Current Affairs · Topic 3
Who holds the key offices in Pakistan and the world, and how they are chosen.
Learn first
Learn both the office-holder and how the office is filled; the second does not go out of date. Names below are as of November 2026.
Practise
Try each question, then open the answer. MCQs 1–50 of 333.
1.Who was the first President of Pakistan?
Answer: A. Iskander Mirza
Iskander Mirza became President under the 1956 Constitution.
2.Who was the first elected civilian President under the 1973 Constitution?
Answer: B. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was elected in August 1973.
3.Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan under the 1973 Constitution?
Answer: A. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto became Prime Minister on 14 August 1973.
4.Who has served as Prime Minister of Pakistan the most times?
Answer: B. Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif was Prime Minister three times (1990, 1997, 2013).
5.Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Answer: B. Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister in December 1988.
6.Who was the first woman Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?
Answer: D. Fehmida Mirza
Dr Fehmida Mirza was elected Speaker in 2008.
7.Who was the first woman Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
Answer: B. Hina Rabbani Khar
Hina Rabbani Khar became Foreign Minister in 2011.
8.Who became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2022?
Answer: C. Justice Ayesha Malik
Justice Ayesha Malik took oath in January 2022.
9.Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in Pakistan?
Answer: B. Justice Tahira Safdar
Justice Tahira Safdar became Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court in 2018.
10.Who was the first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?
Answer: C. Shamshad Akhtar
Dr Shamshad Akhtar was Governor from 2006 to 2009.
11.Who was the first Pakistani woman to win an Oscar?
Answer: A. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
She won for "Saving Face" (2012) and "A Girl in the River" (2016).
12.Who was the first woman fighter pilot of Pakistan Air Force to die in the line of duty?
Answer: B. Marium Mukhtiar
Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar was martyred in 2015.
13.Who was Pakistan's first woman fighter pilot to qualify for combat?
Answer: D. Ayesha Farooq
Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq qualified in 2013.
14.Who was the first woman Lieutenant General of the Pakistan Army?
Answer: D. Nigar Johar
Lt Gen Nigar Johar was promoted in 2020.
15.Who is known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme as a scientist?
Answer: D. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan
Dr A. Q. Khan led uranium enrichment at Kahuta.
16.Pakistan carried out its nuclear tests on which date?
Answer: B. 28 May 1998
The tests were held in the Chagai hills; 28 May is observed as Youm-e-Takbeer.
17.Who was Prime Minister when Pakistan carried out its nuclear tests?
Answer: B. Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif ordered the tests in 1998.
18.Who founded the Edhi Foundation?
Answer: C. Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network.
19.Dr Ruth Pfau, honoured with a state funeral in 2017, worked in Pakistan against which disease?
Answer: C. Leprosy
The German-born doctor helped Pakistan control leprosy.
20.Who founded Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital?
Answer: D. Imran Khan
It opened in Lahore in 1994, named after his mother.
21.Who founded the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)?
Answer: B. Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi
SIUT provides free treatment in Karachi.
22.Who founded Hamdard Pakistan and Madinat al-Hikmah?
Answer: C. Hakim Muhammad Said
Hakim Said was also Governor of Sindh; he was assassinated in 1998.
23.Who wrote the novel "Aag Ka Darya"?
Answer: D. Qurratulain Hyder
The Urdu novel was published in 1959.
24.Who wrote the novel "Raja Gidh"?
Answer: A. Bano Qudsia
Bano Qudsia's novel was published in 1981.
25.Who wrote "Udaas Naslain"?
Answer: C. Abdullah Hussain
Abdullah Hussain's novel (1963) is about pre-partition India.
26.Who wrote "Shahab Nama"?
Answer: D. Qudratullah Shahab
It is the autobiography of civil servant Qudratullah Shahab.
27.Who wrote "Awaz-e-Dost"?
Answer: D. Mukhtar Masood
Mukhtar Masood's book includes the essay on Minar-e-Pakistan.
28.Who wrote "Zavia"?
Answer: A. Ashfaq Ahmed
Zavia collects Ashfaq Ahmed's TV talks.
29.Who wrote "Labbaik"?
Answer: C. Mumtaz Mufti
Mumtaz Mufti's Labbaik is a travelogue of Hajj.
30.Who wrote "Pir-e-Kamil"?
Answer: C. Umera Ahmed
Umera Ahmed's novel was published in 2004.
31.Which poet is called "Shair-e-Inqilab" (Poet of Revolution)?
Answer: D. Josh Malihabadi
Josh Malihabadi was known as the poet of revolution.
32.Which poet wrote "Dastoor" against Ayub Khan's constitution?
Answer: B. Habib Jalib
Habib Jalib wrote the famous poem "Aise dastoor ko".
33.Which Urdu poet received the Lenin Peace Prize?
Answer: A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz received the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962.
34.Who is called "Mother of the Nation" (Madr-e-Millat)?
Answer: C. Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah, the Quaid's sister, contested the 1965 presidential election.
35.Who founded the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA)?
Answer: A. Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
APWA was founded in 1949.
36.Who was the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: A. Dr Abdus Salam
Dr Abdus Salam won the Physics prize in 1979.
37.Which Pakistani captained the team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: B. Imran Khan
Pakistan beat England in the final at Melbourne.
38.Which Pakistani captain led the team to win the 2009 ICC World T20?
Answer: C. Younis Khan
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka at Lord's.
39.Which Pakistani captain won the 2017 Champions Trophy?
Answer: C. Sarfaraz Ahmed
Pakistan beat India in the final at The Oval.
40.Which Pakistani squash player won the British Open ten times in a row?
Answer: A. Jahangir Khan
Jahangir Khan won the British Open ten times in a row (1982–1991) and was unbeaten for over five years.
41.Which Pakistani squash player won the World Open eight times?
Answer: A. Jansher Khan
Jansher Khan won the World Open a record eight times.
42.Which Pakistani was the first to win the British Open squash title, in 1951?
Answer: B. Hashim Khan
Hashim Khan won seven British Open titles.
43.Which Pakistani bowler is called the "Sultan of Swing"?
Answer: A. Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram was the first bowler to take 500 ODI wickets.
44.Which Pakistani bowler is called the "Rawalpindi Express"?
Answer: A. Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar bowled the first officially recorded 100 mph ball in 2003.
45.Who was the first Pakistani to climb K2?
Answer: B. Ashraf Aman
Ashraf Aman reached the top of K2 in 1977 with a Japanese expedition; Nazir Sabir followed in 1981.
46.Who was the first Pakistani to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: D. Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir reached the summit of Everest in 2000.
47.Muhammad Ali Sadpara died on which mountain in February 2021?
Answer: D. K2
He went missing during a winter ascent of K2.
48.Who is the founder and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)?
Answer: C. Imran Khan
Imran Khan founded PTI in 1996.
49.Who founded the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)?
Answer: C. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto founded the PPP in Lahore in 1967.
50.The PML-N is led by which family?
Answer: B. The Sharif family
Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif lead the PML-N.
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