What was the total period of the Ottoman Empire?
- (A) 1400-1719
- (B) 1200-1917
- (C) 1299-1922
- (D) 1295-1914
- (C) 1299-1922
The Ottoman Empire was for more than 600 years, from approximately 1299 to 1922. It sprouted in northwestern Anatolia from a small principality by Osman I, growing rapidly into a major world power, controlling vast territories across Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. It officially came to an end with the dissolution of the Sultanate in 1922 and the formation of the Turkish Republic.
When did the Objective Resolution become an integral part of the 1973 Constitution?
- (A) 1973
- (B) 1977
- (C) 1985
- (D) 1988
- (C) 1985
The Objectives Resolution was an integral, substantive, and operational component of the 1973 Constitution as of 1985.
In 1985, it was incorporated under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution (Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, P.O. No. 14 of 1985). This inserted Article 2A into the Constitution.
In 1985, it was incorporated under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution (Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, P.O. No. 14 of 1985). This inserted Article 2A into the Constitution.
Harappa is situated on the bank of river:
- (A) Ravi
- (B) Sindh
- (C) Beas
- (D) Jhelum
- (A) Ravi
Harappa is an important city of the Indus Valley Civilization and is situated on the banks of the Ravi River, a tributary of the Indus River, in the Punjab province of Pakistan near the modern city of Sahiwal. The path of the river has naturally changed over the course of thousands of years; however, the location of the old city was strategic from a farming and transportation point of view.
Who is generally considered to be the father of sociology?
- (A) Herbert Spencer
- (B) Karl Marx
- (C) Auguste Comte
- (D) Max Weber
- (C) Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte (1798-1857), a French philosopher, is believed to be the father of sociology. A French philosopher who coined the idea of sociology in 1838 and sought to name a new science of social studies that used observations to study social behavior through a scientific study of society, known as positivism. Comte was deeply influenced by the social disorganization that followed the French Revolution and believed that a scientific study of the division of social statics and social dynamics could improve society. Though there are several social thinkers like Ibn Khaldun, Marx, and Durkheim who can be regarded as the founders or the principal architects of the discipline of sociology, Comte’s work on the development of the science of sociology and the establishment of its scientific character entail the title “father” of the same.
What is the strength of the Supreme Court of Pakistan?
- (A) 13 Judges
- (B) 15 Judges
- (C) 17 Judges
- (D) 19 Judges
- (C) 17 Judges
As of late 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan is provided with 17 judges as the maximum strength, which comprises the Chief Justice of Pakistan and other 16 judges, as mandated by the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1997. However, the government is planning to enhance the strength to 34 in order to clear the backlogs as well as the constitutional benches.
“There is no restriction in Deen (Islam)” is a verse of Surah:
- (A) Al-Alaq
- (B) Al-Rehman
- (C) Al-Noor
- (D) Al-Baqarah
- (D) Al-Baqarah
“There is no restriction in Deen (Islam)” (Arabic: La ikraha fid-din) is a famous verse in Surah Al-Baqarah (Chapter 2), Ayah 256.
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ
Which Prime Minister of Pakistan assassinated while in office?
- (A) Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan
- (B) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- (C) Feroz Khan Noon
- (D) Muhammad Ali Bogra
- (A) Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan was a Prime Minister of Pakistan who was assassinated during his tenure. Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated by Said Akbar alias Saeed Akbar Babrak, an Afghan. He fired Liaquat Ali Khan during his address to people in a public gathering held in Rawalpurdi on October 16, 1951. Immediately after firing Liaquat Ali Khan, Said Akbar was shot dead by police. It is still unknown why Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated.
The poet who imprisoned for Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case was:
- (A) Allama Iqbal
- (B) Hafeez Jalandhary
- (C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- (D) Josh Malih Abadi
- (C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
The famous Pakistani poet and intellectual Faiz Ahmed Faiz who faced imprisonment for the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case in 1951. Faiz faced charges of conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan’s government because he served as a senior Communist Party member and worked as editor of Pakistan Times while military officers including Major General Akbar Khan plotted their coup. He faced treason charges and spent four years in prison after he received a death sentence which he narrowly escaped. During his time in prison he created his most well-known poetry which later appeared in Dast-e-Saba and Zindan-Nama. Faiz received his release from prison in 1955 after the government changed.
Florence Nightingale was a British:
- (A) Royal Surgeon
- (B) Nurse
- (C) Army Officer
- (D) Story Teller
- (B) Nurse
Florence Nightingale established herself as a British social reformer and statistician while creating the foundation for contemporary nursing practices. The “Lady with the Lamp” name became her title because she tended to injured soldiers who fought in the Crimean War while she established modern healthcare practices through her implementation of rigorous sanitation and hygiene standards.
Napoleon Bonaparte (Little Corporal) was the Emperor of:
- (A) England
- (B) France
- (C) Spain
- (D) Germany
- (B) France
Napoleon Bonaparte served as the Emperor of France through his official title Emperor of the French which he held from 1804 until 1814 and during his brief return to power in 1815. He ruled as King of Italy from 1805 until 1814 while he maintained control over most of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.