Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Simon Commission - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which Act required a statutory review that led to the Simon Commission?
A. Government of India Act 1919
B. Nehru Report
C. Lucknow Pact
D. Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?
Correct Answer: A
The 1919 Act envisaged a review of constitutional progress after ten years.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Simon Commission - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
In which year did the Simon Commission arrive in India?
A. 1927
B. 1933
C. 1928
D. 1926
Correct Answer: C
The commission arrived in India in February 1928.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Simon Commission - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by many Indian political groups?
A. It had no Indian member
B. Spade (belcha)
C. Discipline and self-reform
D. Simon Go Back
Correct Answer: A
All seven members were British, provoking the slogan 'Simon Go Back'.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Simon Commission - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Who chaired the Simon Commission?
A. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
B. Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. Sir John Simon
Correct Answer: D
Sir John Simon headed the seven-member commission.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Simon Commission - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
In which year was the Simon Commission appointed?
A. 1927
B. 1928
C. 1917
D. 1932
Correct Answer: A
The British government appointed the Indian Statutory Commission in 1927.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Security Challenges: "terrorism" corresponds to ______.
A. Systems whose disruption would seriously harm society or the state
B. Defense against military threats
C. Terrorism and militancy
D. Severe economic weakness limits state capacity and social stability
Correct Answer: C
Terrorism and militancy is the correct completion. Militant violence became a major national security challenge.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Security Challenges: "Kashmir" corresponds to ______.
A. Defense against military threats
B. Kashmir dispute
C. Water security
D. Terrorism and militancy
Correct Answer: B
Kashmir dispute is the correct completion. Kashmir has been the source of repeated military crises.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Security Challenges: "eastern border" corresponds to ______.
A. Balochistan
B. Afghanistan
C. Chashma
D. India
Correct Answer: D
India is the correct completion. Pakistan's security doctrine has long been shaped by rivalry and unresolved disputes with India.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Security Challenges: "traditional security" corresponds to ______.
A. Deliberately false or misleading information used to influence audiences
B. Non-traditional security
C. Reliable and affordable access to energy
D. Defense against military threats
Correct Answer: D
Defense against military threats is the correct completion. Traditional security focuses on sovereignty, borders and armed conflict.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Integration of military, economic, social, cyber and environmental resilience" is associated with which tested detail?
A. economic security
B. comprehensive security
C. nontraditional security
D. food security
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "comprehensive security". Modern national security planning combines multiple dimensions of state and human security.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Systems whose disruption would seriously harm society or the state" is associated with which tested detail?
A. information warfare
B. critical infrastructure
C. eastern border
D. energy
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "critical infrastructure". Power, telecoms, transport, finance and water networks are typical examples.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Deliberately false or misleading information used to influence audiences" is associated with which tested detail?
A. food security
B. information warfare
C. cyber
D. critical infrastructure
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "information warfare". Information operations can polarize society and undermine trust.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Reliable access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food" is associated with which tested detail?
A. water
B. eastern border
C. information warfare
D. food security
Correct Answer: D
The tested detail is "food security". Food insecurity can produce humanitarian and political instability.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "By intensifying disasters, displacement and resource stress" is associated with which tested detail?
A. western border
B. climate
C. food security
D. nontraditional security
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "climate". Climate shocks can deepen social and economic vulnerabilities.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Severe economic weakness limits state capacity and social stability" is associated with which tested detail?
A. cyber
B. economic security
C. climate
D. nontraditional security
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "economic security". Debt, inflation and foreign-exchange crises can constrain defense, welfare and governance.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Reliable and affordable access to energy" is associated with which tested detail?
A. terrorism
B. water
C. energy
D. climate
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "energy". Energy shortages and import dependence can undermine economic and national resilience.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Water security" is associated with which tested detail?
A. nontraditional security
B. water
C. terrorism
D. energy
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "water". Population growth, climate stress and river dependence make water a strategic issue.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Cyber domain" is associated with which tested detail?
A. climate
B. critical infrastructure
C. comprehensive security
D. cyber
Correct Answer: D
The tested detail is "cyber". Cyberattacks can disrupt critical infrastructure and steal sensitive data.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Terrorism and militancy" is associated with which tested detail?
A. terrorism
B. Kashmir
C. eastern border
D. economic security
Correct Answer: A
The tested detail is "terrorism". Militant violence became a major national security challenge.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Security Challenges
Within Security Challenges, the answer "Kashmir dispute" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Kashmir
B. water
C. information warfare
D. traditional security
Correct Answer: A
The tested detail is "Kashmir". Kashmir has been the source of repeated military crises.