My Pakistan Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sialkot

Sialkot is located in Punjab. This city is full of sports goods shops. You can buy many sporting items there, such as cricket bats or baseball bats. The footballs made in Sialkot are especially famous and are used in International Football World Cups.

Answer: Quetta

Quetta is the capital of Balochistan. Before the establishment of Pakistan, Balochistan was not a separate province, but on the demand of Muslims Balochistan was given a status province. The people of Balochistan voted in the favor of Pakistan at the time of the establishment of Pakistan and hence Balochistan was included in Pakistan.

Answer: Faisalabad

Punjabi is spoken in Faisalabad. Sindhi is spoken in Hyderabad. Urdu is spoken in Lahore. Pushto is spoken in Peshawar. Of course it will be possible to hear all of these languages in every one of these cities.

Answer: False

There are two cities in Pakistan which are named 'Islamabad'. One of them is the capital of Pakistan while the other is present in Azad Kashmir. The part of Kashmir which is present in Pakistan is called Azad Kashmir.

Answer: Atif

Atif Aslam sang the song 'Addat' for the first time. It was such a big hit that every one came in its grip. This song was present in Atif's Album named 'Jal Pari'.

A few lines of this song are:

"Na jane kab se,
Umeedain kuch baki hain,
Mujhe phir bhi tere yad,
Kiyon ati hai,
Na jane kab se".

Answer: Sibbi

Sibbi is the hottest city of Pakistan. The temperature in summer reaches about 52 degree centigrade. However, the winters are cold. The temperature is below 10 degree centigrade and people wear sweaters and warm clothes in winter.

Answer: Sea

Samandar is a Sea. Dariya is a river. Talab is a pond.

Answer: Three

The first martial law in Pakistan was enforced in 1958 by General Ayub Khan, the second martial law in 1968 by Yahya Khan and the third one in 1977 by General Zia-ul-Haq. The martial law was lifted in 1985 and elections were held.

Answer: True

The boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called Durand Line. At the time of the establishment of Pakistan, Afghanistan did not recognize Pakistan; later on, however, Afghanistan recognized Pakistan and the relations between the two countries became quite good.

Answer: Bengali and Urdu

In 1956, Bangladesh was also a part of Pakistan and was called East Pakistan. Therefore, the government of Pakistan declared Bengali and Urdu as the national language of Pakistan because majority of East Pakistan (Bangladesh) spoke Bengali and majority of West Pakistan (Pakistan) spoke Urdu.