Election | MCQs

Explanation

Sikandar Sultan Raja appointed CEC: 27 January 2020

Sikandar Sultan Raja: first retired bureaucrat to have ever been appointed as the head of the top electoral body

Previously, Sardar Muhammad Raza was CEC (retired on December 5, 2019)

NA23-7-2023

Explanation

Zulifqar Ali Bhutto introduced the 1973 constitution in Pakistan on August 14, 1973.

According to the 1973 constitution, the Provincial Assembly, National assembly, and senate elect the President.

Whereas the prime minister is elected by the only national assembly.

According to the constitution 1973, the minimum age for the President of Pakistan: are 45 Years

The president is elected indirectly for a term of five years.

Explanation

Explanation

Tameez Ud Deen was the Speaker and president of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly

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Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan was the Speaker of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly from 1948 to 1954

and the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1962 and 1963.

1st Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 23 February 1948 – 13 December 1948

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Born March 1889 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died           19 August 1963 (aged 74) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan

Khan joined the non-cooperation movement led by Gandhi when he was a student.

Later he joined the Indian National Congress and subsequently joined the khilafat movement in 1921

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NA23-7-2023

Explanation

Turnout in Pakistani general elections

1970: 63%

1988: 43%

1990: 45%

1993: 40%

1997:35%

2002: 41%

2008: 44%

2013: 53%

2018: 51%

Explanation

The Government of India Act of 1935 was passed by the British Parliament in August 1935.

But the elections were not conducted immediately.

The act came into force in April 1937.

The first elections under the act were held the same year.

Explanation

RMS - Result Management System and RO - Returning officers

The RMS is offline software installed in a computer at RO office that also has a trained data entry operator. The RO receives results from presiding officers on Form 45, mostly hard copies and the operator enters results in RMS

RTS - Result Transmission System

The RTS is an entirely different system meant to transmit Form 45 from polling stations to RO offices and the ECP Secretariat using a smartphone

RY4-12-2022

Explanation

Explanation

Date of election: March 21, 1965

Winner: Ayub Khan

Result: Ayub Khan won 62.43% of the Electoral vote

Fatima Jinnah's vote share: 35.86%

Explanation

Pakistan's second Presidential Elections were held on 2 January 1965.

There were four candidates: Ayub Khan, Fatima Jinnah and two obscure people with no party affiliation.