Solved Pakistan Studies MCQs on UNESCO World Heritage Sites, regional crafts, folk dances, festivals, Sufi poets and museums of Pakistan, with explanations for PPSC, FPSC and NTS tests.
Explore Pakistan's cultural heritage: its six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, regional crafts such as Ajrak, Multani blue pottery, Chiniot woodwork and Phulkari, folk dances like the Khattak dance and Luddi, festivals such as Shandur and Chilam Joshi, and Sufi poetry.
Questions often link a craft, dance or festival with its province or city. Group what you learn by province (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan) to keep the facts in place.
Correct answer: C. 6
Pakistan's six cultural World Heritage Sites are Mohenjo-daro, Taxila, Takht-i-Bahi with Sahr-i-Bahlol, the Lahore Fort and Shalimar Gardens, the Makli monuments at Thatta, and Rohtas Fort.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 1981
Both Mughal monuments of Lahore were listed in 1981. The Shalimar Gardens were laid out by Shah Jahan in 1641–42, while the fort was rebuilt under Akbar and enlarged by later emperors.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Rohtas Fort
Rohtas Fort near Jhelum, built by Sher Shah Suri in the 1540s, was inscribed in 1997. Mohenjo-daro, Taxila and Takht-i-Bahi were listed in 1980, and Makli in 1981.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Sindh
Ajrak is printed by hand with carved wooden blocks and natural dyes. It is worn as a shawl and given as a mark of respect, and with the Sindhi topi it represents Sindhi identity.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Blue glazed pottery and tiles
Multan's blue pottery (kashigari), with white and blue floral designs, decorates many shrines in the city, including the tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Peshawari chappal takes its name from Peshawar, where cobblers have made it by hand for generations; it is now worn across Pakistan and abroad.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Carved wooden furniture
Chiniot's craftsmen are known for intricately carved wooden furniture and woodwork. Chiniot artisans are also said to have worked on Mughal buildings such as the Taj Mahal.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Sports goods and surgical instruments
Sialkot exports hand-stitched footballs, other sports goods and surgical instruments worldwide. Its footballs have been used in FIFA World Cups.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Glazed tiles and lacquered woodwork
Hala's artisans make blue and white kashi tiles and colourful lacquered wooden items (jandi work), two of Sindh's best-known traditional crafts.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Khattak dance is a Pashtun war dance named after the Khattak tribe. Dancers spin and wield swords or handkerchiefs as the beat of the dhol speeds up.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Punjab
Luddi is a Punjabi folk dance performed in a circle to celebrate victories, harvests and weddings, with clapping and swaying movements.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Chitral and Gilgit
Shandur Pass, at about 3,700 metres, lies between Chitral and Gilgit. Their teams compete every summer in free-style mountain polo.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Chitral
The Kalash live in the Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir valleys of Chitral. Chilam Joshi in May welcomes spring with music and dancing.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Islamabad
Lok Virsa in Islamabad runs the Heritage Museum and holds folk festivals that bring together artisans and musicians from every province.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Truck art
Pakistani truck art turns goods vehicles into moving canvases. Its bold colours, mirror work and verses have made it famous around the world.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Punjab
Phulkari ("flower work") uses bright silk thread on coarse cloth. It is a traditional Punjabi craft, often made for weddings.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Sindh
Rillis are hand-stitched from cut pieces of coloured cloth by women in Sindh, and also in parts of Balochistan and southern Punjab.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Qawwali
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997), called Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, brought Sufi qawwali to international audiences through world tours and collaborations.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Shah Jo Risalo by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689–1752) is the most celebrated work of Sindhi literature, and its verses are still sung at his shrine in Bhit Shah.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Lahore Museum
The Fasting Buddha, found at Sikri near Mardan, is a masterpiece of Gandhara art and one of the best-known exhibits of the Lahore Museum.
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