CSS MCQs Past Papers With Answers PDF – Page 2 of 2

Who started Pakistan National Movement in England in 1933?

A. Maulana Mohammad Ai Johar
B. Syed Ameer Ali
C. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
D. Ghulam Dasagir

Labour Inspector-20

Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, who proposed the name ‘Pakistan’ is buried in?

A. Karachi
B. London
C. Cambridge, UK
D. Oxford

Junior Clerk Punjab Police-18/Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19

‘K’ in Pakistan stands for:

A. Kuffar
B. Kashmir
C. Kabul
D. Kamyab

Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19 (2)

The name Pakistan is an acronym of: Punjab, NWFP (Afghan Province), Kashmir, Sindh and Balochistan.

The music of National anthem of Pakistan was composed by?

A. Hafeez Jallandhri
B. Shaukat Ali
C. Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla (in 1949)
D. Allama Iqbal

CSS CA-16/Asst S&GAD-18

Ahmad G. Chagla died in 1953, before the The National Anthem also known as Qaumi Taranah, was officially adopted on 13 August 1954.

Duration: 80 seconds
Language: Persian vocabulary and only uses one Urdu word ‘ka’

The lyrics of National anthem of Pakistan were written by?

A. Ahmad Ghulamali Chagla
B. Hafeez Jullundhri (in 1952)
C. Shaukat Ali
D. Ghulam Dastagir

♦ Credit To: Maqsood Alam ♦

What is the duration of the National Anthem of Pakistan?

A. 55 secs
B. 80 secs
C. 90 secs
D. 65 secs

Asst Punjab Workers Welfare Board LHRD-19 (Contract Basis)

In 1949, Government of Pakistan formed a committee to prepare Pakistan’s National Anthem. _____ people competed to write the national anthem. Out of which, Hafeez Jallundhri’s lyrics were selected.

A. 702
B. 723
C. 780
D. 980

Asst Agriculture Dept (WMW)-20

Writer of National Anthem, Hafeez Jalandari died in:

A. 1980
B. 1982
C. 1976
D. 1978

Zilladar-20 (Research)

Pakistan’s National Anthem was approved by the Government in:

A. 1947
B. 1951
C. 1954
D. 1957

SI PCD-18/Tax Inspector-18 (Guj)/Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19

National Anthem was adopted on?

A. 13 August 1953
B. 13 August 1954
C. 14 August 1955
D. 14 August 1956

Tax Inspector-6/Lecturer (Pak St.) SED-18

Its music was composed by Ahmad Ghulamali Chagla in 1949. He died in 1953, before the The National Anthem also known as Qaumi Taranah, was officially adopted on 13 August 1954.

Duration: 80 seconds
Language: Persian vocabulary and only uses one Urdu word ‘ka’

The National Anthem of Pakistan was first played on:

A. 14 Aug 1947
B. 13 Aug 1954
C. 15 Aug 1947
D. 14 Aug 1951

Asst Livestock-20

Who designed the National Flag of Pakistan?

A. Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
B. Liaquat Ali Khan
C. Amiruddin Kidwai
D. Hafeez Jullundhri

Tax Inspector-16/Asst Punjab Workers Welfare Board LHRD-19 (Contract Basis)/Labour Inspector-20

Amiruddin Kidwai presented the design to the leadership of the Muslim League who subsequently adopted his design as the flag of the Dominion of Pakistan on 11 August, 1947.

Pakistan is situated in:

A. East Asia
B. South Asia
C. South East Asia
D. North East Asia

Junior Clerk PRD-17/Tax Inspector-18 (Fsd)/ESE (G)-19 (M)/AD Pop Welfare-19

What is the National game of Pakistan?

A. Cricket
B. Hockey
C. Kabaddi
D. Squash

Tax Inspector-16+19 (Fsd)

Pakistan’s National animal is?

A. Buffalo
B. Markhor
C. Peacock
D. Tiger

Lecturer (Pak St.) SED-18

National bird of Pakistan is:

A. Parrot
B. Chakor
C. Pigeon
D. Batair

PMS (P) GK-17

The national flower of Pakistan is:

A. Tulip
B. Rose
C. Jasmine
D. Sunflower

Tax Inspector-14

The National language of Pakistan is:

A. English
B. Urdu
C. Both English and Urdu
D. Punjabi

Tax Inspector-10

The official language of Pakistan is:

A. English
B. Urdu
C. Both English & Urdu
D. Punjabi

Tax Inspector-10

Which is the most spoken language of Pakistan?

A. Urdu
B. Punjabi (~ 48%)
C. Saraiki
D. Pashto

AD Land Records PBR-13/Labour Officer-16/Zilladar-20

Which city of Pakistan has the highest mean annual rainfall?

A. Chitral
B. Muree
C. Parachinar
D. Lasbela

Asst S&GAD-15/Labour Officer-16

Pakistan’s total area is:

A. 689,000 sq.km
B. 534,000 sq.km
C. 881,913 sq.km (33rd largest country by area)
D. 796,096 sq.km

Labour Officer-16/Labour Inspector-19+20/PMS (P) Ministerial Quota GK-19

According to area the biggest province is:

A. Balochistan
B. Punjab
C. Sindh
D. KPK

Crop Reporter-18

Which is the second largest province of Pakistan by area?

A. Punjab
B. Sindh
C. KPK
D. None of above

Asst AH-18/Asst PPSC-19

Which one is least populated province of Pakistan?*

A. Punjab (110,012,442)
B. Sindh (47,886,051)
C. KPK (35,525,047)
D. Balochistan (12,344,408 as per 2017 stats)

Crop Reporter-18

Which of the following is the second largest province of Pakistan in terms of population size?*

A. Sindh
B. KPK
C. Balochistan
D. None of above

Asst Punjab Police-20

Which province of Pakistan has the lowest population density?*

A. Punjab
B. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
C. Sindh
D. Balochistan (35.55/km² as per 2017 stats)

Asst AH-18

The most urbanized province of Pakistan is:

A. Punjab
B. KPK
C. Sindh
D. Balochistan

Asst AH-18

The Urban-Rural population ratio in Pakistan is:

A. 30:70
B. 37:63 (as per 2019 stats)
C. 20:80
D. 10:90

AD Land Records PBR-13

Who was the last Governor General of Pakistan?

A. Quaid-e-Azam
B. Sir Khawaja Nazim-ud-din
C. Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad
D. Iskandar Mirza

AD Pop Welfare-14/Tax Inspector-14/Labour Officer-16/Patrol Officer-18/ESE (G)-19 (N)
/Env Inspector-19

Which Governor-General of Pakistan has shortest tenure?

A. Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad
B. Sir Khawaja Nizamuddin
C. Quaid-e-Azam
D. Iskander Mirza

PMS (P) Ministerial Quota GK-19/Zilladar-20

Name the first President of Pakistan.

A. Iskandar Mirza
B. Gen Ayub Khan
C. Gen Yahya Khan
D. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Zilladar-04

Which of the following Governor-General of Pakistan died in exile?

A. Quaid-e-Azam
B. Sir Khawaja Nizamuddin
C. Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad
D. Iskander Mirza

He was the last (4th) Governor-General and 1st President of Pakistan. He was exiled to London. He died there and buried in Iran in 1969.

Tax Inspector-18 (Lhr)

Who was the 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan?

A. Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan
B. Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
C. Mohammad Ali Bogra
D. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

ESE (G)-19 (M)

The 1st Chairman of Senate was:

A. Habibullah Khan Marwat (6 Aug 1973 – 4 Jul 1977)
B. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
C. Wasim Sajjad
D. Mohammad Mian Soomro

SI PCD-18/Punjab Treasury Deputy Acct-19 (M)

Who was the 1st post independence Chief Minister of Punjab?

A. Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot (15 Aug-1947-25 Jan 1949)
B. Mian Mumtaz Daultana
C. Sir Feroz Khan Noon
D. Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti

AR PCD-16

After partition, the 1st Governor of Punjab was

A. Sir Francis Mudie (15 Aug 1947-2 Aug 1949)
B. Sardar Abdur Rub Nishter
C. Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
D. Mian Aminuddin

AD Pop Welfare-14/AD Labour Welfare-14

Who was the 1st Chief Minister of West Pakistan?

A. Dr. Khan Sahib (14 Oct 1955 – 16 Jul 1957)
B. Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
C. Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash
D. None of above

AD Pop Welfare-17

Who was the 1st Governor of West Pakistan?

A. Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani (14 Oct 1955 – 27 Aug 1957)
B. Akhter Hussain
C. Amir Mohammad Khan
D. General (R) Muhammad Musa Khan

Zilladar-20 (Research)

The first women governor of Pakistan is:

A. Shaista Ikramullah
B. Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali (of Sindh, 1973 – 1976)
C. Fehmida Mirza
D. Begum Hidayatullah

Tax Inspector-18 (Fsd)/Punjab Treasury Deputy Acct-19 (N)

Who was the 1st Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy?

A. Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jefford (15 Aug 1947-30 Jan 1953)
B. Vice Admiral Muhammad Siddique Choudri
C. Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan
D. Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan

♦ Credit To: M. Tayyab ♦

Who was the 1st Muslim Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy?

A. Vice Admiral Muhammad Siddique Choudri (31 Jan 1953-28 Feb 1959)
B. Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan
C. Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan
D. Vice Admiral Muzaffar Hassan

Tax Inspector-18 (Lhr)

Who was the first Muslim Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force?

A. Air Marshal Asghar Khan (23 Jul 1957-22 Jul 1965)
B. Air Marshal Noor Khan
C. Air Marshal Abdur Rahim Khan
D. Air Marshall Zafar Chaudhry

Asst S&GAD-14/Tax Inspector-16/AD Pop Welfare-17

Which Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army also concurrently served as Defense Minister in the Cabinet?

A. Gen. Frank Messervy
B. Gen. Ayub Khan
C. Gen. Yahya Khan
D. Gen. Jahangir Karamat

Tax Inspector-16

Of the following Pakistani political leaders, who has served as the President and Prime Minister.

A. Quaid-e-Azam
B. Iskandar Mirza
C. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (4th President from 1971-73, 9th PM from 1973-77)
D. Gen. Ayub Khan

AD Pop Welfare-17

Who was the only Vice President in the history of Pakistan?

A. Gen. Ayub Khan
B. Chaudhry Pervez Elahi
C. Nurul Amin (20 Dec 1971 – 21 Apr 1972)
D. Iskandar Mirza

Labour Officer-16/Labour Inspector-19/PMS (P) GK-20

Who is the only Deputy Prime Minister in the history of Pakistan?

A. Gen. Ayub Khan
B. Chaudhry Pervez Elahi (created on 25 Jun 2012 by Raja Pervez Ashraf)
C. Nurul Amin
D. Iskandar Mirza

ESE (G)-19 (N)/Asst Agriculture Dept (WMW)-20

Who was the 1st Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan?

A. Dr. Javaid Leghari
B. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman
C. Dr. Salim-uz-Zaman Siddiqui
D. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad

Lecturer (Physics) PHED-20

The tenure of the office of Prime Minister in Pakistan is:

A. 4 years
B. 5 years
C. Not fixed
D. None of above

Patrol Officer-18

The tenure of National Assembly of Pakistan is:

A. 6 years
B. 5 years
C. Not fixed
D. None of above

Patrol Officer-18

For how many days the National Assembly of Pakistan has essentially to meet in a year?

A. 100 days
B. 130 days
C. 150 days
D. 200 days

AD (I) FIA-19

The National Assembly of Pakistan consists of how many members?

A. 274
B. 311
C. 291
D. 342 (including 60 reserved seats for women and 10 for minorities as per Article 51)

AD Pop Welfare-14/Labour Officer-16

The seats reserved for non-Muslims in National Assembly are filled by means of:

A. Separate electorate
B. Proportional representation of political parties
C. Nomination
D. Election by MNAs

Junior Clerk PRD-17

What is the minimum age of a member of National Assembly under 1973 constitution?

A. 30 years
B. 25 years
C. 35 years
D. 40 years

♦ Credit To: Zarqa Khaliq ♦

On the advice of Prime Minister and Chief Minister, President and Governor are bound to dissolve the assemblies with in:

A. 24 hours
B. 48 hours
C. 72 hours
D. 96 hours

PMS (P) GK-20

The NEC reviews the overall economic situation in Pakistan. What does NEC stands for?

A. National Economic Committee
B. National Economic Council
C. National Economic Command
D. National Economic Center

Labour Inspector-20

The Chairman of National Economic Council is:

A. Finance Minister
B. Prime Minister
C. President
D. DG ISPR

PMS (P) GK-20

In Pakistan, maximum number of newspapers is published in:*

A. English
B. Urdu*
C. Punjabi
D. Sindhi

Asst PPSC-18

Which is the first-ever Chinese Language newspaper of Pakistan?

A. Imroze
B. Huashang
C. China Daily
D. Beijing Daily

♦ Credit To: Daniyal Akram ♦

The first Urdu newspaper published after the creation of Pakistan was?

A. Dawn
B. Huashang
C. Daily Imroze (published from Lahore)
D. Nawaiwaqt

Crop Reporter-18/Lecturer (Pak St.) SED-18/ESE (G)-19 (N)

Among the following, which is the oldest English language newspaper of Pakistan?

A. The Nation
B. The News
C. Dawn
D. Daily Times

Tax Inspector-16/Labour Officer-17

The first coin of Pakistan was designed (3 Jan 1948) on by:

A. Abdur Rehman Chughtai
B. Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqm
C. Brandley*
D. Sadequain

Lecturer (Pak St.) SED-18

Which is the oldest/first airline of Pakistan?

A. Pakistan Airline
B. Orient Airways
C. PIA
D. Air Blue

Tax Inspector-11

Commenced operations: 4 June 1947
Ceased operations: 11 March 1955

Merged into Pakistan International Airlines

Which is the first private airline of Pakistan?

A. Orient Airways
B. Pakistan Airline
C. Hajvery Airline*
D. PIA

Tax Inspector-11+18 (Fsd)

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) started operations in:

A. 1947
B. 1955
C. 1961
D. 1965

Asst Anti-Corruption-20

The first International flight of PIA was taken on:

A. 25 May 1951
B. 07 June 1954
C. 01 Feb 1955 (between Karachi and London via Cairo)
D. 17 Jun 1961

PMS (P) GK-12/Crop Reporter-18

Who was the 1st Governor of State Bank of Pakistan?

A. Zahid Hussain
B. Abdul Qadir
C. Shujaat Ali Hasnie
D. Mahbubur Rashid

Tax Inspector-18 (Guj)

Pakistan’s 1st commercial bank is:

A. Muslim Commercial Bank
B. Allied Bank
C. United Bank Limited
D. Habib Bank Limited (HBL)

Lecturer (Pak St.) SED-18

Which bank provided Rs. 80 million loan for making 1st budget of Pakistan?

A. United Bank Limited
B. National Bank of Pakistan
C. Habib Bank Limited (HBL)
D. Muslim Commercial Bank

Tax Inspector-11

Which was the 1st country to recognize Pakistan as an independent state?

A. Afghanistan
B. China
C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia

PMS (P) Ministerial Quota GK-19/Punjab Treasury Deputy Acct-19 (M)/Asst Punjab Workers Welfare Board LHRD-19 (Contract Basis)

Which was the 1st country to open its embassy in Pakistan?

A. China
B. Egypt
C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia

♦ Credit To: Asiya Mushtaq ♦

Pakistan opened its first embassy in?

A. Afghanistan
B. China
C. Iran
D. Saudia Arabia

♦ Credit To: Asiya Mushtaq ♦

What is the total length of coastline of Pakistan?

A. 1020 km
B. 1046 km
C. 1095 km
D. 1126 km

Asst S&GAD-15/PMS (P) GK-20

Which province of Pakistan has the largest coastline?

A. Punjab
B. Sindh (about 250 km)
C. Balochistan (about 800 km)
D. KPK

ESE (G)-19 (N)/Labour Inspector-19

Chaddar of Sindh is called:

A. Shawl
B. Dupatta
C. Ajrak
D. None of above

Labour Inspector-19

‘Sajji’ is a dish originating from which province of Pakistan?

A. Sindh
B. KPK
C. Balochistan
D. Punjab

Asst Punjab Workers Welfare Board LHRD-19/Inspector Anti-Corruption-20

Who acts as the Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Prime Minister?

A. Federal Senior Minister
B. Chairman Senate
C. Speaker National Assembly
D. Foreign Minister

♦ Credit To: Sohail Mehmood ♦

Who acts as the Acting President in the absence of President?

A. Federal Senior Minister
B. Chairman Senate
C. Speaker National Assembly
D. Foreign Minister

♦ Credit To: Sohail Mehmood ♦

If the Prime Minister intends to resign, he may address his resignation to:

A. The Speaker of National Assembly
B. The Chairman Senate
C. The President of Pakistan
D. Chief Justice of Pakistan

Tax Inspector-18 (Lhr)

Number of Senators from each province are:

A. 29
B. 26
C. 23
D. 28

Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19 (2)

A senator is elected in Pakistan for:

A. 4 years
B. 5 years
C. 6 years
D. 7 years

Land Record Officer PBR-16

What is the minimum age of senator under 1973 constitution?

A. 25 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
D. 40 years

PMS (P) GK-20

Pakistan Fiscal year starts from:

A. 1 Aug to 20 Nov
B. 1 Jul to 30 Jun
C. 1 Apr to 30 Sep
D. 30 Jun to 2 Jul

Tax Inspector-14+16/SI PCD-17

Punjab’s share in the total land mass of Pakistan is:

A. 20.7%
B. 25.8% (205,344 sq km)
C. 29.7%
D. 37.7%

Zilladar-11

The number of divisions in Punjab are:*

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9