Census in Pakistan
Census in Pakistan is supposed to be conducted every 10 years. This task is carried out by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In 2023 the seventh national census was held in the country. If we talk about it’s history then it relates to the subcontinent or United India. Henry Walter is known as the Father of census. But the first complete census in subcontinent took place under Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1881. This can be asked in the Pakistan Studies MCQs section of the one paper.
| Census | Year |
|---|---|
| 1st | 1951 |
| 2nd | 1961 |
| 3rd | 1972 |
| 4th | 1981 |
| 5th | 1998 |
| 6th | 2017 |
| 7th & the first ever Digital Census of Pakistan | 2023 |
Makli graveyard is located near:
a. Multan
b. Thatta
c. Vehari
d. Rajanpur
Which article of the constitution defines that President is Head of the State?
a. Article 35
b. Article 41
c. Article 184
d. None of these
The oldest university of Pakistan is:
a. Quaid-a-Azam University
b. Punjab University
c. Government College University
d. NED University
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy was an attempted coup d’etat against the government of:
a. Sikandar Mirza
b. Liaqat Ali Khan
c. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
d. Pervaiz Musharraf
First Chairman Senate of Pakistan was:
a. Habib Ullah Khan Marwat
b. Zahid Hussain
c. Maulvi Tameez-ud-Din
d. Raza Rabbani
Which of the following neighbour country of Pakistan is landlocked:
a. Afghanistan
b. India
c. Iran
d. China
ISI and FIA are the secret agencies of which country:
a. Pakistan
b. Egypt
c. Iraq
d. Libya
In which city of Pakistan second Islamic Summit Conference (OIC) was held:
a. Islamabad
b. Lahore
c. Karachi
d. Faisalabad
At the time of independence how many towns have more than 100000 population?
a. 5
b. 8
c. 15
d. 19
Term and tenure of Pakistan Senate membership is how many years?
a. 3 years
b. 5 years
c. 6 years
d. 2 years