MCQs on Political Parties
Which official signed off on the removal of Imran Khan’s government in April 2022?
- A. Justice Bandial
- B. Chief of Army Staff
- C. Dr Arif Alvi
- D. Asad Qaisar
On what date did opposition parties table the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan?
- A. 2 March 2022
- B. 8 March 2022
- C. 10 March 2022
- D. 13 March 2022
In the 1988 presidential race, which candidate received support from both PPP and IJI?
- A. General Zia ul-Haq
- B. Muhammad Khan Junejo
- C. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- D. Farooq Ahmed Leghari
In which year did PTI officially come into existence?
- A. 1995
- B. 1996
- C. 1990
- D. 1971
Who was the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami?
- A. Syed Abul A'la Maududi
- B. Allama Iqbal
- C. Ahsan
- D. None of these
Which administration enacted the 18th Amendment to Pakistan’s Constitution?
- A. PTA
- B. PPP
- C. Muslim League
- D. None of these
In what year did the Nizam-e-Mustafa movement take place?
- A. 1972
- B. 1977
- C. 1993
- D. 1997
MQM refused to participate in national elections in which year?
- A. 1994
- B. 1993
- C. 1967
- D. 1999
Who served as Pakistan’s third Governor-General?
- A. Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
- B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- C. Ghulam Muhammad
- D. Sikandar Ali Mirza
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was a leader of which political party?
- A. PML-N
- B. Awami League
- C. Jamaat-e-Islami
- D. PPP
What does the acronym PPP represent?
- A. Pakistan Poor Party
- B. Pakistan Persons Party
- C. Pakistan Programming Party
- D. Pakistan Peoples Party
Which government unveiled Pakistan’s updated political map on 4 August 2020?
- A. Balochistan Awami Party
- B. Pakistan Peoples Party
- C. PML-N
- D. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Who was the first woman to lead the opposition in Pakistan’s Senate?
- A. Hina Rabbani Khar
- B. Fehmida Mirza
- C. Sherry Rehman
- D. None of these
The Punjab Unionist Party was established in which year?
- A. 1922
- B. 1923
- C. 1933
- D. 1940
Sherry Rehman held Pakistan’s ambassadorial post in which nation?
- A. China
- B. India
- C. USA
- D. Canada
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was elected president with support from which party?
- A. Pakistan Peoples Party
- B. Jamaat-e-Islami
- C. National Party
- D. Muslim League
In which year did Sherry Rehman receive the Nishan-i-Imtiaz?
- A. 2008
- B. 2018
- C. 2013
- D. 2002
When did former interior minister Rehman Malik pass away?
- A. 23 Jan 2021
- B. 23 Jan 2022
- C. 23 Feb 2021
- D. 23 Feb 2022
Which party won the NA-245 Karachi by-election in August 2022?
- A. MQM
- B. PML-N
- C. PTI
- D. PPP
Heer Ismail Soho became the first woman tribal chief in Sindh from which district?
- A. Ghotki
- B. Thatta
- C. Jacobabad
- D. Tando Allahyar
In which year did Pervez Musharraf launch the APML?
- A. 2009
- B. 2010
- C. 2011
- D. 2012
Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur were charged with:
- A. Drugs
- B. Money laundering
- C. Human trafficking
- D. None of these
Who secured a confidence vote in the National Assembly on 27 May 1993?
- A. Benazir Bhutto
- B. Nawaz Sharif
- C. Asif Zardari
- D. Pervez Musharraf
PTI won its first national election after how many years since founding?
- A. 22
- B. 24
- C. 28
- D. 30
Which party governed NWFP (now KPK) at the time of independence?
- A. Congress
- B. Muslim League
- C. People’s Party
- D. None of these
Under which agreement did the Muslim League abandon separate electorates?
- A. Poona Pact
- B. Patna Scheme 1938
- C. Delhi Proposal 1927
- D. None of these
Who authored the book ‘Political Parties in Pakistan (1947–1958)’?
- A. M. Waseem
- B. M. Rafique Afzal
- C. K. K. Aziz
- D. None of these
Which party was established by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan?
- A. Aam Aadmi Party
- B. Pasban-e-Pakistan
- C. Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan
- D. All Pakistan Muslim League
PPP formally launched on 30 November 1967 in which city?
- A. Hyderabad
- B. Karachi
- C. Lahore
- D. None of these
Who was Leader of the Opposition when Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution was adopted?
- A. Khan Abdul Wali Khan
- B. Nurul Amin
- C. Ghulam Muhammad
- D. None of these
Sardar Ataullah Mengal founded which regional party?
- A. Balochistan Liberation Party
- B. Balochistan Awami Party
- C. Balochistan National Party
- D. Balochistan Local Party
Who established the Sindh Hari Committee in 1930?
- A. G. M. Syed
- B. Hyder Bux Jatoi
- C. Comrade Nazeer Abbasi
- D. Allama Iqbal
In which year was the Communist Party outlawed in Pakistan?
- A. 1999
- B. 1950
- C. 1954
- D. 1966
What is the official founding date of PTI?
- A. 20 April 1996
- B. 21 April 1996
- C. 25 April 1996
- D. None of these
Syed Murad Ali Shah is a member of which party?
- A. PML-N
- B. Jamaat-e-Islami
- C. MQM
- D. PPP
Fatima Bhutto was the daughter of which Bhutto family member?
- A. Murtaza Bhutto
- B. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- C. Ghinwa Bhutto
- D. None of these
Which party secured the most seats in the 15 January 2023 local government polls?
- A. Jamaat-e-Islami
- B. MQM
- C. PPP
- D. PTI
Which party was launched by Jahangir Tareen in June 2023?
- A. Azm-i-Pakistan
- B. Mustaqbil-i-Pakistan
- C. Istehkam-i-Pakistan
- D. Taraqi-Pasand Party Pakistan
In June 2023, Karachi’s mayoral election was won by a candidate from which party?
- A. PTI
- B. PML-N
- C. PPP
- D. MQM
On what date was the AJK PM’s no-confidence motion filed against Abdul Qayyum Niazi?
- A. 15 April 2022
- B. 12 April 2022
- C. 15 January 2022
- D. None of these
When did AJK’s PM Abdul Qayyum remove five ministers from his cabinet?
- A. 14 April 2022
- B. 7 April 2022
- C. 15 January 2022
- D. None of these