Political Science

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1. Philosophers

2. State System

3. Political Ideologies

4. Miscellaneous

5. History

6. Political Systems

7. Political Participation

8. Pakistan Related

9. Dates

10. Political Processes

11. Books

12. Foreign Policy of Pakistan

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(1) Leviathan was written by:(Philosophers)

(a) Hegel
(b) James Mill
(c) Hobbes
(d) J.S. Mill
(e) None of these.

(2) Founder of utilitarian school of thought was:(Philosophers)

(a) Edmund Burk

(b) Hume
(c) J.S. Mill
(d) James Mill
(e) None of these. Jeremy Bentham

(3) Locke laid down that state is:(Philosophers)

(a) An end in itself

(b) Means to an end
(c) Unavoidable evil
(d) Legal necessity
(e) None of these.

(4) Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished basis for:(Philosophers)

(a) Political sovereignty

(b) Limited sovereignty
(c) Popular sovereignty
(d) Absolute sovereignty
(e) None of these.

(5) How many essentials are required to constitute a state?(State System))

(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) None of these.

6) Laissez Faire policy means:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Withdrawal of ‘some restrictions’

(b) Fair legislation
(c) Control over trade
(d) Control over industry
(e) None of these.

(7) Materialistic interpretation of history was propounded by:(Philosophers)

(a) Trotsky
(b) Lenin
(c) Bolsheviks
(d) Mensheviks
(e) None of these. (Karl Marx)

(8) Fascism as a political theory originated in:(Political Ideologies)

(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Italy
(d) Russia
(e) None of these.

(9) Plato wrote:(Philosophers)

(a) Politics
(b) The Laws
(c) Political Economy
(d) Polity
(e) None of these.

(10) Al-Mauwardi wrote:(Philosophers)

(a) Ahkamul Sultaniya
(b) Siyasatnama
(c) Sayarul Muluk
(d) Ahyaul Ulum
(e) None of ‘these.

(11) Strong emphasis on justice was laid by:(Philosophers)

(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Herodotus
(d) Stoics
(e) None of these.

(12) The Spirit of Laws was written by:(Philosophers)

(a) John Locke

(b) J.S. Mill
(.c) Hume
(d) Edmund Burk
(e) None of these. (Montesquieu)

(13) God has made this world "a place for work and labour" is the famous quotation of:
(Philosophers)

(a) Al—Mauwardi
(b) Al-Farabi
(c) Nizamul Mulk Tusi
(d) Al-Ghazali
(e) None of these.

(14) ‘Felicific Calculus’ was the contribution of:(Philosophers)

(a) Bentham
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) J. S. Mill
(e) None of these.
(15) The theory of ‘Group Mind’ was enunciated by:(Philosophers)

(a) Al-Mauwardi
(b) Ibn-i-Khaldun
(c) Al-Ghazali
(d) Al-Farabi
(e) None of these.

(16) The theory of ‘Surplus Value’ as a part of communistic philosophy was the contribution
of:(Philosophers)

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Trotsky
(c) Fredrick Angel
(d) Recordo
(e) None of these.

(17) Hobbian social contract is based on:(Philosophers)

(a) Desire for peace

(b) Selfishness
(c) Fear
(d) Completion
(e) None of these.

(18) Importance of civil service has grown due to:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Population growth

(b) Increased state activity
(c) Complexity of rules and regulations
(d) Law and order requirement
(e) None of these.

(19) Which political theory propounded that state will ultimately disappear:(Political
Ideologies)
(a) Syndacatism
(b) Fabian socialism
(c) Fascism
(d) Communism
(e) None of these.

(20) According to Aristotle the end of state is:(Philosophers)

(a) Legal
(b) Social
(c) Ethical
(d) Economic
(e) None of these.

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(1) Scientific Society was established by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1864.(History)

(2) Who became the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? Badaruddin

Taiyabji(History)

(3) From 1858 to 1947, the British Government appointed 23 Viceroys in India.(History)

(4) Sind was separated from Bombay in 1936.(History)

(5) Who was the author of Pirpur Report? Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan, Raja of
Pirpur(History)

(6) Who suggested the title of ‘The Quaid-i-Azam’? Maoulana Mazhar-ud-din(Miscellaneous)

(7) When ladies were invited to participate in the Muslim League by the Quaid-i-Azam?(History)

(8) Who named Lahore Resolution as Pakistan Resolution first?Fazal-ul-Haq.(History)

(9) The Quaid-i-Azam resigned from the membership of Imperial Legislative Council on account
Rowlat Act.(History)

(10) The ‘Constitution of 1956 of’ Pakistan’ consisted of 234 articles.(Miscellaneous)

(11) The Constitution of 1962 of Pakistan consisted of 250 articles.(Miscellaneous)

(12) The 1982 Constitution of Turkey comprises of 177 articles.(Miscellaneous)

(13) The English Constitution is a dynamic organism.(Political Systems)

(14) In England the Queen reins but does not govern.(Political Systems)

(15) Civil Servant thrives under the cloak of ministerial responsibility".(State System)

(16) The American Supreme Court is the third chamber of the Congress.(Political Systems)

(17) The Presidium is an interesting innovation of the Soviet Constitution.(Political Systems)

(18) The Indian Constitution has set up democratic federal government.(Political Systems)

(19) "The highest organ of State power in former USSR was the Supreme Soviet.(Political
Systems)
(20) The Stalin Constitution had created "a ___________ in form but not in fact".(Political
Systems)

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(1) Interest groups always try to:(Political Participation)

(a) Gain political power directly

(b) Influence the exercise of power
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of these

(2) Author of the book ‘Capital’ is”:(Philosophers)

(a) Karl Marx
(b) Lenin
(c) Mao
(d) None of these

(3) A voluntary union of sovereign and independent states is called:(State Systems)

(a) Federation
(b) Confederation
(c) Unitary State
(d) None of these

(4) Author of the book ‘Leviathan’ is:(Philosophers)

(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) John Locke
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these
(5) “Reconstruction of Religion Thought in Islam” is written by:(Philosophers)

(a) Syed Amir Ali

(b) Allama Iqbal
(c) Hamid Ahmad
(d) None of these

(6) The author of the book ‘Statesman’ is:(Philosophers)

(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Plato
(d) None of these

(7) “Justice is giving everyone his due” is said by:(Philosophers)

(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these

(8) The dissolution of Khilafat and the establishment of ‘Grand National Assembly” in Turkey
was highly appreciated by:(Philosophers)

(a) Allama Iqbal

(b) Maulana Shokat Ali
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) None of these

(9) Author of the Book ‘Spirit of Islam” is:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(b) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) Syed Amir Ali
(d) None of these

(10) The concept of ‘Separation of Powers’ was given by:(State Systems)

(a) Montesquieu
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these

(11) Which of the political philosophers was more admitted by the American Founding
Fathers, and his thoughts on the importance of private property were reflected in the drafting
and historical development of the American Constitution.(Philosophers)

(a) John Locke
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these

(12) According to Aristotle which is the best amongst the Perverted form of the ideal states:
(Philosophers)

(a) Tyranny
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these

(13) Who said “Law is the command of a determinate sovereign”?(Philosophers)

(a) John Austin
(b) Laski
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these

(14) “Only the will of the sovereign can be the source of law”. Who said it?(Philosophers)

(a) John Hobbes

(b) John Austin
(c) Groutious
(d) None of these

(15) Those who are active against the very existence of state are known as:(Political
Ideologies)

(a) Fascists
(b) Anarchists
(c) Socialists
(d) None of these

(16) The concept of ‘Surplus Value’ is given by:(Philosophers)

(a) Mao
(b) Lenin
(c) Marx
(d) None of these

(17) In Plato’s Ideal State, one reaches at the pinnacle of the State order at the age of:
(Philosophers)

(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) None of these (50)

(18) Which one is the ‘supreme law of the land in USA’?(Political Systems)

(a) Constitutional Law
(b) General Law
(c) International Law
(d) None of these

(19) The system of ‘Basic Democracies’ was introduced by:(History)

(a) Gen. Yahya Khan

(b) Gen. Zia-ul-Haq
(c) Z. A. Bhutto
(d) None of these
(20) Fascism as a theory originated in:(Political Ideologies)

(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) Italy
(d) None of these

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(1) The Objective Resolution was adopted in:(Pakistan Related)

(a) 1947
(b) 1949
(c) 1951
(d) None of these

(2) Simla delegation was led by:(Pakistan Related)

(a) Sir Agha Khan

(b) Sir Sayyed
(c) Maulana Shibly Noamani
(d) None of these

(3) This is the parting of ways was said by:(Pakistan Related)

(a) Quaid e Azam

(b) Allama Iqbal
(c) Pandit Nehru
(d) None of these

(4) Pakistan became Republic in:(History)

(a) 1947
(b) 1949
(c) 1951
(d) None of these : 1956

(5) The quorum of House of Commons is:(Political Systems)

(a) 20 members
(b) 30 members
(c) 40 members
(d) None of these

(6) The Supreme Court of Pakistan comprises:(Pakistan Related)

(a) 9 judges
(b) 11 judges
(c) 13 judges(d) None of these

(7) The Indian parliament is:(Political Systems)

(a) Unicameral
(b) Bicameral
(c) Tricameral
(d) None of these

(8) The American Senate comprises:(Political Systems)

(a) 99 Senators
(b) 100 Senators
(c) 101 Senators
(d) None of these

(9) In Pakistan, the Constitution has been abrogated:(Pakistan Related)

(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) None of these
(10) The tenure of French President is fixed at:(Political Systems)

(a) 5 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 9 years
(d) None of these

(11) Turkish Government is:(State Systems)

(a) Democratic
(b) Dictatorial
(c) Monarchial
(d) None of these

(12) Cultural Revolution in China was aimed at reforming of:(History)

(a) Communist Party
(b) Bureaucracy
(c) Red Army
(d) None of these

(13) The Islamic Revolution in Iran ushered in:(History)

(a) Military rule

(b) Clergy’s rule
(c) People’s rule
(d) None of these

(14) People’s Republic of China was established in:(History)

(a) 1949
(b) 1950
(c) 1951
(d) None of these

(15) Power in the Soviet Union rested with the:(Political System)

(a) Supreme Soviet
(b) Communist Party
(c) Presidium
(d) None of these

(16) The House of Lords is predominantly:(Political Participation)

(a) Elected
(b) Appointed
(c) Hereditary
(d) None of these

(17) The Soviet Union was established in:(Dates)

(a) 1917
(b) 1919
(c) 1921
(d) None of these

(18) The USA was founded in:(Dates)

(a) 1789
(b) 1791
(c) 1793
(d) None of these

(19) The Electoral College in US comprises:(State Systems)

(a) 535 Electors

(b) 538 Electors
(c) 541 Electors
(d) None of these

(20) Eighth Amendment was adopted in the Constitution of Pakistan in:(Dates)

(a) 1985
(b) 1986
(c) 1987
(d) None of these

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(1) “An essay concerning Human Understanding” is written by:(Philosophers)

(a) Thomas Hobbes

(b) John Locke
(c) J. J. Rousseau
(d) None of these

(2) The father had planned a legal for his son but the son had no inclination towards that.
Who was the son?(Philosophers)

(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these

(3) “The spirit of Law” is divisible into six parts; total number of volumes of this book are:
(Philosophers)

(a) 30
(b) 31
(c) 32
(d) None of these

(4) “Political Science begins and ends with the state” is said by:(History)

(a) Paul Janct

(b) Stephen Leacock
(c) Professor Garner
(d) None of these

(5) Thyau’l-Ulum was the chief work of:(Philosophers)

(a) Al Farabi
(b) Al Manwardi
(c) Al Ghazali
(d) None of these

(6) According to Aristotle which is the bad government of the rich:(Philosophers)

(a) Tyranny
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these

(7) Constitutional classified as rigid and flexible in a book titled “Studies in History and
Jurisprudence” was written by:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Gilchrist
(b) T. H. Green
(c) Lord Bryce
(d) None of these

(8) “Wealth of Nations” was written by”(Miscellaneous)

(a) John Stuart Mill

(b) Jerry Bentham
(c) Adam Smith
(d) None of these

(9) Aristotle is the original name of:(Philosophers)

(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these

(10) Which of these books represents the scheme of Plato’s Philosophy?(Philosophers)

(a) The Politics

(b) The Republic
(c) The Laws
(d) None of these

(11) “Muqaddamah” was the great work of:(Philosophers)

(a) Ibn Khuldun
(b) Al Maawardi
(c) Nizam-ul-Mulk
(d) None of these

(12) “Asabiyah” was enunciated by:(Philosophers)

(a) Al-Ghazali
(b) Al-Maawardi
(c) Al-Farabi
(d) None of these (Ibn-e-Khaldun)

(13) “Theory of Divine Right of King” was presented by King James of England in century:
(History)
(a) 16th
(b) 17th
(c) 18th
(d) None of these

(14) “To rule is to educate” is said by:(Philosophers)

(a) Muhammad (SAW)

(b) Al - Ghazali
(c) Allama Iqbal
(d) None of these (Plato)

(15) A discourse on the origin of Inequality and the social contract was presented by:
(Philosophers)

(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these

(16) Sovereignty is which one of the following bases of the state:(State Systems)

(a) Physical
(b) Natural
(c) Spiritual
(d) None of these
(17) Law is “the body of Principles recognized and applied by the state in the administration
of justice” is said by:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Holland
(b) Green
(c) Salmond
(d) None of these

(18) The term Propaganda acquired derogatory sense:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Before World War I

(b) During World War I
(c) After World War I
(d) None of these

(19) The word “polis” means:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Civilized people

(b) Form of government
(c) A city state
(d) None of these

(20) In which century Austinian theory of Sovereignty was refuted by Pluralists?(Dates)

(a) 18th
(b) 19th
(c) 20th
(d) None of these

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(1) Originally total number of States of USA was:(Political Systems)

(a) 13
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) None of these:
(2) The first government of US was based on the articles of:(State Systems)

(a) Federation
(b) Confederation
(c) Unitary State
(d) None of these

(3) US constitution consists of Articles:(State Systems)

(a) 7
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) None of these

(4) Members of Washington DC in the Electoral College for the Presidential Elections in
America are:(Miscellaneous)

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) None of these (3)

(5) The first American President was:(History)

(a) Abraham Lincoln

(b) George Washington
(c) James Madison
(d) None of these

(6) Total amendments in the US Constitution are:(Miscellaneous)

(a) 16
(b) 26
(c) 27
(d) None of these

(7) The dissolution of Khilafat and the establishment of ‘Grand National Assembly’ in Turkey
was highly appreciated by:(History)

(a) Allama Iqbal

(b) Maulana Shokat Ali
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) None of these
(8) Ideological foundations of Turkish Constitution are based on:(Political Ideologies)

(a) Kamalism
(b) Socialism
(c) Islam
(d) None of these

(9) The title “Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity” was given to Mr. Jinnah by:
(Miscellaneous)

(a) Mustafa Kamal

(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Allama Iqbal
(d) None of these

(10) The concept of ‘Separation of Powers’ in US Constitution was taken from:(Philosophers)

(a) Montesquieu
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these

(11) Islam was declared as the “State Religion” in Pakistan’s Constitution of:(Pakistan
Related)

(a) 1962
(b) 1973
(c) 1985
(d) None of these

(12) All types of explanation were to be eliminated according to Pakistan’s Constitution of:
(Dates)

(a) 1956
(b) 1962
(c) 1973
(d) None of these

(13) When the British Government in India cancelled the separation of Bengal?(History)

(a) 1905
(b) 1911
(c) 1915
(d) None of these
(14) “If the president dissolves the legislature, he himself shall have to be re-elected. It was
mentioned in Pakistan’s Constitution of:(Pakistan Related)

(a) 1956
(b) 1962
(c) 1973
(d) None of these

(15) French System of government is:(Political Systems)

(a) Presidential
(b) Parliamentary
(c) Mixed
(d) None of these

(16) The first document of English liberties, Magna Carta was signed by King John in:(Dates)

(a) 1215
(b) 1649
(c) 1688
(d) None of these

(17) The British Constitution can be amended by the Parliament with:(Political Systems)

(a) Simple majority

(b) 2/3 majority
(c) ¾ majority
(d) None of these

(18) Peoples Republic of China came into being in:(Dates)

(a) 1946
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) None of these

(19) Indian President is elected by:(Political Processes)

(a) Parliament
(b) Provincial Assemblies
(c) Parliament and Provincial Assemblies
(d) None of these

(20) Commune system is a part of the political system of:(Political Systems)

(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) None of these

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(1) The writer of Social Contract and the Islamic State is:(Books)

(a) Ilyas Ahmad

(b) Ibn Khuldun
(c) Iqbal
(d) None of these

(2) Who is the author of “Politics in Pakistan: The Nature and Direction of Change”?
(Books)

(a) Khaild B Sayeed
(b) Ilyas Ahmad
(c) Hafeezur Rehman
(d) None of these

(3) “Quaradae-e-Maqasid se Islamic Qanoon Tuk” is written by:(Books)

(a) Hafeezur Rehman

(b) Khaild B Sayeed
(c) Ilyas Ahmad
(d) None of these

(4) George H. Sabine is the author of:(Books)

(a) A history of Political Theory

(b) Republic
(c) The spirit
 (d) None of these

(5) Plato is the author of:(Books))

(a) Republic
(b) Social Contract
(c) History of Political Thought
(d) None of these

(6) The idea that “Virtue is knowledge” is attributed to:(Philosophers)

(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Montesquieu
(d) None of these( Socrates )

(7) ‘Political Science begins and ends with the state’ is said by:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Aristotle
(b) Professor Garner
(c) Paul Janet
(d) None of these

(8) ‘The city of god’ is the work of:(Philosophers)

(a) Aquinas
(b) St. Augustine
(c) Austin
(d) None of these

(9) The ideas of Aristotle are more acceptable to the West than Plato’s because he
propagated:(Political Ideologies)

(a) Rule of law
(b) Democracy
(c) Tyranny
(d) None of these

(10) He is known as the founding father of Utilitarianism:(Philosophers)

(a) James Mill

(b) Jeremy Bentham
(c) C. Wright Mills
(d) None of these

(11) Ahya ul ulum is the work of:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Al Farabi
(b) Al Mawardi
(c) Al Ghazali
(d) None of these

(12) He is famous for his work “Muqaddameh”:(Philosophers)

(a) Ibn Taimiyah

(b) Nizamul Mulk
(c) Ibn Khuldun
(d) None of these

(13) The Bolshevik movement in Russia was led by:(History)

(a) Stalin
(b) Trotsky
(c) Lenin
(d) None of these

(14) He is known as the major theorist of bureaucracy:(Philosophers)

(a) Burk
(b) Dahl
(c) Max Weber
(d) None of these

(15) Cultural Revolution in China was launched under the leadership of:(History)

(a) Chou-en-lai
(b) Lin Piao
(c) Mao dzedung
(d) None of these

(16) Collective responsibility is a feature of:(State Systems)

(a) Parliamentary form
(b) Presidential form
(c) Dictatorship
(d) None of these
(17) Decentralization is a feature of:(State Systems)

(a) Federal System
(b) Autocraticship system
(c) Unitary system
(d) None of these

(18) Dictatorship of the Proletariat is one of the concepts of:(Philosophers)

(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) Maodzedung
(d) None of these

(19) The general Will is the political concept of:(Philosophers)

(a) J. J. Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Locke
(d) None of these

(20) ‘Leviathan’ is written by:(Books)

(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) Hegel
(c) Locke
(d) None of these

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(1) Who was named the first leader of the opposition in Ayub Khan’s constituted first national
assembly?(Pakistan Related)

(a) Sardar Bahadur Khan

(b) Mumtaz Daultana
(c) Muhammad Hussain Chatta
(d) Maulana Tamizuddin Khan
(e) Khwaja Nazimuddin
(f) None of these (Mr. Yousaf Khattak)

(2) Who is the author of the book, ‘Friends not master’?(Books)

(a) Ayub Khan

(b) Altaf Gauhar
(c) Sharifuddin Pirzada
(d) Helen Bolitho
(e) Ch. Muhammad Ali
(f) None of these

(3) “Myth of Independence” was written by:(Books)

(a) Shariful Mujahid

(b) Ayub Khan
(c) Z. A. Bhutto
(d) Ch. M. Ali
(e) Kh. Nazimuddin
(f) None of these

(4) The last Speaker of the National Assembly during Ayub’s government was:(Pakistan
Related)

(a) Khan A. Sabur

(b) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
(c) Zahoor Khan
(d) Abdul Jabbar Khan
(e) Monim Khan
(f) None of these

(5) Who was the President of US during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962?(History)

(a) Richard Nixon

(b) J. F. Kennedy
(c) Truman
(d) Eisenhower
(e) L. B. Johnson
(f) None of these

(6) Who was the prime minister of India during the 1965 war between Pakistan and India?
(History)

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Indira Gandhi
(e) Zakir Hussain
(f) None of these

(7) Who was the mover of the Lahore Resolution of 1940?(Pakistan Related)

(a) Ch. Mohammad Ali

(b) Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) A. K. Fazalul Haq
(d) Khawaja Shahabuddin
(e) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy
(f) None of these

(8) Who was called the ambassador of Hindu Muslim Unity?(Pakistan Related)

(a) Moti Lal Nehru

(b) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) Mahatama Gandhi
(d) Muhammad Ali Jauhar
(e) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(f) None of these

(9) Who is the author of the famous book, ‘The Spirit of Islam?(Books)

(a) Muhammad Iqbal

(b) Justice Amir Ali
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Hali
(e) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
(f) None of these

(10) Who was the architect of the Luckhnow Pact of 1916, between Congress and Muslim
League?(History)

(a) Sardar Patel

(b) Nehru
(c) Iqbal
(d) C. R. Daas
(e) Gandhi
(f) None of these
(11) What was the total number of seats in the national assembly under the 1962
constitution?(Pakistan Related)

(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 300
(d) 200
(e) 220
(f) None of these (156 and then 218)

(12) Who was the president of Pakistan during the India China war of 1962?(Pakistan Related)

(a) Ghulam Mohammad

(b) Iskandar Mirza
(c) Ch. Muhammad Ali
(d) Ayub Khan
(e) Mushtaq Gurmani
(f) None of these

(13) Name the author of the book “The great tragedy” and “Myth of Independence”:(Books)

(a) Z. A. Bhutto
(b) S. M. Zafar
(c) Shahid Javed Burki
(d) Ayub Khan
(e) Altaf Gohar
(f) None of these

(14) Who was the president of the US during the 1991 Iraq – Kuwait conflict?(History)

(a) G. W. Bush
(b) Clinton
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Jimmy Carter
(e) Ronal Regan
(f) None of these (George Herbert Walker Bush)

(15) Who was the Prime Minister of India during the 1971 crisis?(History)

(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Indhra Gandhi
(d) Rajiv Gandhi
(e) Zakir Hussain
(f) None of these

(16) What was the year in which the Shah of Iran was overthrown?(Dates)

(a) 1989
(b) 1992
(c) 1979
(d) 1976
(e) 1980
(f) None of these

(17) Who was the Governor General of India during the 1st Indo Pakistan conflict over
Kashmir in 1948?(Pakistan Related)

(a) Zahir Hussain

(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) Mahatama Gandhi
(e) Jawaherlal Nehre
(f) None of these

(18) China became a communist state under Maozedong in the year:(Dates)

(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
(e) 1951
(f) None of these

(19) Muslim League was formed in the year:(Dates)

(a) 1906
(b) 1901
(c) 1911
(d) 1905
(e) 1909
(f) None of these

(20) Quaid e Azam joined Muslim League in the year:(Dates)

(a) 1913
(b) 1914
(c) 1917
(d) 1919
(e) 1921
(f) None of these

Political Science – 2004

Solved MCQs
Paper-I

(1) According to Aristotle the end of State is:(Philosophers)

(a) Logical
(b) Legal
(c) Ethical
(d) None of these

(2) Al-Farabi by birth was:(Philosophers)

(a) Afghani
(b) Irani
(c) Turk
(d) None of these

(3) Al-Mawardi was a jurist who followed the fiqah of:(Philosophers)

(a) Imam Malik

(b) Imam Shafi
(c) Imam Abu Hanifa
(d) None of these

(4) Jean Jacques Rousseau was born at:(Philosophers)

(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Geneva
(d) None of these
(5) According to John Locke, the best form of Government is:(State Systems)

(a) Monarchy
(b) Aristocracy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these

(6) The term, "anarchism" has been derived from and word 'anarchia' which is basically a:
(Political Ideologies)

(a) Greek word

(b) Latin word
(c) French word
(d) None of these

(7) Anarchism is the extrerhe left wing of Socialism. It was first expounded as political
doctrine by:(Political Ideologies)

(a) William Godwin

(b) Prince Kropotkin
(c) Proudhon
(d) None of these

(8) "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)" Was written by:(Books)

(a) Jeremy Bentham

(b) J.S. Mill
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these

(9) "Iqtisad-Fil-Itiqad" was written by:(Books)

(a) Al-Mawardi
(b) AI-Farabi
(c) AI-Ghazali
(d) None of these

(10) "SiyaSat Namahr" was written by:(Books)

(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk
(b) AI-Ghazali
(c) Ibn-Khaldun (
d) None of these

(11) "Ilmul-Iqtisad" was written by:(Books)

(a) AI-Ghazali
(b) AI-Mawardi
(c) Allama Iqbal
(d) None of these

(12) "Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam" was written by:(Books£

(a) Rosenthal
(b) Mawardi
(c) Ibn-Khuldun

(d) None of these (Iqbal)

(13) A Discourse on the origin of Inequality and Social Contract was presented by:
(Philosophers)

(a) Hobbes
(b) Locke
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these

(14) According to Allama Iqbal in which form of Government heads are counted:(State
Systems)

(a) Oligarchy
(b) Democracy
(c) Polity
(d) None of these

(15) The turning point in the life of Plato came in the years 399 BC, when he was of:
(Philosophers)

(a) 28 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 24 years
(d) None of these

(16) The Great Political Scientist/Philosopher Aristocles died in the year:(Dates)

(a) 347 BC
(b) 322 BC
(c) 304 BC
(d) None of these

(17) Plato went to Syracuse to teach philosophy to the tyrant Kind Dionysus but returned
disappointed and opened his Academy. He wrote treatises in the form of dialogue upto the
number of:(Philosophers £

(a) 32
(b) 36
(c) 38
(d) None of these

(18) ' The Great but ungrateful pupil of his Master who was born in 384 BC was:(Philosophers)

(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these

(19) The Fascism of Plato got birth in 4th Century BC, whereas the modern Fascism is the
Product of early:(Political Ideologies)
(a) 18th Century
(b) 19th Century
(c) 20th Century
(d) None of these

(20) "An Essay Concerning Human understanding" was published in 1690, is.the most
important work of:(Books)

(a) JSMill ,
(b) Bentham
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) None of these
Political Science – 2004
Solved MCQs
Paper-II

(1) Who wrote the following books: (6)(Books)

(a) Pakistan. The Heart of Asia: Liaquat Ali Khan

(b) Jinnah of Pakistan: Stanley Wolpert
(c) Bush at War: Bob Woodward
(d) The End of India: Khushwant Singh
(e) Last Days of British Raj in India: Leonard Mosley
(f) Muslim Separatism in India: Abdul Hamid

(2) Write down the title of the Constitution of Pakistan. (1)

http://www.pakistanconstitution-law....d+commencement

(3) How many are the articles in the un-amended Constitution of 1973:(Pakistan Related)

(a) 208
(b) 320
(c) 280
(d) 289
(e) None of these

(4) How many articles were changed in the 8lh amendment:(History)

(a) 100
(b) 89
(c) 90
(d) 70
(e) None of these

(6) What these initials stand for: (5)(Miscellaneous)

(a) DGPR – Director General Public Relations

(b) IPRI – Islamabad Policy Research Institute
(c) IRSA – Indus River System Authority
(d) Ex-Com – Executive Committee
(e) LFO – Legal Frame work Order.

(7) Name the President during whose tenure Americans were kept hostages in Iran:(History)

(a) Reagan
(b) Ford
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) Clinton
(e) None of these

(8) Downing street is known for: (Miscellaneous)

(a) One. of the palaces of the Queen

(b) Parliament House
(c) Residence of the Prime Minister
(d) 'Office of the Speaker of the» House Commons.

(9) Statue of Liberty was given to USA by: (Political System)

(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Canada
(d) Italy
(e) None of these

(10) Kamal Ata Turk was the: (History)

(a) King
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President
(d) Khalifa of Turkey
(e) None of these
Political Science 2007
Q.8. Write only the correct answers in the answer book.
(1) Who is called the “Intellectual Father of French Revolution?(Philosophers)
(a) J.J Rousseau
(b) Montesquiu
(c) Nepolean
(d) None of these

(2) GENERAL WILL as concept was introduced by:(Philosophers)

(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Locke
(d) None of these

(3) Karl Marx is known for his theory of :(Philosophers)

(a) Dielectical Spiritualism
(b) Force as the Basis of State
(c) Meterialistic Interpretation of history
(d) None of these

(4) “Man by nature is a social and political animal” is the cornerstone of the
philosophy of:(Philosophers)
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these

(5) The author of the Book The Laws was:(Books)

(a) Hormer
(b) Plato
(c) Solon
(d) None of these

(6) The center of Learning to the Greeks was the city state of :(History)
(a) Sparta
(b) Athens
(c) Carthage
(d) None of these

(7) which of the thinkers is a social contractualist?(Philosophers)

(a) Lenin
(b) Marx
(c) Hobbes
(d) None of these

(8) “Principle of Utility” as a formula was the idea of :(Philosophers)

(a) James Mill
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) Jeremy Bentham
(d) None of these

(9) Modern Political thought begins with:(Philosophers)

(a) Machiavelli
(b) Moutesquieu
(c) Mill
(d) None of these

(10) Plato was a:(Political Ideologies)

(a) Realist
(b) Idealist
(c) Rationalist
(d) None of these

(11) “Two treatises on civil Government” constitute the basic source(Philosophers)

of Political thought of :
(a) Sia Robert Filmer
(b) Locke
(c) Plato
(d) None of these

(12) Marx and Engels produced the famous book’ Common Manifesto’ In:(Datea)
(a) 1848
(b) 1845
(c) 1883
(d) None of these
(13) “ Siyasatnama” and ‘Majma ul Wasaya’ are the two books on
administration attributed to:(Books)
(a) Al-Farabi
(b) Nizam ul Mulk Tusi
(c) Al-Mawardi
(d) None of these

(14) Montesquieu by birth belonged to:(Miscellaneous)

(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) France
(d) None of these

(15) Al-Ghazzali was a philosopher of :(Philosophers)

(a) 11th century
(b) 13th century
(c) 16th century
(d) None of these

(16) Sepration of Ethics and Politics was the principle notion in the
philosophy of:(Philosophers)
(a) Lenin
(b) Plato
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these

(17) A Bi-cameral legislature as most suited to:(State Systems)

(a) Unitary States
(b) Federal States
(c) Theocratic states
(d) None of these

(18) “ Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number” was the idea of :(Philosophers)
(a) Austin
(b) Ibn-i-Khaldun
(c) Laski
(d) None of these

(19) The principle of Judicial Review means to:(Political Participation)

(a) Interpret law
(b) Rewrite law
(c) revive a law
(d) None of these

(20) Plato was born in:(Dates)

(a) 430 B.C
(b) 428 B.C
(c) 387 B.C
(d) None of these

Western Political Thought MCQS(Philosophers)

1) Plato was born 427-8 BC and died at the age of: (CSS-2005)
(a) 80
(b) 76
(c) 74
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2) According to Plato the population of an ideal state should be: (CSS-2010)
(a) 5040
(b) 50400
(c) 50040
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
3) The turning point in the life of Plato came in the year 399 BC when he was of: (CSS-
2005/2009)
(a) 24 years
(b) 26 years
(c) 28 years
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

4) Plato was born in: (CSS-2007)

(a) 430 B.C
(b) 428 B.C
(c) 387 B.C
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
5) Plato wrote: (CSS-2000)
(a) Politics
(b) The Laws
(c) Political Economy
(d) Polity
(e) None of these.
Answer: (b)
6) Plato was a: (CSS-2007)
(a) Realist
(b) Idealist
(c) Rationalist
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
7) The Fascism of Plato got birth in 4th century BC, whereas the modern Fascism is the
product of: (CSS-2009)
(a) 18th Century
(b) 19th Century
(c) 20th Century
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
8) In Plato’s Ideal State, one reaches at the pinnacle of the State order at the age of:
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
9) Aristotle was a(n) _____ while Plato was a(n) _____.
(a) Empiricist; Nativist
(b) Structuralist; Functionalist
(c) Functionalist; Structuralist
(d) Nativist; Empiricist
Answer: (a)
10) The author of the book ‘Statesman’ is: (CSS-2000)
(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Plato
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
11) The author of the Book The Laws was: (CSS-2007)
(a) Homer
(b) Plato
(c) Solon
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
12) Which of these books represents the scheme of Plato’s Philosophy? (CSS-2002)
(a) The Politics
(b) The Republic
(c) The Laws
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
13) Plato wrote the famous book: (CSS-2008)
(a) Leviathan
(b) The Republic
(c) The clouds
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
14) Plato is called the father of the idealist theory of the state because:
(a) he prescribed the ideals of city-state
(b) his theory was based not on what human nature is but on what it ought to be
(c) he postulated a dualism between reality and value
(d) he based his theory on the idea of the Good
Answer: (b)

15) According to Aristotle the end of state is: (CSS-2000/2009)

(a) Legal
(b) Social
(c) Ethical
(d) Economic
(e) None of these.
Answer: (c)
16) “Man by nature is a social and political animal” is the cornerstone of the philosophy of:
(CSS-2007)
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
17).The principle of distributive justice was first propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Godwin
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) Rawls
Answer: (a)
18) Aristotle is the original name of: (CSS-2002)
(a) Plato
(b) Nicomachus
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
19) Who among the following held the view that the “State comes into existence for the sake
of life and it continues for the sake of good life”?
(a) J. Bentham
(b) T.H. Green
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato
Answer: (c)
20) The ungrateful pupil of his master, born in 384 BC was: (CSS-2005)
(a) Aristotle
(b) Aristocles
(c) Socrates
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
21) Strong emphasis on justice was laid by: (CSS-2000)
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Herodotus
(d) Stoics
(e) None of these.
Answer: (b)
22) ” The cause of sedition is always to be found in inequality” is said by:
(CSS-2009)
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
23) The Greek philosopher Aristotle died in: (CSS-2010)
(a) 322 B.C
(b) 332 B.C
(c) 384 B.C
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
24) Alexander of Macedonia was student of: (CSS-2011)
(a) Socrates
(b) Plato
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
25) Famous treatise Peri Hermeneias is developed by …………?
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) Gadamer
Answer: (c)
26) “Justice is giving everyone his due” is said by: (CSS-2001)
(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
27) According to Aristotle the end of state is: (CSS-2009)
(a) Logical
(b) Legal
(c) Ethical
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
28) The doctrine of proportionate equality was pronounced by: (CSS-2008)
(a) Aristotle
(b) Rousseau
(c) Marx
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
29) “Man when separated from Law and Justice is the worst of all animals” is the saying of:
(CSS-2009)
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Machiavelli
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
30) The great but ungrateful pupil of his master who was born in 384 BC was: (CSS-2009)
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Socrates
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
31) “Justice as treating equals equally and unequal’s unequally” who said this: (CSS-2008)
(a) Aristotle
(b) J.S. Mill
(c) T. H .Green
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
32) Aristotle was famous student of: (CSS-2008)
(a) Anaxagoras
(b) Hermes
(c) Socrates
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
33) “The end of Politics is not knowledge but action” who said it: (CSS-2008)
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Montesquieu
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
34) According to Aristotle which is the best amongst the Perverted form of the ideal states:
(CSS-2001/2002)
(a) Tyranny
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
35) When Aristotle declared that ”man is by nature a political animal”, he did not imply that
(a) Only within a political community man can live ‘the good life’
(b) Politics is an ethical activity concerned with creating a just society
(c) There is a distinction between state and civil society
(d) Politics is a master science which is essentially an attempt to create a good society
Answer: (c)
36) Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Karl Marx: Grundrisse
(b) Harold Laski: Grammar of Politics
(c) Aristotle : The Statesman
(d) Karl Popper: Open Society and its Enemies.
Answer: (c)
37) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Harmony between the parts of the society- Plato
(b) Greatest good of the greatest number- J. Bentham
(c) Greatest advantages of the least advantaged- John Rawls
(d) Interest of the strongest -Aristotle
Answer: (d)
38) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Harmony between the parts of the society: Plato
(b) Greatest good of the greatest number: J. Bentham
(c) Greatest advantages of the least advantaged: John Rawls
(d) Interest of the strongest: Aristotle
Answer: (d)
39) With which one of the following can the organic conception of the State be associated?
(a) Machiavelli
(b) Aristotle
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) Karl Marx
Answer: (b)
40) Aristotle described the State as natural. By this he meant that:
(a) the state was not created by man but was product of natural forces and facts like air, water,
the earth, the sky, climatic conditions, environment and the interaction among all these
(b) the state was created to satisfy man’s natural needs
(c) the state satisfies man’s natural needs are not a proof that it is natural, those needs are but
the stirrings in him of that immanent end (telos) that is expressed in the state
(d) Man is by nature a social being and no social life is possible without law and order which can
be maintained only by the state
Answer: (d)

According to John Locke the worst form of Government is: (CSS-2005)

(a) Monarchy
(b) Aristocracy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Which one of the following political thinkers was the first exponent of the liberal theory of
States?
(a) John Locke
(b) T.H. Green
(c) Jean Jacques Rousseau
(d) Hobbes
Answer: (a)
Which one of the following political thinkers was the first exponent of the liberal theory of
States?
(a) John Locke
(b) T.H. Green
(c) Jean Jacques Rousseau
(d) Hobbes
Answer: (a)
“An essay concerning Human Understanding” is written by: (CSS-2002)
(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) John Locke
(c) J. J. Rousseau
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Which of the political philosophers was more admitted by the American Founding Fathers,
and his thoughts on the importance of private property were reflected in the drafting and
historical development of the American Constitution. (CSS-2001)
(a) John Locke
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
The concept of ‘legal sovereignty’ was for the first time given by: (CSS-2008)
(a) Hobbes
(b) Locke
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
The view that property is a natural right of man was propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) St. Augustine
(c) Locke
(d) Hegel
Answer: (c)

Locke laid down that state is: (CSS-2000)

(a) An end in itself
(b) Means to an end
(c) Unavoidable evil
(d) Legal necessity
(e) None of these.
Answer: (c)
The term “tabula rasa” is most clearly associated with
(a) Edward Titchener.
(b) John Locke.
(c) René Descartes.
(d) B. F. Skinner.
Answer: (b)

The natural rights of the people according to Locke are: (CSS-2008)

(a) Right to life, liberty and property
(b) Right to self-preservation and right to property
(c) Right to life and equality and right to property
(d) None of these.
Answer: (a)
The notion that the mind is a blank slate is most clearly associated with
a) Edward Titchener.
b) B. F. Skinner.
c) René Descartes.
d) John Locke.
Answer: (d)
“Two treatise on civil Government” was written by: (CSS-2008)
(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) Montesquieu
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
“An essay concerning Human Understanding” was published in 1690, is the most important
work of: (CSS-2009)
(a) J.S. Mill
(b) Bentham
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) John Lock
Answer: (d)
Thomas Hobbes called the agreement by which people create a government the ___________
(a). salon
(b) Enlightenment
(c) checks and balances
(d) social contract
Answer: (d)
He believed that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank slate.
(a) Locke
(b) Voltaire
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Frederick the Great
Answer: (a)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the political philosophy of John Locke?
(a) State of nature – Civil society- Natural rights – Contract
(b) Natural rights – contract- State of nature – civil society
(c) State of nature – Contract – Civil society – Natural rights
(d) Natural rights – State of nature – contract- Civil society
Answer: (d)
The entitlement theory of property has been propounded by:
(a) John Locke
(b) John Rawls
(c) Hayek
(d) Nozick
Answer: (a)

The concept of ‘Separation of Powers’ was given by: (CSS-2001)

(a) Montesquieu
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Montesquieu by birth belonged to: (CSS-2007)
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) France
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Eighteen Century Rationalism, Montesquieu was born in the year 1689 in the house of an
eminent French lawyer. He died in: (CSS-2005)
(a) 1735
(b) 1745
(c) 1755
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
In his realistic theory of International politics Morgenthau’s autonomy of political sphere
denotes
(a) Autonomy of the State in international sphere
(b) Autonomy of the decision-makers vis-a vis-the legislature
(c) Autonomy of the political action in complete disregard to other standards of thought
(d) Autonomy of the policy-makers vis-a vis other agencies or organs of the government
Answer: (c)
The Spirit of Laws was written by: (CSS-2000)
(a) John Locke
(b) J.S. Mill
(c) Hume
(d) Edmund Burk
(e) Montesquieu
Answer: (e)

The concept of ‘Separation of Powers’ was given by:

(a) Montesquieu
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Montesquieu restricts forms of Government upto: (CSS-2009)
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
The famous book “The Spirit of Laws” written by Montesquieu was published in: (CSS-2010)
(a) 1734
(b) 1754
(c) 1784
(d) 1773
Answer: (d)

Thomas Hobbes MCQs(Philosophers)

Who among the following is not a proponent of the theory of natural rights?
(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) John Locke
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Jeremy Bentham
Answer: (d)
“Only the will of the sovereign can be the source of law”. Who said it? (CSS-2001)
(a) John Hobbes
(b) John Austin
(c) Groutious
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: There is no person like ‘John Hobbes’. It’s Thomas Hobbes.
Associations are not persona ficta but real persons existing prior to the State. This view was
propounded by:
(a) Hobbes
(b) Hegel
(c) Duguit
(d) Gierke
Answer: (d)
Leviathan was written by: (CSS-2000/2001/2011)
(a) Hegel
(b) James Mill
(c) Hobbes
(d) J.S. Mill
(e) None of these.
Answer: (c)
Hobbesian social contract is based on: (CSS-2000)
(a) Desire for peace
(b) Selfishness
(c) Fear
(d) Completion
(e) None of these.
Answer: (a)
Which of the thinkers is a social contractualist? (CSS-2007)
(a) Lenin
(b) Marx
(c) Hobbes
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
The father had planned a legal for his son but the son had no inclination towards that. Who
was the son? (CSS-2002)
(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
The Hobbesian contract was?
(a) Between the people and Leviathan
(b) Between the society and Leviathan
(c) Among men living in the state of nature
(d) Between leaders and Leviathan
Answer: (c)
Which of the following is rejected by Hobbes as the foundation of the State?
(a) The view that might is right
(b) Individualism
(c) Rational self-preservation as the ground for social contract
(d) Concept of authorization
Answer: (a)

“The principle of the greatest good of the greatest number was made a hook to be put into
nostrils of the Leviathan so that it could be tamed and harnessed to the chariot of utility.”
This observation refers to the political theory of:
(a) Hobbes
(b) Hume
(c) Sidgwick
(d) Bentham
Answer: (a)

Foreign policy

Proposal for Joint Defense between Pakistan and India was made by:
(a) Nehru
(b) Chou-En-Lie
(c) Ayub Khan
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pakistan is the sixth-largest nation in the world by way of
(a) Area
(b) Population
(c) Military Strength
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Pakistan’s foreign policy ought to be determined primarily by
(a) Regional interests
(b) National interests
(c) Economic interests
(d) Both b & c
Answer: (d)
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the most ambitious and potentially game
changing example of
(a) Pak-China friendship
(b) Regional economic cooperation
(c) Regional cooperation
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
In 1955, Pakistan joined the CENTO and the SEATO alliances in
(a) 1956
(b) 1958
(c) 1962
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
When was Pakistan became a Major non-NATO ally of the United States
(a) 2001
(b) 2010
(c) 2004
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
RCD became defunct after the Iranian Revolution, and a Pakistani-Turkish initiative led to the
founding of the
(a) Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
(b) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(c) Middle East economic integration
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pakistan is the leading member of the
(a) Coffeehouse
(b) Coffee Club
(c) Clubhouse
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
30% of Omani’s are of
(a) Kashmiri origin
(b) Punjabi origin
(c) Baluchi origin
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pakistan was one of the first countries to open its Embassy in
(a) Baku
(b) Tirana
(c) Bamako
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pakistani pilots assisted the Syrian air force during the
(a) Six-Day War 1967
(b) Yom Kippur War of 1973
(c) Lebanese Civil War 1976–1990
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Pakistan was the first country to accord formal recognition to
(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina
(b) East Timor (Timor-Leste)
(c) United Arab Emirates
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pakistan established full diplomatic relations with Bangladesh on
(a) January 18, 1972
(b) January 18, 1973
(c) January 18, 1976
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were
established on
(a) 21 May 1951
(b) 12 April 1949
(c) 23 March 1950
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pakistan supported Tunisia on the issue of its complete control on
(a) Ras ben Sakka
(b) Bizerte
(c) Menzel Jemil
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Aman Ullah Khan is the leader of:
(a) National Conference
(b) Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
(c) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pre-partition India consisted of:
(a) 579 Princely states
(b) 584 Princely states
(c) 590 Princely states
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Durand Line came into existence in:
(a) 1893
(b) 1947
(c) 1979
(d) 1900
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Who wrote “The Military and Politics in Pakistan”?
(a) S. M. Haider
(b) Burke
(c) Hassan Askari
(d) Waheed-uz-Zaman
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan were established in:
(a) Sep. 1947
(b) Feb. 1948
(c) Jan. 1949
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Shive Sena is the name of:
(a) An Irish Leader
(b) A politico-fundamentalist party
(c) A famous tourist resort
(d) A religious sect
Answer: (b)
Pakistan has up to 3500 troops in
(a) Angol
(b) Sudan
(c) Congo
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pakistan Maintains 2 Infantry Battalions and a Squadron of Helicopters under the UN
peacekeeping Banner in
(a) Somalia
(b) Central African Republic
(c) Senegal
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Changing global trends in regional trade and the growth of Asian economies is forcing
Pakistan to readjust the focus of its foreign relations especially
(a) neighborhood.
(b) India
(c) America
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Pakistan carried out its nuclear explosion on:
(a) 23rd March
(b) 7th April
(c) 28th May
(d) 16th October
Answer: (c)

Pakistan became full member of the NAM in:

(a) 1979
(b) 1949
(c) 1983
(d) 1986
Answer: (a)
India conducted its 2nd nuclear test after a gap of:
(a) 20 years
(b) 24 years
(c) 34 years
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Rasko mountain is situated in:
(a) Punjab
(b) Azad Kashmir
(c) Baluchistan
(d) Northern Areas
Answer: (c)
One of the following is the world renowned nuclear scientist:
(a) Abdul Qadir
(b) Richard Butler
(c) Abdul Qadeer Khan
(d) Anwar Ibrahim
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
Islamabad was hosted the:
(a) 3rd OIC Summit
(b) 2nd OIC Summit
(c) 8th OIC Summit
(d) 5th OIC Summit
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
ECO consists of:
(a) 8 members
(b) 9 members
(c) 10 members
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
The littoral states around the Indian Ocean are:
(a) 25
(b) 33
(c) 35
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Afghan Mujahideen took power in Kabul on:
(a) April 20,1991
(b) April 28, 1992
(c) 1st March, 1993
(d) None of these.
Answer: (a)
Sir Zafarullah Khan was:
(a) Prime Minister of Pakistan
(b) Governor Sindh
(c) Judge of I.C.J
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
U2 incident took place in:
(a) 1963
(b) 1960
(c) 1965
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan:
(a) Liaquat Ali Khan
(b) Nizamuddin
(c) Chundrigar
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
The 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was by which country?
(a) Tajikistan
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Kyrgyztan
(d) Kazakhstan
Answer: (b)
Pakistan’s Highest Military award is:
(a) Hila-e-Jurat
(b) Hilal-e-Imtiaz
(c) Nishan-e-Haider
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Pakistan became a member of CENTO in:
(a) 1954
(b) 1955
(c) 1958
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)

Pakistan exploded her first nuclear bomb on:

(a) 28th May 1998
(b) 14th August 1998
(c) 4th April 1998
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
A central part of Pakistan’s foreign policy is Maintaining close relations with
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Pakistan was one of only two countries, alongside Cuba, to offer crucial support for the PRC in
after the
(a) First Taiwan Strait Crisis
(b) Zhenbao Island Incident
(c) Tiananmen protests of 1989
(d) Johnson South Reef Skirmish
Answer: (c)
Pakistan also played an important role in bridging the communication gap between China and
the West by
(a) Facilitating the 1972 Nixon visit to China.
(b) Facilitating peace talks Korean War 1950–1953
(c) None of these
Answer: (a)
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Pakistan is China’s biggest
arms buyer, counting for nearly
(a) 57% of Chinese arms exports
(b) 50% of Chinese arms exports
(c) 47% of Chinese arms exports
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
First road in Islamabad that is named after foreign leaders
(a) Mao Zedong Road
(b) Zhou Enlai Road
(c) Shahrah e Cheen
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation: In 2004, a road in Islamabad leading to the Diplomatic Enclave was named “Zhou
Enlai Road”. It is the first road in Pakistan that is named after foreign leaders.
On 27 May 1976, then Chinese leader Mao Zedong, aged 83, received his last foreign guest
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
(c) David K. E. Bruce
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
On 8 November 2014, Pakistan and China signed 19 agreements particularly relating to
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, China pledged a total investment worth of
(a) $40 Billion
(b) $45 Billion
(c) $42 Billion
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
The country, which supported the Pakistan Movement before the emergence of Pakistan:
(a) Iran
(b) Indonesia
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
When was signed a free trade agreement between Pakistan and China?
(a) 2004
(b) 2008
(c) 2012
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
A joint-ventured Chinese-Pakistani tank, the MBT-2000 (Al-Khalid) MBT was completed in
(a) 1999
(b) 2000
(c) 2001
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)