Term of the office of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan?
- (A) 3 years
- (B) 4 years
- (C) 5 years
- (D) 6 years
- (C) 5 years
As per Article 215 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Chief Election Commissioner has a term of of five years (before 18th amendments his tenure was three years) from the date of assuming office Election Commission of Pakistan.
Appointment: The appointment of the CEC is made through a consultative process between the government and opposition and is approved by the President The International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
Appointment: The appointment of the CEC is made through a consultative process between the government and opposition and is approved by the President The International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
On the advice of Prime Minister and Chief Ministers, President and Governors are bound to dissolve assemblies within:
- (A) 24 hours
- (B) 48 hours
- (C) 72 hours
- (D) 96 hours
- (B) 48 hours
According to the Constitution of Pakistan under Article 58(1), the President must dissolve the National Assembly within 48 hours of the advice from the Prime Minister. If the advice from the Prime Minister is not duly signed off by the President, the dissolution of the session comes into effect at the end of 48 hours.
The British sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh Dogra under the:
- (A) Treaty of Amritsar
- (B) Treaty of Lahore
- (C) Treaty of Instrument
- (D) Treaty of Kashmir
- (A) Treaty of Amritsar
The British, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Amritsar, on March 16, 1846, sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh Dogra. In the aftermath of the First Anglo-Sikh War, the British East India Company ceded Kashmir to Gulab Singh in exchange for 75 lakh rupees (7.5 million) , thereby appointing Gulab Singh as an independent Maharaja in Jammu and Kashmir.
The only Muslim women who attended all Round Table Conferences was:
- (A) Begum Salma Tassaduq Hussain
- (B) Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
- (C) Begum Shaista Ikram Ullah
- (D) Begum Jahna Ara Shahnawaz
- (D) Begum Jahna Ara Shahnawaz
Begum Jahan Ara Shahnawaz distinguished herself as the only Muslim woman participant at all three conferences of the Round Table Conferences convened from 1930 until 1932. As the representative of women in India, Shahnawaz proved a notable politician and went on to become the only woman on the drafting committee of the Government of India Act of 1935, the Joint Select Committee.
Dr. Abdus Salam, first Nobel Prize recipient of Pakistan, got his Ph.D from:
- (A) University of London
- (B) Harvard University
- (C) Oxford University
- (D) University of Cambridge
- (D) University of Cambridge
Abbdus Salam was the first Nobel laureate from Pakistan, having been awarded his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics by the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. His thesis, done and published in 1951, focused on fundamental work on quantum electrodynamics.
“Habba Khatoon” was a famous poetess of which language?
- (A) Balochi
- (B) Pashto
- (C) Hindko
- (D) Kashmiri
- (D) Kashmiri
Habba Khatoon, the illustrious poetess of the 16th century from Kashmiri descent, attained the esteemed title of “Nightingale of Kashmir.” She rose from the peasant background to attain the position of queenship while enriching the romantic lyrics of Kashmiri poetry with her emphasis on love, longing, and the musicality of the Kashmiri language.
Renowned Urdu writer, Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, by profession was:
- (A) Civil Servant
- (B) Banker
- (C) Publisher
- (D) News Caster
- (B) Banker
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi was born in 1923 and died in 2018. He was not only a master of Urdu humour and satire, but he also carved a niche in the banking industry of Pakistan by rising to the apex of this financial world. Along with shaping the contours of banking, he left an indelible literary mark with the likes of “Chiragh Talay”, “Khaak-e-Badhan” and “Aab-e-Gum” that have been widely read and loved.
Throughout his banking career, Yusufi played several key roles:
- 1. Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB): Joined in 1950 and rose to Deputy General Manager.
- 2. Allied Bank Ltd (ABL): 1965; joindo 1965 and became Managing Director.
- 3. United Bank Ltd (UBL): Rose to presidency from 1974 to 1976.
- 4. Pakistan Banking Council: Chairman Named in 1977.
- 5. Bank of Credit and Commerce International: Served in London first as an advisor from 1979 to 1990.
“Lowari Pass” connects:
- (A) Dir with Chitral
- (B) Dir with Malakand
- (C) Chitral with Swat
- (D) Chitral with Malakand
- (A) Dir with Chitral
The Lowari Pass, or Lowari Top, is at an elevation of 10,230 feet and connects the Chitral Valley and Dir Upper in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. It continues to be an important but treacherous road that is accessible during the warmer months of the year but closed by snow from late November to late May.
Dr. Ruth Pfou, the Mother Teresa of Pakistan, campaigned against:
- (A) Cholera
- (B) Leprosy
- (C) Tuberculosis
- (D) Diarrhoea
- (B) Leprosy
Dr. Ruth Pfau (1929–2017) was a German-Pakistani doctor, Catholic nun, and led a relentless fight against leprosy in Pakistan for over half a century. She founded the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, set up 157 clinics, tended to over 56,000 patients, and helped bring the disease under control by 1996.
The UN General Assembly has declared the decade 2021-30 as:
- (A) The decade on ecosystem restoration
- (B) The decade for the refugees rehabilitation
- (C) The decade for peace and stability
- (D) The decade for environmental change
- (A) The decade on ecosystem restoration
The right choice is: (A) The decade for ecosystem restoration
The United Nations General Assembly declared the period 2021–2030 as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, led by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, in an attempt to stop the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.