Pakistan Studies

The word 'PAKISTAN' appears only once in the National Anthem of Pakistan, making option D correct.

Thomas McMahon was the assassin who killed Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, in 1979. He was a member of the IRA and carried out the bombing that led to Mountbatten's death.

Panjgur is famously known as the 'City of Dates' due to its extensive date palm cultivation and production, making option B correct.

Darawat Dam is located near Thano Bula Khan in the Jamshoro District of Sindh, Pakistan. This makes option C the correct answer.

Bajaur is the largest district of the former FATA region by population, making option A correct. The other districts have smaller populations comparatively.

Pakistan became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 1 January 1995. The WTO was established on 1 January 1995, replacing GATT, so it was not possible for Pakistan to join WTO in 1994. Therefore, the correct answer is 1995, option B.

On 11th September 1948, India launched Operation Polo, a military action (also called the 'police action') against the princely state of Hyderabad. The Nizam of Hyderabad had refused to join the Indian Union after independence, leading to tensions and internal violence. Indian forces attacked Hyderabad from multiple directions starting on 11th September 1948, and after five days of fighting, the Nizam's forces surrendered on 17th September 1948. Hyderabad was formally integrated into India on 23rd September 1948. This event is distinct from the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, which was ongoing since 1947 but did not involve a specific Indian attack on 11th September 1948. Therefore, the correct answer is the State of Hyderabad Deccan.

Shah Jo Risalo, a famous Sindhi poetic compendium by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, contains 38 Sur (chapters or sections). Therefore, option D (38) is correct.

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's mother tongue was Gujarati, as he belonged to a Khoja family that spoke Gujarati. He was educated initially in Gujarati at home. Although he used Urdu extensively for communication and political work, Urdu was not his mother tongue. Therefore, the correct answer is 'None of these' since Gujarati is not listed as an option in the question's options (Gujarati is option A, but the question's correct answer was Urdu, which is incorrect). The best factual correction is to mark 'None of these' as correct if the options are limited to Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi, and None of these, and the mother tongue is Gujarati. However, since Gujarati is option A, the correct answer should be A. The original question's correct answer (B) Urdu is incorrect. Hence, the correct answer is A: Gujarati.

Allan Faqir, a renowned Sindhi folk singer and poet, is buried in Jamshoro. Dr. GN Baloch and Abida Tahrani are notable figures but are not buried there. Therefore, option A is correct, and 'All of them' is incorrect.