General elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. 17).The politician who served as both Governor General and Prime Minister was (a) Sir Zafrullah Khan (b) Khawaja Nazimuddin (c) Ghulam Mohammad (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894-1964), was Chief Minister of undivided Bengal and Governor-General and Prime Minister of Pakistan. 18. The British Parliament announced the Independence Act on (a) 14 July 1947 (b) 15 July 1947 (c) 18 July 1947 (d) None of these Answer: (c) Explanation: The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act on July 18, 1947. The Act created two dominions, Indian Union and Pakistan. It also provided for the complete end of British control over Indian affairs from August 15, 1947. 19) India cut off the flow of canal waters to West Punjab for first time on (a) 1st April 1948 Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 6 Pakistan Affairs CSS Solved Paper 2015 (MCQs) | Solved CSS Past Papers (b) 1st May 1948 (c) 1st June 1948 (d) None of these Answer: (a) Explanation: It was on 1 April 1948 that the East Punjab Government in control of the head works at Madhopur on the Ravi and at Ferozpur on the Sutlej, cut off water supplies to the canals in Pakistan fed by these head works, after the Standstill agreements expired on 31 March 1948. 20) Kashmir sold to Gulab Singh in (a) 1845 (b) 1846 (c) 1890 (d) None of these Answer: (b) Explanation: On March 16, 1846, the British sold Kashmir for 75 Lakh Nanakshahi rupees to Gulab Singh via the Treaty of Amritsar Please Share your comments using Facebook ID Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 7.