Q 01/05

Which city has been the capital of Pakistan since it was built as a planned city in the 1960s?

A) Rawalpindi

B) Lahore

C) Peshawar

D) Islamabad

Answer · why

D) Islamabad

Islamabad: planners wanted a capital easier to reach from the whole country and close to the army's Rawalpindi headquarters, and Rawalpindi served as ...

Q 02/05

Pakistan gained independence from British rule in which year?

A) 1945

B) 1950

C) 1956

D) 1947

Answer · why

D) 1947

1947 saw the two dominions of India and Pakistan legally come into being at midnight on 14–15 August, under the Indian Independence Act passed by the ...

Q 03/05

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is revered in Pakistan by the title Quaid-e-Azam, which means what?

A) Father of the Nation

B) Wise Judge

C) Faithful Servant

D) Great Leader

Answer · why

D) Great Leader

Great Leader: early in his career Sarojini Naidu hailed Jinnah as an 'ambassador of Hindu–Muslim unity', long before he led the campaign for a separat...

Q 04/05

K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, stands at what height?

A) 8,167 m

B) 8,586 m

C) 8,848 m

D) 8,611 m

Answer · why

D) 8,611 m

K2 stands at 8,611 m, roughly 240 m short of Everest; also called Mount Godwin-Austen and nicknamed the 'Savage Mountain', it was first climbed by Ita...

Q 05/05

The Indus River rises in which region before flowing through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea?

A) Tibet

B) Afghanistan

C) Kashmir

D) Nepal

Answer · why

A) Tibet

Tibet: the Indus rises there near sacred Mount Kailash as the 'Lion River', and the name India itself derives from the river.