ASI Past Paper

1. Who is considered the founder of Pakistan?
a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b) Allama Muhammad Iqbal
c) Liaquat Ali Khan
d) Muhammad Ali Bogra
Answer: a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

2. Which city is known as the birthplace of Pakistan?
a) Karachi
b) Lahore
c) Islamabad
d) Dhaka
Answer: b) Lahore

3. What is the name of the resolution passed on March 23, 1940?
a) Pakistan Resolution
b) Lahore Resolution
c) Muslim League Resolution
d) All India Muslim League Resolution
Answer: b) Lahore Resolution

4. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Liaquat Ali Khan
b) Muhammad Ali Bogra
c) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
d) Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Answer: a) Liaquat Ali Khan

5. Which country was the first to recognize Pakistan’s independence?
a) United Kingdom
b) United States
c) Soviet Union
d) Iran
Answer: d) Iran

6. What is the name of Pakistan’s national poet?
a) Allama Muhammad Iqbal
b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
c) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
d) Ahmed Faraz
Answer: a) Allama Muhammad Iqbal

7. Which mountain range runs along the northern border of Pakistan?
a) Himalayas
b) Karakoram
c) Hindu Kush
d) Sulaiman Mountains
Answer: b) Karakoram

8. Which river is the longest in Pakistan?
a) Indus River
b) Chenab River
c) Ravi River
d) Sutlej River
Answer: a) Indus River

9. Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b) Liaquat Ali Khan
c) Khawaja Nazimuddin
d) Ghulam Muhammad
Answer: a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

10. Which city is the federal capital of Pakistan?
a) Karachi
b) Lahore
c) Islamabad
d) Peshawar
Answer: c) Islamabad

11. Who is known as the “Father of the Pakistan Army”?
a) General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
b) General Ayub Khan
c) General Yahya Khan
d) General Muhammad bin Hassan
Answer: d) General Muhammad bin Hassan

12. Which province of Pakistan has the largest population?
a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
d) Balochistan
Answer: a) Punjab

13. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Kalsoom Nawaz
c) Fatima Jinnah
d) Hina Rabbani Khar
Answer: a) Benazir Bhutto

14. Which city is known as the “City of Gardens” in Pakistan?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Peshawar
d) Quetta
Answer: a) Lahore

15. Who was the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Prize?
a) Dr. Abdus Salam
b) Dr. Muhammad Abdus Salam
c) Dr. Muhammad Ali Mazari
d) Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad
Answer: a) Dr. Abdus Salam

16. Which ancient civilization was discovered in modern-day Pakistan?
a) Mohenjo-Daro
b) Harappa
c) Taxila
d) Gandhara
Answer: a) Mohenjo-Daro

17. Who is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan?
a) Justice Umar Ata Bandial
b) Justice Qazi Faez Isa
c) Justice Gulzar Ahmed
d) Justice Maqbool Baqar
Answer: b) Justice Qazi Faez Isa

18. Which Pakistani cricketer is known as the “Sultan of Swing”?
a) Imran Khan
b) Javed Miandad
c) Wasim Akram
d) Waqar Younis
Answer: c) Wasim Akram

19. Who was the first Pakistani to travel to space?
a) Aamer Nadeem
b) Namira Salim
c) Faisal Rehman
d) Sheikh Muszafar Shukor
Answer: b) Namira Salim