Who was not a member of the 1st Cabinet of Pakistan?
- (A) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- (B) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy
- (C) Jogendra Nath Mandal
- (D) Malik Ghulam Muhamad
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- (B) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy was not in Pakistan’s first Cabinet in 1947. Suhrawardy was active in Bengal politics at the time and later entered the central politics of Pakistan. He went on to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1956. To recap, the first Cabinet of Pakistan in 1947 consisted of the following members:
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar – Minister of Communications
Jogendra Nath Mandal – Minister of Law and Labor
Malik Ghulam Muhammad – Finance Minister
Moorish Kingdom of Granada (Spain) surrendered to Christians in the year:
- (A) 1453
- (B) 1492
- (C) 1526
- (D) 1556
- (B) 1492
The Moorish kingdom of Granada was conquered by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile on January 2nd, 1492. This marked the end of the Reconquista and marked the end of 781 years of Muslim rule in Spain.
The Office of District Magistrate was abolished through:
- (A) Local Government Ordinance 2001
- (B) Police Order 2002
- (C) Amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure
- (D) 17th Amendment in the 1973 Constitution
- (A) Local Government Ordinance 2001
The Office of the District Magistrate (DM) was also abolished in Pakistan under the Local Government Ordinance (LGO) 2001. This was part of the initiative for the decentralization of power that was started under the regime of General Pervez Musharraf.
The 1st Olympic Gold Medal for Pakistan was in the Summer Olympic games of:
- (A) 1956
- (B) 1960
- (C) 1964
- (D) 1968
- (B) 1960
Pakistan won its first Olympic gold in the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy. This achievement came when the Men’s National Field Hockey team won against India 1-0 (goal scored by Naseer Bunda) in the final, ending India’s long unbeaten run.
On 18th May 1074, India exploded first nuclear devise under the code name of:
- (A) Operation Blue Star Rahshak
- (B) Operation Gibraltar
- (C) Operation Smiling Buddha
- (D) Operation Midnight Founder
- (C) Operation Smiling Buddha
India conducted its first nuclear test on May 18, 1974, dubbed the “Smiling Buddha” or Pokhran-I. The event was conducted at the Pokhran Test Range in the state of Rajasthan at 8:05 Indian Standard Time. The device was a plutonium-based implosion device with an 8 to 12 kiloton yield, making India the sixth nation to achieve nuclear status.
The first International flight taken by PIA was taken on:
- (A) 25th May 1951
- (B) 7th June 1854
- (C) 1st February 1955
- (D) 17th June 1961
- (C) 1st February 1955
Pakistan International Airlines’ first flight in the international skies was made on February 1, 1955, as it flew a Lockheed Super Constellation. The first international flight of the airline was between Karachi and London, with a stopover in Cairo.
After the conquest of Punjab, British constituted a three member Board of Administration for governing the Punjab. Indicate who was not the member among the followings:
- (A) Henry Lawrence
- (B) John Lawrence
- (C) Charles Mansel
- (D) Robert Montgomery
- (D) Robert Montgomery
After the annexation of Punjab in 1849, the British established a three-man board known as the Board of Administration. These individuals were Henry Lawrence (President); John Lawrence; and Charles Grenville Mansel. Later, Robert Montgomery replaced Mansel, and he was not part of the original three.
The first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan was:
- (A) Akram Sheikh
- (B) Shahid Amjad
- (C) Nadeem-ul-Haq
- (D) Zahid Hussain
- (D) Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain, who had served as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, became the first deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan when it was officially formed on July 18, 1953. He served in this role until 1958, heading the commission responsible for the country’s national development planning.
The President of Yugoslavia / Serbia who was indicated and trailed by War Criminal Tribunal was:
- (A) Franjo Tudrnan
- (B) Slobodan Milosevic
- (C) Ralko Mladic
- (D) Radoslav Bradjnin
- (B) Slobodan Milosevic
He served as a leader in Serbia from 1989 to 1997, and then in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He was indicted and prosecuted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a legal body established by the United Nations. The indictment against Milošević, filed in 1999, included crimes against humanity in Kosovo, with genocide being a later addition to the indictment.
How many “Sahaba” were martyred in the Battle of Badr?
- (A) 12
- (B) 14
- (C) 16
- (D) 18
- (B) 14
Fourteen of the Prophet Muhammad’s companions, referred to as SAHABA, were martyred at the Battle of Badr in 2 AH (624 CE). Among the 14 Sahaba Martyrs, there were six Muhajirun, i.e., the people who migrated from Makkah, and eight Ansar, i.e., the people of Madinah.
- The 14 Sahaba Martyrs (Radi Allahu Anhum) are:
- 1- Ubayda ibn al-Harith
- 2- Umair ibn Abi Waqqas
- 3- Umair ibn Abd Amr ibn Nadhla al-Khuza’i
- 4- Aqil ibn Bukayr
- 5- Mihja’ ibn Salih
- 6- Safwan ibn Wahb
- 7- Sa’d ibn Khaythama
- 8- Mubashshir ibn Abi’l Mundhir
- 9- Haritha bin Suraqa
- 10- Rafi’ bin al-Mu’alla
- 11- Umayr bin Al-Humam
- 12- Yazid bin Al-Harith
- 13- Mu’awwidh bin Al-Harith
- 14- Awf bin Al-Harith