CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
To what age was the voting age reduced before the 2002 election?
A. 80,000
B. Five years
C. 18 years
D. 120 days
Correct Answer: C
The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
What happened to the size and composition of legislatures around the 2002 reforms?
A. Power to dissolve the National Assembly
B. Holding dual offices
C. Amend the 1973 Constitution before restoration of elected government
D. Seats were increased and reserved representation expanded
Correct Answer: D
Reforms increased assemblies and enhanced reserved seats for women.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
Which office was restored after the 2002 election?
A. Hybrid civil-military constitutional arrangement
B. Power to dissolve the National Assembly
C. No
D. Prime Minister
Correct Answer: D
The office of Prime Minister returned with elected civilian government.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
Did the 17th Amendment abolish the parliamentary system?
A. No
B. Hybrid civil-military constitutional arrangement
C. Prime Minister
D. Constitutional validation with modifications
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan remained formally parliamentary, though presidential powers were strengthened.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
What controversial issue concerned Musharraf's simultaneous military and presidential roles?
A. Hybrid civil-military constitutional arrangement
B. Prime Minister
C. Amend the 1973 Constitution before restoration of elected government
D. Holding dual offices
Correct Answer: D
Musharraf remained Army Chief while serving as President for much of the period.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
What did the Seventeenth Amendment broadly provide for the LFO changes?
A. Constitutional validation with modifications
B. Prime Minister
C. Power to dissolve the National Assembly
D. Hybrid civil-military constitutional arrangement
Correct Answer: A
It incorporated many LFO changes into the Constitution.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment followed negotiations between the government and which religious alliance?
A. National Security Council
B. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
C. Senate
D. Council of Islamic Ideology
Correct Answer: B
The MMA's support was important for the two-thirds parliamentary majority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
In which year was the Seventeenth Amendment enacted?
A. 2002
B. 2003
C. 2008
D. 2001
Correct Answer: B
Parliament passed the Seventeenth Amendment in December 2003.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
What presidential power was restored by Musharraf-era constitutional changes?
A. No
B. Power to dissolve the National Assembly
C. Hybrid civil-military constitutional arrangement
D. Prime Minister
Correct Answer: B
Article 58(2)(b) was restored in modified form.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
Which body was strengthened or constitutionalized in Musharraf's power-sharing design?
A. National Security Council
B. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
C. Sindh Chief Court
D. National Assembly
Correct Answer: A
The NSC was part of the institutional framework linking civilian and military leadership.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
What was the LFO 2002 designed to do?
A. Holding dual offices
B. Amend the 1973 Constitution before restoration of elected government
C. Prime Minister
D. Power to dissolve the National Assembly
Correct Answer: B
It introduced structural constitutional changes under military rule.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
In which year was the LFO issued?
A. 2003
B. 2007
C. 2002
D. 2001
Correct Answer: C
The Legal Framework Order was promulgated in August 2002.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2002 - Political History - Legal Framework Order 2002 & 17th Amendment
Who issued the Legal Framework Order 2002?
A. Farooq Leghari
B. General Yahya Khan
C. President Ayub Khan
D. President Pervez Musharraf
Correct Answer: D
Musharraf issued the LFO before the 2002 general election.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf: "policy shift" corresponds to ______.
A. Operation Zarb-e-Azb
B. Operation Rah-e-Rast
C. Army Public School Peshawar attack
D. 11 September 2001 attacks
Correct Answer: D
11 September 2001 attacks is the correct completion. The 9/11 attacks led to the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan and a major Pakistani policy shift.
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2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "Large civilian and military casualties and displacement" is associated with which tested detail?
A. NAP
B. drone issue
C. human cost
D. South Waziristan operation
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "human cost". Militancy and counterterrorism operations caused extensive human and economic costs.
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2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "Afghanistan" is associated with which tested detail?
A. military operation 2009
B. South Waziristan operation
C. logistics
D. border challenge
Correct Answer: D
The tested detail is "border challenge". Cross-border militancy and the Afghan conflict were central security issues.
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2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "Abbottabad" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Osama raid
B. 2014 operation
C. policy shift
D. human cost
Correct Answer: A
The tested detail is "Osama raid". The U.S. raid occurred in Abbottabad on 2 May 2011.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "U.S. drone strikes" is associated with which tested detail?
A. NAP
B. drone issue
C. human cost
D. Afghanistan regime
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "drone issue". Drone operations in tribal areas generated legal and political controversy.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "Major Non-NATO Ally" is associated with which tested detail?
A. NATO status
B. Afghanistan regime
C. human cost
D. border challenge
Correct Answer: A
The tested detail is "NATO status". The United States designated Pakistan a Major Non-NATO Ally in 2004.
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2001 - War on Terror - Pervez Musharraf
Within 2001 - War on Terror - Pervaiz Musharaf, the answer "National Action Plan" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Afghanistan regime
B. NAP
C. drone issue
D. logistics
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "NAP". Pakistan adopted the National Action Plan in December 2014.