Q 01/05

Pakistan's first anniversary stamps, issued in 1948, printed which date of the month as the nation's independence day?

A) The 14th

B) The 23rd

C) The 15th

D) The 27th

Answer · why

C) The 15th

The 15th was the date written into the Independence Act and used in Jinnah's first broadcast, and only in later years did 14 August settle as the holi...

Q 02/05

Which country was the first to recognise Pakistan, establishing diplomatic relations on 14 August 1947 itself?

A) Turkey

B) Iran

C) Saudi Arabia

D) Egypt

Answer · why

B) Iran

Iran recognised Pakistan on its first day, and when its Shah paid a state visit in March 1950 the new country's still-wordless anthem was played for a...

Q 03/05

What does 'Zindabad', the word Pakistanis chant after their country's name at every 14 August rally, literally mean?

A) Be strong

B) Stay free

C) Be united

D) Long live

Answer · why

D) Long live

Long live is the literal sense, a Persian-derived suffix tacked onto a name, and the cry was first raised during the Pakistan Movement before becoming...

Q 04/05

In which city, at the Ahsan Manzil palace of its Nawab, was the All-India Muslim League founded in December 1906?

A) Lahore

B) Aligarh

C) Dhaka

D) Calcutta

Answer · why

C) Dhaka

Dhaka hosted the founding at a Muslim educational conference, on the Nawab's proposal, three months after the Simla Deputation had won a hearing from ...

Q 05/05

Muhammad Iqbal's tomb in Lahore, with its state-provided guard, stands beside the gateway of which Mughal landmark?

A) Shalimar Gardens

B) Badshahi Mosque

C) Wazir Khan Mosque

D) Tomb of Jahangir

Answer · why

B) Badshahi Mosque

Badshahi Mosque's entrance faces the tomb across Hazuri Bagh, the walled garden between the mosque and Lahore Fort, which is why Iqbal's grave sits in...