50 free Pakistan trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
48 free Pakistan trivia questions with answers. These Pakistan trivia questions cover the country from the Karakoram to the Arabian Sea. You will find the second-highest mountain on Earth, a 4,500-year-old city, the world's largest earth-filled dam, the town that makes most of the planet's footballs, and the poet whose 1930 speech sketched a nation before it existed. The set moves from easy (the capital, the national sport, the founder known as Quaid-e-Azam) through medium (which province was renamed in 2010, who won the 1979 Nobel Prize) to hard questions about forts, necropolises, dams and squash streaks. It suits a classroom unit on South Asia, an Independence Day quiz night, or anyone brushing up before a trip. Every answer was verified against a reference page and each question carries the sentence that supports it, so the answer key holds up under argument.
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Q 01Which city has been the capital of Pakistan since it was built as a planned city in the 1960s?
Islamabad
Greek architect Constantinos Doxiadis drew the master plan, dividing the city into eight zones along the Margalla Hills.
Q 02Pakistan gained independence from British rule in which year?
1947
The two dominions of India and Pakistan legally came into being at midnight on 14–15 August. Pakistan became a republic with its first constitution in 1956.
Q 03Muhammad Ali Jinnah is revered in Pakistan by the title Quaid-e-Azam, which means what?
Great Leader
He is also called Baba-e-Qaum, Father of the Nation. He led the Muslim League from 1913 and served as the country's first governor-general until his death in 1948.
Q 04K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, stands at what height?
8,611 m
Also called Mount Godwin-Austen, it earned the nickname 'Savage Mountain' and was first climbed by Italians Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni in 1954.
Q 05The Indus River rises in which region before flowing through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea?
Tibet
There it is called Sengge Zangbo. The 3,180 km river bends sharply around the Nanga Parbat massif on its way south.
Q 06Which is Pakistan's national sport?
Field hockey
Cricket is far more popular today, but the men's hockey team has won three Olympic golds and four World Cups.
Q 07Which animal, known for its corkscrew horns, is the national animal of Pakistan?
Markhor
It is also called the screw-horned goat. Both sexes grow the tightly curled horns, which spread outward toward the tips.
Q 08Which flower, called chambeli or yasmin locally, is Pakistan's national flower?
Jasmine
The species is Jasminum officinale. Indonesia and the Philippines also chose a jasmine, but a different species, Jasminum sambac.
Q 09Which conifer is the national tree of Pakistan?
Deodar
The same Himalayan cedar is the state tree of Himachal Pradesh in India. It grows in Pakistan's northern mountains alongside spruce and pine.
Q 10Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel laureate in history when she won the Peace Prize at what age?
17
She won in 2014, the second Pakistani laureate after physicist Abdus Salam. She was named after the Afghan folk heroine Malalai of Maiwand.
Q 11Abdus Salam, the first Pakistani Nobel laureate, won the 1979 prize in which field?
Physics
He shared it with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow for unifying the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
Q 12The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro was built around what date?
c. 2500 BCE
That makes it contemporary with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Its name means 'Mound of the Dead Men' in Sindhi.
Q 13The Mohenjo-daro archaeological site lies in which province?
Sindh
It sits in Larkana District. The province's own name and the word 'Indus' share the same ancient root, Sindhu.
Q 21Imran Khan captained Pakistan to its first Cricket World Cup title in which year?
1992
He retired straight after the final. He later served as the country's 19th prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
Q 22The polytheistic Kalash people live in three valleys of which region?
Chitral
The valleys are Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir. Most Kalash converted after Muslim rule arrived in the 14th century; a few thousand did not.
Q 23The Karakoram Highway reaches its highest point, 4,714 m, near which crossing on the Chinese border?
Khunjerab Pass
The 1,300 km road, sometimes called the Eighth Wonder of the World, is one of the highest paved roads on Earth.
Q 14The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was built between 1671 and 1673 by which Mughal emperor?
Aurangzeb
Unusually for a Mughal ruler he was not a big patron of architecture, spending most of his reign on military campaigns. The mosque faces the Lahore Fort.
Q 15The tent-shaped Faisal Mosque was designed by an architect from which country?
Turkey
Vedat Dalokay's design uses eight concrete shell faces instead of a dome. It is named for King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, who funded it.
Q 16Which language is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan?
Urdu
English is the other official language. Punjabi is actually the most widely spoken mother tongue, at about 37 percent of the population.
Q 17Benazir Bhutto first became prime minister of Pakistan in which year?
1988
She was the first woman elected to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country, and served again from 1993 to 1996.
Q 18The Khyber Pass runs along Pakistan's border with which country?
Afghanistan
The summit at Landi Kotal lies 5 km inside Pakistan. It has funnelled invaders and traders through the Spin Ghar mountains for millennia.
Q 19Nanga Parbat, nicknamed the 'Killer Mountain', ranks where among the world's highest peaks?
Ninth
At 8,126 m it is also the 14th most prominent peak on Earth, one of only two mountains in the top twenty of both lists.
Q 20Squash legend Jahangir Khan went unbeaten from 1981 to 1986, winning how many consecutive matches?
555
Guinness lists it as the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport. He also won ten straight British Opens.
Q 24The port of Gwadar was purchased by Pakistan in 1958 from which country?
Oman
It had been an overseas possession of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman since 1783. Today it anchors the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Q 25Tarbela Dam on the Indus holds which world record?
Largest earth-filled dam
It sits where the Indus leaves the Himalayan foothills for the Pothohar Plateau.
Q 26On Pakistan's flag, what does the vertical white stripe at the hoist represent?
Religious minorities
The green field stands for the Muslim majority.
Q 27The city of Sialkot is estimated to produce what share of all the footballs made in the world?
Over 70%
It is also a major maker of surgical instruments, an industry that dates back to the 1920s under British rule.
Q 28The evening flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border with India has run since which year?
1959
Pakistan Rangers and India's Border Security Force perform the choreographed high-kicking drill every sunset.
Q 29Which is the largest of Pakistan's provinces by area, but the least populated?
Balochistan
It covers about 44 percent of the country's land yet only 5 percent of it is arable. Its capital is Quetta.
Q 30The North-West Frontier Province was renamed what in April 2010?
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The change came with the 18th Constitutional Amendment. Its capital is Peshawar.