CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
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The border dispute has most directly affected bilateral cooperation in:
A. Trade, security and movement of people
B. Maritime fishing only
C. Space exploration
D. Antarctic research
Correct Answer: A
Disagreement over border status has repeatedly complicated trade, security and cross-border movement.
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Pakistan's legal position on the Durand Line is that it:
A. Expired after 100 years
B. Is an established international boundary inherited at independence
C. Applies only during wartime
D. Was replaced by the Radcliffe Line
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan considers the boundary legally settled and inherited under state succession.
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A major structural cause of early Pakistan–Afghanistan tension was Afghanistan's refusal to formally accept:
A. Pakistan's UN membership
B. The Durand Line as the permanent international boundary
C. Pakistan's currency
D. The Indus Waters Treaty
Correct Answer: B
Successive Afghan governments disputed formal recognition of the Durand Line, while Pakistan regarded it as the inherited international border.
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The Pakistani province historically called NWFP is now known as:
A. Balochistan
B. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
C. Gilgit-Baltistan
D. Punjab
Correct Answer: B
The North-West Frontier Province was renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2010.
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Which Afghan monarch ruled during much of the early Pakistan–Afghanistan dispute?
A. Zahir Shah
B. Amanullah Khan
C. Habibullah Kalakani
D. Ahmad Shah Durrani
Correct Answer: A
King Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 until 1973.
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The improvement of relations in 1963 followed the resignation of Afghan prime minister:
A. Mohammad Daoud Khan
B. Hafizullah Amin
C. Hamid Karzai
D. Ashraf Ghani
Correct Answer: A
Daoud Khan's resignation helped create conditions for restoring ties.
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Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan were restored in:
A. 1963
B. 1968
C. 1973
D. 1979
Correct Answer: A
Relations were restored in 1963 after the prolonged 1961 crisis.
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The 1961 rupture also disrupted Afghanistan's:
A. Sea trade and transit through Pakistan
B. Membership of the UN
C. Currency system
D. Relations with all Muslim countries
Correct Answer: A
The closure of the Pakistan route seriously affected landlocked Afghanistan's transit trade.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan broke diplomatic relations in which year?
A. 1955
B. 1961
C. 1965
D. 1971
Correct Answer: B
Relations were severed in September 1961 amid the Pakhtunistan and border crisis.
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Which Afghan prime minister made the Pakhtunistan issue a central part of his policy in the 1950s?
A. Mohammad Daoud Khan
B. Hamid Karzai
C. Nur Muhammad Taraki
D. Babrak Karmal
Correct Answer: A
Mohammad Daoud Khan strongly promoted the Pakhtunistan position.
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Pakistan responded to the 1955 diplomatic crisis partly by:
A. Joining NATO
B. Closing the border and suspending transit facilities
C. Recognizing Pakhtunistan
D. Leaving the United Nations
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan closed the border and restricted transit following attacks on its diplomatic missions.
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During the 1955 crisis, demonstrators attacked Pakistan's diplomatic premises in:
A. Kabul and other Afghan cities
B. Tehran
C. Delhi
D. Moscow
Correct Answer: A
Anti-Pakistan demonstrations damaged Pakistan's embassy and consulates in Afghanistan.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
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Pakistan's One Unit scheme in 1955 contributed to tensions with:
A. China
B. Iran
C. Afghanistan
D. Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: C
Afghanistan opposed the consolidation of West Pakistan and renewed the Pakhtunistan campaign.
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The term 'Pakhtunistan' in Pakistan–Afghanistan relations referred primarily to:
A. An Afghan seaport project
B. A political claim concerning Pashtun-populated areas of Pakistan
C. A trade corridor to Iran
D. A UN peacekeeping mission
Correct Answer: B
Pakhtunistan referred to Afghan-backed demands concerning Pashtun areas on Pakistan's side of the border.
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Afghanistan's 1949 Loya Jirga is commonly associated with its rejection of:
A. Membership of the United Nations
B. Earlier frontier treaties with British India
C. Relations with the Soviet Union
D. The Afghan monarchy
Correct Answer: B
The 1949 Loya Jirga declared earlier treaties concerning the frontier with British India invalid from Afghanistan's perspective.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan established formal diplomatic relations in:
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1956
D. 1963
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan established its embassy in Afghanistan soon after diplomatic relations began in 1948.
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The principal early dispute behind Afghanistan's opposition to Pakistan in 1947 concerned:
A. Kashmir
B. Pakhtunistan and the frontier boundary
C. Water sharing
D. The Arabian Sea
Correct Answer: B
The Pakhtunistan question and Afghanistan's position on the Durand Line dominated early tensions.
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Which country cast the only negative vote against Pakistan's admission to the United Nations in 1947?
A. India
B. Afghanistan
C. Soviet Union
D. Iran
Correct Answer: B
Afghanistan was the only state to vote against Pakistan's UN admission in September 1947.
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Afghanistan's landlocked position makes access through Pakistan important mainly for reaching:
A. The Arabian Sea and global markets
B. The Mediterranean Sea
C. The Baltic Sea
D. The Black Sea only
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan provides Afghanistan with important overland access to seaports and international markets.
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Kharlachi border crossing is located in which Pakistani district?
A. Kurram
B. Khyber
C. Chaman
D. Bajaur
Correct Answer: A
Kharlachi is a border crossing in Kurram district.