Pakistan Affairs MCQs

Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad ('Elimination of Discord') was launched on February 22, 2017. It was a comprehensive counter-terrorism initiative to eliminate terrorism, extremism, and criminal activities from Pakistan. It followed Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2014-2016) which targeted militant strongholds in North Waziristan.

The PNS Mehran naval base attack occurred on May 22-23, 2011, in Karachi. The attack was carried out by militants associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The attackers destroyed two P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft and killed at least 10 Pakistani personnel. The siege lasted approximately 18 hours.

The first major terrorist attack in Pakistan is generally considered to be the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. However, the year 2000 marks the beginning of major terrorist incidents in Pakistan, with various sectarian and ethnic clashes occurring before and after this period.

Changa Manga, located in the Kasur district of Punjab, is famous for its Shisham (Indian rosewood) timber forests. It is one of the largest man-made forests in the world, planted in 1866 by the British. Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) is a valuable hardwood used for furniture, construction, and musical instruments.

Sir Cyril Radcliffe's boundary award, which determined the partition line dividing Punjab between India and Pakistan, controversially awarded the Muslim-majority districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot to India, a decision widely viewed in Pakistan as unjust since it provided India with crucial access to Kashmir.

The Unionist Party (Punjab Unionist Party) was founded by Sir Fazli Hussain in 1923 in the Punjab. It was a multi-community, cross-communal party that represented rural landowners, particularly Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs. It dominated Punjab politics in the 1930s and 1940s and opposed the partition of India.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operated the Besham terror attack on Chinese citizens from inside Afghanistan. On March 26, 2024, a suicide bomber targeted Chinese engineers working on the Dasu Hydropower Project, killing 5 Chinese and 1 Pakistani citizen. The attack strained Pakistan-China relations.

Gurdeep Singh was the first Sikh Senator of Pakistan. He was elected to the Senate in 2015. Sikh representation in Pakistan's political system has grown over time, with community members participating in various levels of government. This reflects Pakistan's commitment to religious minority representation.

According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) data, approximately 48% of registered voters in Pakistan are female, reflecting efforts to improve gender representation in the country's electoral rolls, though gaps in voter registration between men and women have historically persisted in some regions.

The Indus Waters Treaty was brokered by the World Bank (then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). The treaty was signed by the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Pakistani President Ayub Khan. It allocates the waters of the Indus River system between the two countries.