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State and Government                         MCQs

1) Pakistan is an Islamic democratic state. It has federal parliamentary form of government. There are three pillars of the government in Pakistan.  
1) Legislature   2) Executive         3) Judiciary

2) 1) Legislature: An institution to frame laws.

3) 2) Executive: An institution to implement and enforce the laws.

4) 3) Judiciary: An institution to interpret the law.

5) Head of the government is Prime Minister.

6) A group of people that share common religion, language, race, norms, manners, customs and usages, habits and interests is called “Nation”.

7) Head of the state is president and head of the province is Governor.

8) Parliament (مقننہ): Parliament of our country is law making institution. It has two houses.     

9) 1) Upper house: The upper house is called Senate.

10) 2) Lower house: Lower house is called National Assembly.

11) National Assembly: There are 342 member of National Assembly in Pakistan.

12) National Assembly member are divided as under,                                                           
General Seats-
---272        Female Seat-----60                                       
Minorities Seats-----10

13) Senate: It has 104 members. They are selected by the members of provisional assembly. Each province is equally represented in the senate. 



14) Executive (انتظامیہ): It is a branch of government that assures proper implementation of a law enacted by the parliament.

15) Constitution (آئین): Rules and regulations are needed to run the government. Set of those rules and regulations is called constitution.


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What official name was given to Pakistan in 1956 constitution?
a) United States of Pakistan
b) Republic of Pakistan      
c) Islamic Pakistan
d) Islamic Republic of Pakistan

d

What does the word Pakistan means?
a) Holy Land                      
b) Deserts
c) Meadows                         
d) Natural Beauty

a

Pakistan is an Islamic…………state.
a) democratic                     
b) Autocratic 
c) laisssez-faire                    
d) none of these

a