History and Heritage

History And Heritage

210 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

All 210 questions

  1. Complete the sentence about Abdul Qadeer Khan with the correct year: In ______, he married Henny in a modest Muslim ceremony at Pakistan's embassy in The Hague.
  2. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission with the correct year: Since ______, the Atomic Energy Commission has promoted, sponsored, and promoted the education on the physical scie…
  3. Complete the sentence about Kashmir conflict with the correct year: After further fighting during the war of ______, the Simla Agreement formally established the Line of Control between the territorie…
  4. Complete the sentence about Kashmir conflict with the correct year: In ______, an armed conflict between the two countries broke out again in Kargil with no effect on the status quo.
  5. Complete the sentence about Siachen conflict with the correct year: The Siachen Glacier is the highest battleground on earth, where India and Pakistan have fought intermittently since 13 April ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Siachen conflict with the correct year: Following the UN-mediated ceasefire in ______, the line between India and Pakistan was demarcated up to point NJ9842 at the foot of…
  7. Complete the sentence about Line of Control with the correct year: The First Kashmir War in ______ lasted more than a year until a ceasefire was arranged through UN mediation.
  8. Complete the sentence about Line of Control with the correct year: In ______, US President Bill Clinton referred to the Indian subcontinent and the Kashmir Line of Control, in particular, as one of th…
  9. Complete the sentence about Durand Line with the correct year: The single-page Agreement, dated 12 November ______, contains seven short articles, including a commitment not to exercise interference b…
  10. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: On 25 September ______, representatives of 24 Muslim majority countries met in Rabat, Morocco.
  11. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In March ______, the First Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  12. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In ______, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference was founded.
  13. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ECO expanded to include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs…
  14. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: By late ______, the ECO expanded to include seven new member states: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzsta…
  15. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: In March ______, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed to establish ECO Reinsurance Company.
  16. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: The SCO is the successor to the Shanghai Five, formed in ______ between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and…
  17. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: In June ______, it expanded to eight states, with India and Pakistan.
  18. Complete the sentence about Pakistan–China relations with the correct year: Pakistan helped China in reestablishing formal ties with the West, where they helped make possible the ______ Nixon visit to…
  19. Complete the sentence about Pakistan–China relations with the correct year: On 1 October ______, CCP chairman Mao Zedong announced the founding of the People's Republic of China.
  20. Complete the sentence about Pakistan–United States relations with the correct year: The United States recognized Pakistan on August 15, ______, becoming one of the first countries to establish formal…
  21. Complete the sentence about Pakistan–United States relations with the correct year: Following the ______ Pakistani military coup, president Muhammad Ayub Khan established a strong military alliance wi…
  22. Complete the sentence about Pakistan–United States relations with the correct year: During the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of ______, the United States aided Pakistan against…
  23. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Bhutto was overthrown in a military coup led by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
  24. Complete the sentence about State Bank of Pakistan with the correct year: The State Bank of Pakistan Act ______, with subsequent amendments, forms the basis of its operations today.
  25. Complete the sentence about State Bank of Pakistan with the correct year: Before independence on 14 August ______, during the British colonial era, the Reserve Bank of India was the central bank for t…
  26. Complete the sentence about State Bank of Pakistan with the correct year: A large section of the State Bank's duties was widened when the State Bank of Pakistan Act ______ was introduced.
  27. Complete the sentence about State Bank of Pakistan with the correct year: In February ______, the State Bank was given full autonomy, during the financial sector reforms.
  28. Complete the sentence about National Accountability Bureau with the correct year: The Ehtesab Act, ______ established an Ehtesab Cell, charged with the investigation and prosecution of corruption.
  29. Complete the sentence about National Accountability Bureau with the correct year: For each region or sub-office there is an Accountability Court, which tries offences under the National Accountability…
  30. Complete the sentence about Lal Masjid siege with the correct year: The complex was besieged from 3 to 11 July ______ and was eventually stormed and captured by the Pakistan Army's Special Service Gro…
  31. Complete the sentence about Lal Masjid siege with the correct year: The Lal Masjid was founded by Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi in ______ and President Ayub Khan laid the foundation stone for the mosque.
  32. Complete the sentence about Lal Masjid siege with the correct year: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the Army Chief of Staff who later became president after seizing power in a coup d'état in ______, was a close…
  33. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Imam Maulana Abdullah was assassinated at the mosque in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Lawyers' Movement with the correct year: On 5 May ______, a rally was organised in support of the chief justice in Sahiwal.
  35. Complete the sentence about Operation Zarb-e-Azb with the correct year: The first session of talks, between committees appointed by the Pakistani Government and the Taliban, was held on 26 March _____…
  36. Complete the sentence about Operation Rah-e-Nijat with the correct year: By June 21, ______, at least 46 militants were killed in the South Waziristan tribal region and the Malakand division.
  37. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Day with the correct year: The Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park in Lahore, Punjab, from 22 March to 24 march ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Day with the correct year: The British plan to partition the Indian subcontinent into two dominions - India and Pakistan - was announced on 3 June ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Day with the correct year: In the event, Pakistan was created on 14 August ______ and Indian independence came a day later.
  40. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Day with the correct year: Works and efforts by the Basic Principles Committee drafted the basic outlines of the constitution in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Day with the correct year: After many deliberations and years of some modifications, the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan was enforced in the country on 2…
  42. Complete the sentence about National symbols of Pakistan with the correct year: The Minar-e-Pakistan memorial tower which was built in ______ on the site where the Lahore Resolution was passed.
  43. Complete the sentence about National symbols of Pakistan with the correct year: The national flag was adopted just before independence was achieved on 14 August ______.
  44. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The principle text of the Lahore Resolution was passed on 24 March ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about National symbols of Pakistan with the correct year: By ______, it formed the basis for the struggle of the Muslim League for a separate Muslim state.
  46. Complete the sentence about Qaumi Taranah with the correct year: The prizes were announced through a government press advertisement published in June ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Qaumi Taranah with the correct year: When President Sukarno of Indonesia became the first foreign head of state to visit Pakistan on 30 January ______, there was no Pakista…
  48. Complete the sentence about Qaumi Taranah with the correct year: On 21 August ______, the Government of Pakistan adopted Chagla's tune for the national anthem.
  49. Complete the sentence about Qaumi Taranah with the correct year: Official recognition to the national anthem, however, was not given until August ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Studies with the correct year: Another academic initiative is the British Association for Pakistan Studies that was established in ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about One Unit with the correct year: Iskander Mirza was appointed as acting governor-general on 7 August ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about One Unit with the correct year: On 12 August ______, he invited Chaudhri Muhammad Ali, the Finance Minister, to take over the government as a prime minister.
  53. Complete the sentence about One Unit with the correct year: The One Unit policy was enacted on 30 September ______ by the new Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.
  54. Complete the sentence about One Unit with the correct year: The first official announcement about it was made on 22 November ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: In ______, East Pakistan became the newly independent state Bangladesh, which means "country of Bengal" or "country of Bengalis" or "la…
  56. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: The Constitution of Pakistan of ______ replaced the Pakistani monarchy with an Islamic republic.
  57. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: The ______ Pakistani coup d'état brought General Ayub Khan to power.
  58. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: Khan enacted the Constitution of Pakistan of ______ which ended universal suffrage.
  59. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: By ______, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman emerged as the preeminent opposition leader in Pakistan and launched the six-point movement for autono…
  60. Complete the sentence about East Pakistan with the correct year: The ______ uprising in East Pakistan contributed to Ayub Khan's overthrow.
  61. Complete the sentence about West Pakistan with the correct year: In ______, the President of Pakistan General Yahya Khan enacted a series of territorial, constitutional and military reforms.
  62. Complete the sentence about West Pakistan with the correct year: At the time of the state establishment in ______, the founding fathers of Pakistan participated in the Boundary Commission conference.
  63. Complete the sentence about Dominion of Pakistan with the correct year: The dominion ceased to exist on 23 March ______, when the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopted a constitution which establis…
  64. Complete the sentence about Dominion of Pakistan with the correct year: Until ______, these regions had been ruled by the United Kingdom as a part of the British Empire.
  65. Complete the sentence about Islamic Republic of Pakistan with the correct year: East Pakistan seceded as the new country of Bangladesh in ______ after a nine-month-long civil war.
  66. Complete the sentence about Sikh Empire with the correct year: By ______ Ladakh and Baltistan had been brought under Sikh suzerainty by Gulab Singh.
  67. Complete the sentence about Sikh Empire with the correct year: After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in ______, the empire was weakened by the British East India Company stoking internal divisions…
  68. Complete the sentence about Sikh Empire with the correct year: Finally, in ______, the state was dissolved after its defeat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
  69. Complete the sentence about Maharaja Ranjit Singh with the correct year: Ranjit Singh was succeeded by his son Kharak Singh after his death in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about Maharaja Ranjit Singh with the correct year: In ______ at age 12, his father died and Ranjit Singh became the minor head of the Sukerchakia Misl.
  71. Complete the sentence about Mughal Empire with the correct year: The Mughal imperial structure, however, is sometimes dated to ______, during the rule of Babur's grandson, Akbar.
  72. Complete the sentence about Mughal Empire with the correct year: Babur's forces defeated Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi, in the First Battle of Panipat in ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about Mughal Empire with the correct year: Humayun's triumphant return from Persia in ______ restored Mughal rule in some parts of India, but he died in an accident the next year…
  74. Complete the sentence about Delhi Sultanate with the correct year: In ______, Timurid ruler Babur invaded northern India and conquered the sultanate, leading to its succession by the Mughal Empire.
  75. Complete the sentence about Muhammad of Ghor with the correct year: Muhammad and his elder brother Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ruled in a dyarchy until the latter's death in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Muhammad of Ghor with the correct year: Hence, Muhammad pressed his forces against the Ghaznavids and uprooted them by ______, conquering the upper Indus Plain along with m…
  77. Complete the sentence about Muhammad of Ghor with the correct year: After the death of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad in ______, Muhammad of Ghor ascended the throne of Firozkoh as well, becoming the supreme…
  78. Complete the sentence about Muhammad of Ghor with the correct year: On his way back, Muhammad of Ghor was assassinated, on the bank of Indus at Dhamiak on 15 March ______, by the Isma'ili emissaries w…
  79. Complete the sentence about Muhammad of Ghor with the correct year: Muhammad's assassination led to the rapid decline of the Ghurids and enabled Muhammad II of Khwarazm to annex remaining Ghurid terri…
  80. Complete the sentence about Babur with the correct year: In ______, he briefly recaptured both areas but his attempt failed when the Uzbek prince Muhammad Shaybani defeated him and founded the Khanate…
  81. Complete the sentence about Babur with the correct year: In ______, the exiled Babur conquered Kabul, which was under the putative rule of Abd ur-Razaq Mirza, the infant heir of his uncle Ulugh Beg II…
  82. Complete the sentence about Babur with the correct year: Babur was born on 14 February ______ in the city of Andijan, Fergana Valley, contemporary Uzbekistan.
  83. Complete the sentence about Akbar with the correct year: On 20 November ______, Humayun's youngest brother, Hindal Mirza, died in a battle against Kamran Mirza's forces.
  84. Complete the sentence about Akbar with the correct year: Following chaos over the succession of Sher Shah Suri's son Islam Shah, Humayun reconquered Delhi in ______, leading an army partly provided by…
  85. Complete the sentence about Akbar with the correct year: Akbar succeeded Humayun on 14 February ______, while in the midst of a war against Sikandar Shah to reclaim the Mughal throne.
  86. Complete the sentence about Akbar with the correct year: In ______, Akbar took possession of Ajmer, the aperture to Rajputana, after the defeat and flight of its Muslim ruler.
  87. Complete the sentence about Shah Jahan with the correct year: After Jahangir's death in October ______, Shah Jahan defeated his youngest brother Shahryar Mirza and crowned himself emperor in the Agra…
  88. Complete the sentence about Shah Jahan with the correct year: In September ______, the ailing Shah Jahan appointed his eldest son Dara Shikoh as his successor.
  89. Complete the sentence about Shah Jahan with the correct year: On the death of Jagat Gosain in Akbarabad on 8 April ______, he is recorded to be inconsolable by Jahangir and mourned for 21 days.
  90. Complete the sentence about Aurangzeb with the correct year: In April ______, Aurangzeb defeated the allied army of Shikoh and the Kingdom of Marwar at the Battle of Dharmat.
  91. Complete the sentence about Aurangzeb with the correct year: Aurangzeb's decisive victory at the Battle of Samugarh in May ______ cemented his sovereignty and his suzerainty was acknowledged throughou…
  92. Complete the sentence about Aurangzeb with the correct year: After Shah Jahan recovered from illness in July ______, Aurangzeb declared him incompetent to rule and imprisoned his father in the Agra Fo…
  93. Complete the sentence about Aurangzeb with the correct year: After Jahangir died in ______, Shah Jahan emerged victorious in the ensuing war of succession to the Mughal throne.
  94. Complete the sentence about Battle of Plassey with the correct year: The battle helped the British East India Company take complete control of Bengal in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Battle of Plassey with the correct year: Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in ______ and captured Calcutta.
  96. Complete the sentence about Battle of Plassey with the correct year: In September ______, Mahé de La Bourdonnais landed off Madras with a naval squadron and laid siege to the port city.
  97. Complete the sentence about British Raj with the correct year: As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about British Raj with the correct year: The Kingdom of Sikkim was established as a princely state after the Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty of ______; however, the issue of sovereignty w…
  99. Complete the sentence about Indian Rebellion of 1857 with the correct year: The rebellion posed a military threat to British power in that region, and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwa…
  100. Complete the sentence about Indian Rebellion of 1857 with the correct year: With help from reinforcements, Kanpur was retaken by mid-July ______, and Delhi by the end of September.

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