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Q. 1 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Who recalled Muhammad bin Qasim from Sindh?
A
Caliph Walid
B
Caliph Sulaiman
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C
Caliph Abdul Aziz
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Caliph Sulaiman bin Abdul Malik recalled and imprisoned him due to political rivalries.
Q. 2 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
What was the real name of Shah Waliullah?
A
Qutubuddin Ahmad Faruqi
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B
Qutubuddin Ahmad Siddiqui
C
Qutubuddin Ahmad
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
His birth name was Qutubuddin Ahmad, often associated with the titles of his ancestors.
Q. 3 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Who was formal teacher of Syed Ahmad Barelvi?
A
Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
B
Shah Waliullah
C
Shah Abdul Aziz
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
He studied under Shah Abdul Aziz, the eldest son of Shah Waliullah.
Q. 4 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Who for the first time translated the Holy Quran in Urdu language?
A
Shah Waliullah and Shah Abdul Aziz
B
Shah Abdul Qadir and Shah Rafiuddin
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C
Syed Ahmad Baralvi and Shah Ismail Dehlavi
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
The first complete and formal translations of the Holy Quran into the Urdu language were produced by the two sons of the famous Islamic scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlavi:
Shah Rafiuddin completed the first literal (Lafzi) translation of the Quran into Urdu in 1786.
Shah Abdul Qadir completed the first idiomatic (Ba-muhavara) translation, known as Muzih-al-Quran, in 1790.
Q. 5 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Faraizi Movement was primarily a religious movement. What change Dudhu Mian brought in the movement?
A
Transferred it into a guerrilla movement
B
Transferred it into a political movement
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C
Transferred it into a cultural movement
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
He organized the peasants against the oppression of local landlords and British indigo planters.
Q. 6 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Which of the following was/were the drawback(s) of the Government of India Act of 1858?
A
Control of Secretary of State was bureaucratic
B
Expense of the Council became a burden on Indian revenues
C
Both (a) & (b)
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
The act centralized power in London and added a significant financial burden to India.
Q. 7 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
By how many member(s) the Executive Council of the Governor General was enlarged under the Indian Councils Act of 1861?
A
One member
B
Two members
C
Four members
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
The act added a fifth member to the council for administrative expansion.
Q. 8 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
As per the Government of India Act 1858, where was the Darbar held for the Queen's Proclamation?
A
Calcutta
B
Delhi
C
Allahabad
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Lord Canning read the proclamation at a grand Darbar in Allahabad on Nov 1, 1858.
Q. 9 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Where, during the War of Independence, was Sir Syed Ahmad Khan working/posted?
A
Delhi
B
Bijnaur
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C
Aligarh
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
He was serving as a Sub-Judge in Bijnor when the 1857 uprising broke out.
Q. 10 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
In which town was the 'Scientific Society' founded in 1864?
A
Bijnaur
B
Aligarh
C
Ghazipur
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Sir Syed founded the society in Ghazipur before moving it to Aligarh.
Q. 11 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
In 1867, some prominent Hindus of Banares launched a movement for the replacement of Urdu by Hindi. In which province was this started?
A
Bengal Province
B
Central Provinces
C
North-Western Provinces
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D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
The Hindi–Urdu controversy first erupted in 1867 in the city of Banares (Varanasi). At the time, Banares was administratively part of the North-Western Provinces of British India (which was later merged and renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, corresponding to present-day Uttar Pradesh).

Prominent Hindu leaders from this province demanded that the government replace Urdu (written in the Persian/Nasta'liq script) with Hindi (written in the Devanagari script) as the official language of the local courts and administration.
Q. 12 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
What was the designation of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in M.A.O. School at Aligarh?
A
Secretary, Managing Committee
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B
President, Managing Committee
C
Patron, Managing Committee
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
He served as the Honorary Secretary, managing the school's growth and vision.
Q. 13 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Which organisation is considered the first Muslim political body to represent the Muslims of the subcontinent as a whole?
A
Anjuman-e-Mussalmanan-e-Hind
B
Central National Mohammedan Association
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C
Urdu Defence Association
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Founded by Syed Ameer Ali in 1877 to advocate for Muslim political interests.
Q. 14 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Mention the important announcement(s) that was/were made by the Governor General Lord Hardinge in his Darbar at Delhi in 1911?
A
Annulment of the partition of Bengal
B
Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi
C
Both of these
✓ Correct
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
King George V announced these two major administrative shifts during his visit.
Q. 15 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Which Muslim leader left the politics after the cancellation of the partition of Bengal?
A
Nawab Salimullah Khan
✓ Correct
B
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
C
Nawab Hamidullah Khan
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah of Dhaka was a pioneer of the partition of Bengal (1905), which had created a Muslim-majority province in Eastern Bengal and Assam. When the British government unexpectedly bowed to Hindu agitation and canceled (annulled) the partition in December 1911, it came as a profound political shock to him. Feeling deeply betrayed by the British authorities, his health declined rapidly, and he subsequently withdrew from active politics before passing away a few years later in 1915.
Q. 16 Pakistan Affairs
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
First Session of the All-India Muslim League was held on 29-30 December 1907. Where was it held?
A
Lahore
B
Karachi
✓ Correct
C
Aligarh
D
None of these
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
The first formal session was held in Karachi under the presidency of Adamjee Pirbhoy.
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