Pakistan Studies and General Knowledge MCQs for USAT-A (With Answers)

USAT-A has 10 Pakistan Studies and 10 General Knowledge MCQs. Below are 35 important MCQs with answers, picked from our bank of 360 questions on these 2 subjects. They are memory questions, so the trick is to revise them often, not to read them once.

Tip: cover the bold answer with your hand and try to answer first. Then check.

20 Pakistan Studies MCQs

Most questions are about the Pakistan Movement, important dates, the Constitution, geography and national symbols.

1. The Lahore Resolution (Pakistan Resolution) of 1940 was presented by: A.K. Fazlul Huq
2. Quaid-e-Azam presented his Fourteen Points in response to the: Nehru Report (1928)
3. The Day of Deliverance was observed on: 22 December 1939
4. Direct Action Day was observed on: 16 August 1946
5. The Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909 gave Muslims: separate electorates
6. The Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Congress was signed in: 1916
7. The Radcliffe Award was about: the boundary line between India and Pakistan
8. Pakistan's national flag was adopted on: 11 August 1947
9. Pakistan's national anthem was written by: Hafeez Jalandhari
10. The first recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider was: Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed
11. The Liaquat-Nehru Pact of 1950 was mainly about: protection of minorities
12. Pakistan's first census was held in: 1951
13. The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 was signed with the help of the: World Bank
14. Under the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan got the western rivers: Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
15. Islamabad replaced Rawalpindi as the capital of Pakistan in: 1967
16. Pakistan's first general elections based on adult franchise were held in: 1970
17. The highest peak of the Hindu Kush range is: Tirich Mir
18. Pakistan's national animal is the: Markhor
19. Pakistan's national bird is the: Chukar partridge
20. The 2nd Islamic Summit of the OIC was held in Lahore in: 1974

15 General Knowledge MCQs

These mix Pakistani achievers, Muslim scholars, world organisations, geography and science.

1. Dr. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in: 1979
2. The Pakistani squash player who won the British Open 10 times is: Jahangir Khan
3. Arfa Karim became famous as the world's youngest: Microsoft Certified Professional
4. Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi's most famous work is the: Masnavi
5. Gulistan and Bostan were written by: Sheikh Saadi
6. Al-Biruni's famous book about India is called: Kitab al-Hind
7. Ibn Khaldun is best known for his book: Al-Muqaddimah
8. The 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council are: USA, UK, France, Russia and China
9. The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is in: Geneva
10. The International Court of Justice is in: The Hague
11. The deepest lake in the world is: Lake Baikal
12. The Bosphorus strait separates: Europe and Asia
13. The capital of Australia is: Canberra
14. The first artificial satellite was: Sputnik 1
15. Light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about: 8 minutes

What our question bank shows

We have 182 Pakistan Studies and 178 General Knowledge questions. Only about 8% of Pakistan Studies and 3% of General Knowledge questions are marked hard. So these are some of the easiest marks in the whole USAT, but only if you have revised the facts.

How to revise these 2 subjects

• Make flash cards for dates, names and numbers. One fact per card.
• Group the facts: Pakistan Movement dates together, national symbols together, world organisations together.
• Read for 15 minutes a day instead of 2 hours once a week.
• Do not forget English and maths. They are 45 of your 75 MCQs. Read our USAT-A guide.

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