CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ayub Khan
A balanced assessment of Ayub's rule recognizes
A. Economic modernization alongside authoritarianism and inequality
B. Only democracy
C. No development
D. No political opposition
Correct Answer: A
His era combined growth and institutional development with political restriction and regional imbalance.
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Ayub Khan
The U-2 incident of 1960 involved a US aircraft linked to a base near
A. Peshawar
B. Karachi
C. Quetta
D. Dhaka
Correct Answer: A
The Soviet Union criticized Pakistan over US use of facilities near Peshawar.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ayub Khan
Pakistan joined SEATO and CENTO before Ayub's presidency, but under him these alliances were
A. Important features of foreign policy
B. Immediately abolished in 1958
C. Converted into the UN
D. Directed by India
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan remained embedded in Western-sponsored security alliances.
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Ayub Khan
Pakistan established close relations with China notably after the
A. 1963 boundary agreement
B. 1956 constitution
C. Tashkent only
D. 1971 war
Correct Answer: A
The Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement was signed in 1963.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is buried near
A. Rehana, Haripur
B. Mazar-e-Quaid
C. Lahore Fort
D. Islamabad's Faisal Mosque
Correct Answer: A
He was buried in his native village area.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan died in
A. 1974
B. 1969
C. 1971
D. 1980
Correct Answer: A
He died on 19 April 1974.
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Ayub Khan
The transfer to Yahya Khan was constitutionally controversial because power should have passed to the
A. Speaker of the National Assembly
B. Chief Justice
C. Foreign minister
D. Governor of Punjab
Correct Answer: A
Under the 1962 Constitution, the speaker was the designated successor.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan handed power to
A. General Yahya Khan
B. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C. Sheikh Mujib
D. Iskander Mirza
Correct Answer: A
Army chief Yahya Khan imposed martial law.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan resigned on
A. 25 March 1969
B. 27 October 1958
C. 10 January 1966
D. 7 December 1970
Correct Answer: A
He transferred power to Yahya Khan.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan convened a Round Table Conference in
A. 1969
B. 1960
C. 1965
D. 1958
Correct Answer: A
He attempted constitutional compromise amid the crisis.
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Ayub Khan
Mass protests against Ayub Khan peaked in
A. 1968-69
B. 1959-60
C. 1962-63
D. 1971-72
Correct Answer: A
Students, workers and opposition parties mobilized nationwide.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ayub Khan
The Agartala Conspiracy Case was filed in
A. 1968
B. 1962
C. 1965
D. 1971
Correct Answer: A
The state accused Mujib and others of conspiring with India.
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Ayub Khan
The Six Points demanded greater
A. Provincial autonomy for East Pakistan
B. Centralization
C. Military rule
D. Abolition of elections
Correct Answer: A
They sought a highly decentralized federation.
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Ayub Khan
In East Pakistan, the Six Points were associated with
A. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
B. H.S. Suhrawardy only
C. A.K. Fazlul Huq
D. Khawaja Nazimuddin
Correct Answer: A
Mujib announced the Six Points in 1966.
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Ayub Khan
The Pakistan Peoples Party was founded in
A. 1967
B. 1958
C. 1962
D. 1969
Correct Answer: A
PPP was founded in Lahore in 1967.
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Ayub Khan
Which Pakistani foreign minister resigned after Tashkent and later founded PPP?
A. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
B. Manzur Qadir
C. Sahibzada Yaqub Khan
D. Agha Shahi
Correct Answer: A
Bhutto broke with Ayub and founded the PPP in 1967.
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Ayub Khan
The Tashkent meeting was mediated by
A. Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin
B. US President Kennedy
C. UN Secretary-General alone
D. Chinese premier
Correct Answer: A
Kosygin hosted and mediated the talks.
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration with
A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Morarji Desai
Correct Answer: A
Shastri was India's prime minister.
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Ayub Khan
The Tashkent Declaration was signed in
A. January 1966
B. September 1965
C. March 1969
D. July 1972
Correct Answer: A
It was signed on 10 January 1966.
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Ayub Khan
The 1965 war formally ended through the
A. Tashkent Declaration
B. Simla Agreement
C. Lahore Resolution
D. Delhi Pact
Correct Answer: A
The Tashkent Declaration followed Soviet mediation.