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Pakistan Affairs / Pakistan Studies (Post-Independence) MCQs

The first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest without oxygen was ____.

  • A. Samina Baig
  • B. Mariyam Masood
  • C. None of these
  • D. (Samina Baig climbed with support)
Explanation:
Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest in 2013.

The first woman to head the State Bank of Pakistan was ____.

  • A. Shamshad Akhtar
  • B. Dr. Ishrat Husain
  • C. Dr. Reza Baqir
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar served as the first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan.

The first Pakistani to win the Commonwealth Games gold was ____.

  • A. Muhammad Inam
  • B. Amir Khan
  • C. Hussain Shah
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
Muhammad Inam won gold in wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The first Pakistani to win an Olympic medal was ____.

  • A. Hussain Shah
  • B. Syed Hussain Shah
  • C. Muhammad Bashir
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
Syed Hussain Shah won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

The first Pakistani to win the Nobel Prize in Literature is ____.

  • A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz
  • B. Habib Jalib
  • C. Malik Aslam Khan
  • D. None yet
Explanation:
Pakistan has not yet produced a Nobel laureate in Literature.

The first woman Foreign Minister of Pakistan was ____.

  • A. Hina Rabbani Khar
  • B. Sherry Rehman
  • C. Shireen Mazari
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
Hina Rabbani Khar served as Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2013.

The first woman to become Speaker of the National Assembly was ____.

  • A. Fahmida Mirza
  • B. Sherry Rehman
  • C. Hina Rabbani Khar
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
Dr. Fehmida Mirza became the first woman to serve as Speaker in 2008.

The first motorway of Pakistan was ____.

  • A. M2 (Lahore-Islamabad)
  • B. M1 (Peshawar-Islamabad)
  • C. M9 (Karachi-Hyderabad)
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
The Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M2) was the first modern motorway inaugurated in 1997.

The first mobile phone service in Pakistan was launched in ____.

  • A. 1990
  • B. 1994
  • C. 2000
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
The first cellular service (Mobilink) was launched in 1994.

The first heart transplant in Pakistan was performed in ____.

  • A. 2000
  • B. 1990
  • C. 2010
  • D. None of these
Explanation:
The first successful heart transplant was carried out in 2000.