Free Constitution of 1956 MCQs with Answers

41. In which year One Unit was created ?

• A. 1953
• B. 1954
• C. 1955
• D. 1956

Explanation: One Unit was created on 14 October 1955 by merging the provinces and princely states of West Pakistan into a single province. It was intended to create parity with East Pakistan.

42. The second constitutional assembly was reconstituted on___________?

• A. 11 May 1955
• B. 15 May 1955
• C. 21 May 1955
• D. 28 May 1955

Explanation: Pakistan's Second Constituent Assembly was reconstituted on 28 May 1955 after the Federal Court invalidated the dissolution of the First Constituent Assembly. This assembly later produced the Constitution of 1956.

43. When Ayub Khan took overpower in 1958, the prime minister of Pakistan was____________?

• A. Muhammad Ali Bogra
• B. Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
• C. Malik Feroz Khan Noon
• D. Chaudhary Muhammad Ali

Explanation: Ayub Khan imposed martial law on 7 October 1958 when Malik Feroz Khan Noon was prime minister. Muhammad Ali Bogra and Suhrawardy had held the office earlier in the 1950s.

44. Who was the Last Governor-General of Pakistan?

• A. Quid-E-Azam
• B. Ghulam Muhammad
• C. Khaja Nazim udeen
• D. Major Gen Sikandar Mirza

Explanation: Major General Iskander Mirza was Pakistan’s last Governor-General and became the country’s first President in 1956. Khawaja Nazimuddin and Ghulam Muhammad served as earlier Governors-General.

45. According to which Act, the title of viceroy was to be dropped ?

• A. Act of Partition of 1947
• B. Act of 1919
• C. Act of 1935
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Indian Independence Act 1947 replaced the colonial designation of viceroy with governor-general after independence. Option a is evidently referring to that 1947 Act, although its formal title is inaccurately written as the Act of Partition.

46. How many members were in the Committee of Basic Principles?

• A. 20
• B. 22
• C. 24
• D. 26

Explanation: The Basic Principles Committee, established to propose the constitutional framework of Pakistan, consisted of 24 members. Its recommendations contributed to the constitutional debates that preceded the 1956 Constitution.

47. How many Ulema from diffrent shades of union participated a convention that gave 22 Points in 1951?

• A. 11
• B. 21
• C. 31
• D. 41

Explanation: Thirty-one ulema representing different schools of Islamic thought participated in the 1951 convention and presented the famous 22 constitutional principles. This helped clarify the Islamic basis later discussed in constitution-making.

48. In which of the following Act or reforms the dyarchy was abolished?

• A. Minto-Morley Reforms
• B. Montegu-Chelmsford Reforms
• C. India Act of 1935
• D. None of These

Explanation: The Government of India Act 1935 abolished dyarchy in the provinces and introduced provincial autonomy. The Montagu-Chelmsford reforms had introduced dyarchy rather than abolishing it.

49. The First Indigenous Constitution was given to Pakistan by____________?

• A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Liaquat Ali Khan
• C. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
• D. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

Explanation: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali served as prime minister when Pakistan's first indigenous constitution was framed and promulgated in 1956. Jinnah and Liaquat belonged to the earlier foundational period, while Bhutto introduced the 1973 Constitution.

50. Designation of Governor-General abolished and changed to President on___________?

• A. 15 August 1947
• B. 16 October 1951
• C. 05 July 1955
• D. 23rd March 1956

Explanation: The Constitution of 1956 replaced the office of Governor-General with that of President when it came into force on 23 March 1956. Iskander Mirza became Pakistan's first President under this constitutional arrangement.