Post-Independence Events MCQs 2025

66. When was Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated?
a) 14 August 1950
b) 16 October 1951 ☑
c) 23 March 1952
d) 27 October 1953

67. Where was Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi ☑
c) Rawalpindi
d) Dhaka

68. Who became the Prime Minister after Liaquat Ali Khan?
a) Khawaja Nazimuddin ☑
b) Ghulam Muhammad
c) Iskander Mirza
d) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

69. When was the first Constitution of Pakistan enforced?
a) 1949
b) 1956 ☑
c) 1962
d) 1973

70. Under the 1956 Constitution, Pakistan was declared as?
a) Islamic Republic ☑
b) Federal Republic
c) Democratic Republic
d) People’s Republic

71. Who was the first President under the 1956 Constitution?
a) Ayub Khan
b) Ghulam Muhammad
c) Iskander Mirza ☑
d) Liaquat Ali Khan

72. Who imposed the first Martial Law in Pakistan?
a) Iskander Mirza
b) Ayub Khan ☑
c) Yahya Khan
d) Zia-ul-Haq

73. When was the first Martial Law imposed?
a) 1956
b) 1958 ☑
c) 1962
d) 1965

74. Which constitution was introduced by Ayub Khan?
a) 1956
b) 1962 ☑
c) 1973
d) None

75. What type of system was introduced under the 1962 Constitution?
a) Parliamentary
b) Presidential ☑
c) Hybrid
d) Monarchy

76. Who was Pakistan’s leader during the 1965 war with India?
a) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
b) Ayub Khan ☑
c) Yahya Khan
d) Liaquat Ali Khan

77. The Tashkent Agreement (1966) was signed between Ayub Khan and?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri ☑
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Gandhi

78. Which war resulted in the separation of East Pakistan?
a) 1948
b) 1965
c) 1971 ☑
d) 1999

79. Who was the President of Pakistan during the 1971 war?
a) Ayub Khan
b) Yahya Khan ☑
c) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
d) Fazal Elahi Chaudhry

80. Who became Prime Minister after the 1971 separation of East Pakistan?
a) Yahya Khan
b) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ☑
c) Ayub Khan
d) General Zia-ul-Haq

81. When was the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan passed?
a) 1962
b) 1973 ☑
c) 1985
d) 1999

82. Who was the Prime Minister when the 1973 Constitution was passed?
a) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ☑
b) Ayub Khan
c) Yahya Khan
d) Junejo

83. Who introduced Hudood Ordinances in Pakistan?
a) Zia-ul-Haq ☑
b) Ayub Khan
c) Yahya Khan
d) Musharraf

84. When did General Zia-ul-Haq impose Martial Law?
a) 1969
b) 1977 ☑
c) 1988
d) 1999

85. Who became Prime Minister after Zia’s death in 1988?
a) Nawaz Sharif
b) Benazir Bhutto ☑
c) Junejo
d) Musharraf

86. Who was the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Benazir Bhutto ☑
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Nasim Wali Khan

87. When was Benazir Bhutto first elected as Prime Minister?
a) 1977
b) 1988 ☑
c) 1993
d) 2007

88. Who succeeded Benazir Bhutto as Prime Minister in 1990?
a) Junejo
b) Nawaz Sharif ☑
c) Shaukat Aziz
d) Musharraf

89. In which year did Pakistan conduct its first nuclear tests?
a) 1974
b) 1998 ☑
c) 2000
d) 2001

90. Where were Pakistan’s nuclear tests conducted?
a) Multan
b) Chagai ☑
c) Kahuta
d) Quetta

91. Who was the Prime Minister during the 1998 nuclear tests?
a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Nawaz Sharif ☑
c) Zia-ul-Haq
d) Musharraf

92. Who led the military coup in October 1999?
a) Yahya Khan
b) Zia-ul-Haq
c) Pervez Musharraf ☑
d) Ayub Khan

93. Which event brought Pakistan into the US-led war on terror?
a) Kargil War
b) 9/11 Attacks ☑
c) Afghan Jihad
d) 2005 Earthquake

94. Who was Pakistan’s President during 9/11?
a) Nawaz Sharif
b) Pervez Musharraf ☑
c) Asif Ali Zardari
d) Mamnoon Hussain

95. Who was the first woman to serve as Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Benazir Bhutto’s caretaker government nominee ☑

96. Who became President of Pakistan after Musharraf resigned in 2008?
a) Nawaz Sharif
b) Asif Ali Zardari ☑
c) Mamnoon Hussain
d) Yousaf Raza Gillani

97. When did Pakistan become a nuclear power officially?
a) 1974
b) 1998 ☑
c) 2000
d) 2005

98. Who became Prime Minister after the 2013 general elections?
a) Imran Khan
b) Nawaz Sharif ☑
c) Yousaf Raza Gillani
d) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

99. Who took oath as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018?
a) Nawaz Sharif
b) Imran Khan ☑
c) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
d) Shehbaz Sharif

100. In which year did Pakistan celebrate its 75th Independence anniversary?
a) 2019
b) 2020
c) 2021
d) 2022 ☑

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