CSS Pakistan Affairs MCQs: History, Constitution & Politics With Answers

Pakistan Affairs has a 20-mark objective part covering historical milestones, dates, the constitution and basic facts about the country. This sample is drawn from the CSS Main MCQs QBank.

Sample MCQs

1. Who introduced the Khaksar Movement?

• A) Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi ✅
• B) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
• C) Allama Iqbal
• D) Ghazi Mustafa Kamal Pasha

2. The site of Harappa is located in which province?

• A) KPK
• B) Balochistan
• C) Punjab ✅
• D) Sind

3. Who started the Faraizi Movement in Bengal?

• A) Sir Aga Khan
• B) Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• C) Haji Shariatullah ✅
• D) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar

4. The Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi and which leader?

• A) Maulana Azad
• B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar ✅
• C) Quaid-i-Azam
• D) Jawaharlal Nehru

5. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in which year?

• A) 2007 ✅
• B) 2008
• C) 2006
• D) 2005

6. Akbarnama was written by:

• A) Birbal
• B) Ibn Battuta
• C) Abul Fazl ✅
• D) Kalhan

7. Malik Kafur was the regent of Alauddin Khilji's son, Shihab-ud-din Omar. For how long did he hold this power?

• A) 35 days ✅
• B) 45 days
• C) 55 days
• D) 25 days

8. Lord Clive defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in which battle in 1757 and captured Calcutta?

• A) Plassey ✅
• B) Larkana
• C) Dajla
• D) Panipat

9. When did Aligarh College become a university?

• A) 1920 ✅
• B) 1936
• C) 1877
• D) 1875

10. Who was the first secretary-general of Pakistan who worked under Liaquat Ali Khan?

• A) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali ✅
• B) Iskander Mirza
• C) Aziz Ahmed
• D) Ghulam Muhammad

11. Baglihar Dam is constructed on river ____ in India:

• A) Ravi
• B) Chenab ✅
• C) Sutlej
• D) Beas

12. The Chairman of the Boundary Commission of the Punjab & Bengal was:

• A) Gracey
• B) Auchinleck
• C) Mountbatten
• D) Sir Cyril Redcliffe ✅

Preparation Notes

• Build a timeline from 1857 through 1947 to the present and tie each constitution to its year and ruler.
• Learn the key people and events of the Pakistan Movement as pairs.
• Revise geography, rivers and provinces: they appear as quick factual items.

See the CSS Main syllabus and scheme for how this paper fits the compulsory scheme.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many objective marks does Pakistan Affairs carry?

20 marks of MCQs in Part-I, with 80 marks of subjective questions.

Is this the same as Pakistan Studies for MPT?

The facts overlap heavily, but Main questions are framed for a longer, analytical paper.

Practise the Objective Section

The CSS Main MCQs QBank groups MCQs by compulsory paper, with a free batch of questions to try first. Related: compulsory paper pattern, MPT vs Main objective.