Solved MCQs
Answer: C. August 16, 1946
Direct Action Day: 16 August 1946. Location: Calcutta (Kolkata). Announced by: Jinnah. Outcome: Large-scale Hindu-Muslim communal riots known as Great Calcutta Killing. Led to Partition.
Answer: C. 1954
SEATO founded and Pakistan joined on 8 September 1954. Cold War era military alliance. Pakistan later distanced from SEATO after 1971 war. Alliance dissolved in 1977.
Answer: B. China
AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank): Founded 16 January 2016 by China. HQ: Beijing, China. Members: ~106 countries. Focuses on infrastructure development across Asia and Oceania.
Answer: A. 30 September 1947
Pakistan joined UN on 30 September 1947, shortly after independence. UN has 193 members. Pakistan has been non-permanent UN Security Council member 7 times (latest 2012–2013).
Answer: A. Eastern Africa
Horn of Africa (Somali Peninsula) in northeastern Africa. Fourth largest peninsula in world. Area: 1.883 million km². Countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia.