Pakistani Politics | MCQs

Explanation

The National Assembly has a total of 342 seats.

Of these, 266 are filled through direct elections.

10 seats are reserved for religious minorities.

60 seats are reserved for women, allocated through proportional representation to parties with more than 5% of the vote.

Explanation

All important questions of  "the 1956 constitution"

1956 constitution is promulgated on 23 March 1956

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Iskander Mirza abrogated the 1956 constitution

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Both Urdu and Bengali were declared as official and national languages of Pakistan in the 1956 constitution

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Constitution of 1956 · Pakistan was declared as the Islamic Republic

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In 1956 the designation of Governor General changed to President

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40 years was the age prescribed for president in the 1956 constitution

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The Constitution of 1956 contained 234 articles divided into thirteen parts and six schedules

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The constitution of 1956 remained implemented for 2 years 6 months and 14 days.

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The constitution of 1956 provided a Parliamentary form of government for the country.

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1956 constitution legislature was Unicameral

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The Constitution of 1956 provided for a federal system with the principle of parity between East Pakistan and West Pakistan

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Explanation

On 11th August 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected as the President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.

The first session of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was held on 10th August 1947 at the Sindh Assembly Building in Karachi.

Liaquat Ali Khan headed after the death of Jinnah for three years and produced the Objectives Resolution.

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Explanation

Explanation

 Z A Bhutto  was The First Civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator In Pakistan

Yahya Khan resigned on 20 December and transferred power to Bhutto.

Bhutto was the country's first civilian chief martial law administrator since 1958, as well as the country's first civilian president.

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Additional information important for the Exam 

• Iskandar Ali Mirza who was the first president of Pakistan abrogated the constitution of 1956 on 07-October-1958.

  Ø  Ayoub Khan was made chief martial law after this abrogation.

  Ø  Feroz Khan Noun was the prime minister at the time of the first Martial Law in Pakistan.

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  List of Martial Laws Held in Pakistan from 1947 to 2022

  Sr#	Martial Law Number	Date of Martial Law	Martial Law Implemented by
  1	First Martial Law	7th October 1958	Iskandar Mirza
  2	2nd Martial Law	25th March 1969	General Yahya Khan
  3	3rd Martial Law	25th July 1977	General Zia ul Haq
  4	4th Martial Law	12th October 1999	General Pervaiz Musharraf

   

  There are total four martial laws Implemented in Pakistan from 1947 to 2022

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Explanation

Nurul Amin was a prominent Pakistani leader

Nurul Amin served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan

Nurul Amin was the first and only vice president of Pakistan. 

Nurul Amin's term of 20 December 1971 – 14 August 1973 as Vice President

His term of only 13 days as Prime Minister 

Born--->15 July 1893 Shahbazpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died------> 2 October 1974 (aged 81)Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

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Explanation

Benazir Bhutto

• Born: June 21, 1953, in Karachi.
• Assassinated: December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi.
• Spouse: Asif Ali Zardari (1987–2007).
• Party: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
• Children: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari.
• Education: Lady Margaret Hall (1973–1977).

Political Career:

• Sworn in as First Woman Prime Minister of Pakistan on December 2, 1988.
• First term as Prime Minister: 1988 to 1990.
• Second term as Prime Minister: 1993 to 1996.
• Farooq Laghari dissolved her second government.
• Served as the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Education Details:

• Nursery School: Lady Jennings Nursery School in Karachi.
• College: Radcliffe College
• University: University of Oxford

Explanation

Explanation

• 160 seats was won by awami league in the 1970 election
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• In the elections of 1970, the Awami League won 167 of 169 East Pakistan seats in the National Assembly
• but none of West Pakistan's 138 seats.
• It also won 288 of the 300 provincial assembly seats in East Pakistan.
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Explanation

It was a proposal formulated by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

C. R. formula is also known as the Rajaji formula 

In 1942, Chakravarti Rajagopalachar opposed the Congress party by differing against the Quit India Movement and left the party 

C. R.'s formula solves the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress on the independence of British India.

The CR formula acted as the basis for the negotiations. Gandhi and Jinnah met in September 1944 to ease the deadlock.

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