Civics and Constitution

Civics And Constitution

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  1. Complete the sentence about Urdu with the correct year: In ______, a complete literary Diwan in Rekhta was written by Nawab Sadruddin Khan.
  2. Complete the sentence about Sindhi language with the correct year: Modern Sindhi was promoted under British rule beginning in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Sindhi language with the correct year: The first to appear in print was by Muhammad Siddiq in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Sindhi language with the correct year: In ______, the conquest of Sindh by the British East India Company led the region to become part of the Bombay Presidency.
  5. Complete the sentence about Sindhi language with the correct year: Soon after, in ______, Governor George Clerk established Sindhi as the official language in the province, removing the literary domin…
  6. Complete the sentence about Pashto with the correct year: The Pashto Tolana was later incorporated into the Academy of Sciences Afghanistan in line with Soviet model following the Saur Revolution in _…
  7. Complete the sentence about Balochi language with the correct year: The first collection of poetry in Balochi, Gulbang by Mir Gul Khan Nasir, was published in ______ and incorporated the Arabic script…
  8. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Cauliflower was introduced by the British in the region in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Biryani with the correct year: The Portuguese priest Sebastien Manrique described rice dishes on sale in the tent-city of the next Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as he travelled…
  10. Complete the sentence about Halwa Puri with the correct year: Peshori Lal Lamba, a native of Lahore, moved to Delhi after the ______ partition of India and opened Kwality Restaurant in the Connaught P…
  11. Complete the sentence about Faiz Ahmad Faiz with the correct year: In ______, Faiz enrolled in Department of Languages and Fine Arts of the Government College, Lahore.
  12. Complete the sentence about Faiz Ahmad Faiz with the correct year: In ______, Faiz attained his BA with Honors in Arabic, under the supervision of Professor Mir Hassan.
  13. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Faraz with the correct year: Ahmad Faraz later died of kidney failure, confirmed by his son Shibli Faraz, in a private hospital in Islamabad on 25 August ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Faraz with the correct year: Ahmad Faraz was first awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan and then the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in ______ by the then Preside…
  15. Complete the sentence about Saadat Hasan Manto with the correct year: In ______, he took admission at the Hindu Sabha College but dropped out after the first year due to poor results.
  16. Complete the sentence about Ismat Chughtai with the correct year: Chughtai's first novella Ziddi, which she had written in her early twenties was first published in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Ismat Chughtai with the correct year: Ziddi was later translated into English as Wild at Heart and adapted into a ______ feature film of the same name.
  18. Complete the sentence about Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi with the correct year: Yusufi was born in a learned family of Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 4 September ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi with the correct year: In ______, he joined Muslim Commercial Bank, where he became deputy general manager.
  20. Complete the sentence about Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi with the correct year: Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi joined Allied Bank Ltd in ______ as managing director.
  21. Complete the sentence about Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi with the correct year: In ______, he was living in Karachi and often appeared on TV programmes as well as seminars.
  22. Complete the sentence about Bapsi Sidhwa with the correct year: Sidhwa received her BA from Kinnaird College for Women University in Lahore, Pakistan, in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Abdul Sattar Edhi with the correct year: Edhi's charitable activities expanded greatly in ______ when an Asian flu epidemic originating in China swept through Pakistan and…
  24. Complete the sentence about Abdul Sattar Edhi with the correct year: In ______, The Huffington Post claimed that he might be "the world's greatest living humanitarian".
  25. Complete the sentence about Edhi Foundation with the correct year: In ______, Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in Bantva, a town in the princely state of Bantva Manavadar in British India.
  26. Complete the sentence about Edhi Foundation with the correct year: In ______, when he was 11 years old, Edhi's mother suffered a major stroke and became physically and mentally disabled.
  27. Complete the sentence about Edhi Foundation with the correct year: By ______, he had bought a small shop in Karachi and opened a free dispensary to aid those in need of humanitarian services.
  28. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Khan was born into a Punjabi Muslim family in Lyallpur in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with the correct year: After the death of Mubarak Ali Khan in ______, the party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Part…
  30. Complete the sentence about Noor Jehan with the correct year: Noor Jehan was born as Allah Wasai on 21 September ______ into a Punjabi Muslim family in Kot Murad Khan, near Kasur, Punjab, British Indi…
  31. Complete the sentence about Mehdi Hassan with the correct year: After the partition of India in ______, the 20-year-old Hassan and his family migrated to Pakistan, carrying little with them by way of…
  32. Complete the sentence about Abida Parveen with the correct year: Since ______, Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Buena Park, California.
  33. Complete the sentence about Atif Aslam with the correct year: Atif Aslam was born on 12 March ______, to a middle-class Punjabi family in Wazirabad, Punjab.
  34. Complete the sentence about Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with the correct year: Since he was fifteen, he was an integral part of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's well-known qawwali group and toured the United Kingdom…
  35. Complete the sentence about Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with the correct year: In ______, he worked on the soundtrack of The Four Feathers in collaboration with the American composer of orchestral and film m…
  36. Complete the sentence about Ali Zafar with the correct year: In ______, he made his debut as an actor with the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden, which was directed by Abhishek Sharma.
  37. Complete the sentence about Lollywood with the correct year: Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Lollywood with the correct year: Prior to the ______ partition of India into the Republic of India and Pakistan, the Lahore film industry was initially part of the British…
  39. Complete the sentence about Pakistani television with the correct year: In ______, Pakistan's first television showcase occurred near Mazar-e-Quaid on September 16, organized by the American consulate…
  40. Complete the sentence about Pakistani television with the correct year: Originally a private project led by Syed Wajjid Ali in ______, a joint venture agreement with NEC was signed.
  41. Complete the sentence about Pakistani television with the correct year: In ______, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded for training in the evolving medium.
  42. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Since ______, its headquarters have been in Islamabad, near the Cabinet Secretariat.
  43. Complete the sentence about Dawn with the correct year: Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Dawn with the correct year: The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Dawn with the correct year: Dawn became a daily newspaper in October ______ under the leadership of its editor, Pothan Joseph.
  46. Complete the sentence about Dawn with the correct year: In ______, due to the Partition of India, senior Dawn staff led by Altaf Husain moved to Karachi.
  47. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national cricket team with the correct year: Cricket in Pakistan has a history predating the creation of the country in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national cricket team with the correct year: The first ever international cricket match in Karachi was held on 22 November ______ between Sindh and Australian cric…
  49. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national cricket team with the correct year: Pakistan's first Test match was played in Delhi in October ______ as part of a five Test series which India won 2–1.
  50. Complete the sentence about Karachi Kings with the correct year: Kings won their first PSL title in PSL V after beating their arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the final on 17 November ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Islamabad United with the correct year: On 3 December ______, the PCB unveiled the owners of five city-based franchises.
  52. Complete the sentence about 1992 Cricket World Cup with the correct year: The ______ World Cup was the first to feature coloured player clothing, white cricket balls and black sight screens, with a nu…
  53. Complete the sentence about Wasim Akram with the correct year: In October ______, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of…
  54. Complete the sentence about Wasim Akram with the correct year: As captain, he led Pakistan to the finals of the ______ Cricket World Cup, where they lost to Australia by 8 wickets.
  55. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Wisden released its only list of the best players of all time.
  56. Complete the sentence about Waqar Younis with the correct year: Waqar was appointed the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3 March ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Inzamam-ul-Haq with the correct year: Inzamam rose to fame in the semi-final of the ______ Cricket World Cup.
  58. Complete the sentence about Inzamam-ul-Haq with the correct year: In April ______, he was appointed the chief selector of the Pakistan national cricket team.
  59. Complete the sentence about Babar Azam with the correct year: Babar Azam was born on 15 October ______ into a family from the Walled City of Lahore.
  60. Complete the sentence about Babar Azam with the correct year: On 31 May ______, Azam was included in the Pakistan ODI squad for the home series against Zimbabwe.
  61. Complete the sentence about Younis Khan with the correct year: In a Test match against Australia beginning on 22 October ______, Younis made his 25th and 26th centuries in the same match, becoming jus…
  62. Complete the sentence about Misbah-ul-Haq with the correct year: As captain, he led Pakistan to being the champions of the ______ Asia Cup.
  63. Complete the sentence about Misbah-ul-Haq with the correct year: After announcing retirement from limited overs cricket in ______, Misbah continued to play Test cricket for a few years.
  64. Complete the sentence about Misbah-ul-Haq with the correct year: Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi was born on 28 May ______ in Mianwali, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.
  65. Complete the sentence about Hanif Mohammad with the correct year: The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 made against the West Indies in a six-day test at Bridgetown in ______/58.
  66. Complete the sentence about Gaddafi Stadium with the correct year: Gaddafi Stadium was designed by Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer Nasreddin Murat-Khan, and constructed by Mian Abd…
  67. Complete the sentence about National Stadium, Karachi with the correct year: In 34 Tests between that first match and December ______, Pakistan won 17 and were never beaten.
  68. Complete the sentence about National Stadium, Karachi with the correct year: In November ______, Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis played their first test match in this stadium.
  69. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national football team with the correct year: Pakistan's national team debuted in ______ and has yet to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals.
  70. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national football team with the correct year: The national team faced Iran in their first official international game in Tehran on 27 October ______, losing the ga…
  71. Complete the sentence about Pakistan national football team with the correct year: Pakistan's next international outing came in the ______ Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament.
  72. Complete the sentence about Jahangir Khan with the correct year: A member of the Khan family, he was born into a family of squash players; his father Roshan Khan won the British Open title in ______…
  73. Complete the sentence about Jahangir Khan with the correct year: Khan was coached initially by his father Roshan, the ______ British Open champion, then by his brother Torsam.
  74. Complete the sentence about Jansher Khan with the correct year: Khan's professional career began in ______, when he won the World Junior Squash Championships in Australia at the age of 16.
  75. Complete the sentence about Hashim Khan with the correct year: In ______, Khan became a squash coach at a British Air Force officers' mess.
  76. Complete the sentence about Hashim Khan with the correct year: In ______, he won the first All-of-India squash championship in Bombay, and successfully defended this title for the next two years.
  77. Complete the sentence about Hashim Khan with the correct year: In ______, when Khan was in his 30s, the government of Pakistan – particularly the Pakistan Air Force – sponsored him for the British Squ…
  78. Complete the sentence about Pakistan at the Olympics with the correct year: In the Olympic Games up until ______, athletes from modern-day Pakistan participated as part of the team from British India.
  79. Complete the sentence about Shahid Hameed with the correct year: Shahid was born on 24 July ______ in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
  80. Complete the sentence about Shahid Hameed with the correct year: Shahid began his acting career in ______ when director Abbas Nosha cast him in the film Ek Raat.
  81. Complete the sentence about Shahid Hameed with the correct year: In ______, he appeared in the classic film Umrao Jaan Ada, which is considered one of the landmark films of Pakistani cinema.
  82. Complete the sentence about Hassan Sardar with the correct year: During the ______ tournament, Sardar scored 11 goals, was named 'Man of the Tournament,' and Pakistan won the gold medal.
  83. Complete the sentence about Pakistan International Airlines with the correct year: The airline commenced international services in ______ to London, via Cairo and Rome.
  84. Complete the sentence about Pakistan International Airlines with the correct year: In ______, it became the first non-Communist airline to fly to China.
  85. Complete the sentence about Pakistan International Airlines with the correct year: Pakistan International Airlines can trace its origins to the days when Pakistan had not gained independence and was s…
  86. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Railways with the correct year: In ______, during the British Raj, several railway companies began laying track and operating in Sindh and Punjab.
  87. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Railways with the correct year: In ______, the four companies combined to form the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway.
  88. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Railways with the correct year: The North Western State Railway was renamed as North Western Railway in ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Pakistan Railways with the correct year: Following the partition of British India and independence of Pakistan in ______, most of the North Western Railway infrastructure b…
  90. Complete the sentence about Habib Bank Limited with the correct year: Established in ______ by the Habib family, it is the oldest bank in Pakistan post-independence.
  91. Complete the sentence about Habib Bank Limited with the correct year: In ______, the bank moved its headquarters to the Habib Bank Plaza which was the tallest building in South Asia at the time.
  92. Complete the sentence about Habib Bank Limited with the correct year: HBL is one of the largest domestic bank in Pakistan in terms of assets, and has been included in the Forbes Global ______.
  93. Complete the sentence about Habib Bank Limited with the correct year: Habib Bank Limited was established in Bombay in ______ as a public limited company by the Habib family, which had prior experience…
  94. Complete the sentence about United Bank Limited with the correct year: Founded by Agha Hasan Abedi in ______, UBL saw its first branch open on I.I.
  95. Complete the sentence about United Bank Limited with the correct year: The bank was nationalized by the Government of Pakistan in ______ through the Banks Nationalization Act.
  96. Complete the sentence about United Bank Limited with the correct year: In ______, UBL was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering at a strike price of PKR 50.
  97. Complete the sentence about Lucky Cement with the correct year: Named after the place, Lakki Marwat, where the first plant was commissioned in ______, Lucky has become one of the largest cement produc…
  98. Complete the sentence about Lucky Cement with the correct year: Lucky Cement Limited was founded in ______ by Abdul Razzak Tabba.
  99. Complete the sentence about Lucky Cement with the correct year: In ______, Lucky Cement was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange following an initial public offering.
  100. Complete the sentence about Oil and Gas Development Company with the correct year: Drilling of OGDC's first well began in November ______ at Toot on the Potwar Plateau.

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