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PMS Compulsory Papers Pakistan Studies Flashcards
58 question-and-answer cards covering Pakistan Studies as it is examined in PMS Compulsory Papers. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Pakistan Studies deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Under which Act was Pakistan created, and on what date did Pakistan gain independence?
The Indian Independence Act 1947; Pakistan came into being on 14 August 1947.
What was the Radcliffe Award (1947)?
The boundary commission award by Sir Cyril Radcliffe that demarcated the Pakistan-India border, dividing Punjab and Bengal.
What is the total area of Pakistan?
Approximately 796,096 square kilometres (about 881,913 sq km including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir).
Which countries share a border with Pakistan?
India (east), Afghanistan (northwest), Iran (southwest), and China (northeast); the Arabian Sea lies to the south.
What is the name of the boundary line between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
The Durand Line, demarcated in 1893.
What is the highest peak in Pakistan and the second-highest in the world?
K-2 (Mount Godwin-Austen), 8,611 metres, located in the Karakoram Range.
Name the three great mountain ranges in northern Pakistan.
The Himalayas, the Karakoram, and the Hindu Kush.
What is the longest and most important river of Pakistan?
The Indus River, which flows from Tibet through Pakistan into the Arabian Sea.
What are the five rivers of Punjab (the 'land of five rivers')?
Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas (with the Indus, often the Indus system's main tributaries are Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Indus).
Under the Indus Waters Treaty (1960), which three rivers were allocated to Pakistan?
The western rivers: Indus, Jhelum and Chenab (the eastern rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej went to India).
What type of climate does most of Pakistan experience?
Mostly arid to semi-arid (dry) climate, with hot summers, cool to cold winters, and great regional variation; rainfall is largely from the summer monsoon.
What are Pakistan's four main seasons?
Cold/winter (Dec-Feb), spring/pre-monsoon hot (Mar-May), summer monsoon/rainy (Jun-Sep), and the retreating monsoon/autumn (Oct-Nov).
Name some major mineral resources found in Pakistan.
Natural gas (Sui), coal (Thar), rock salt (Khewra), gypsum, limestone, chromite, copper and gold (Reko Diq), and iron ore.
Where is Pakistan's largest natural gas field located?
Sui, in Balochistan (discovered in 1952).
According to the 2023 Census, what is approximately Pakistan's population, making it the world's 5th most populous country?
About 241 million people.
Which is the most populous province of Pakistan?
Punjab, containing roughly half of the country's population.
What are the four provinces of Pakistan?
Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and Balochistan.
Which is the largest province of Pakistan by area, and which is the smallest?
Balochistan is the largest by area (about 44% of Pakistan); Punjab is the most populous, while the smallest province by area is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa among the four (federal capital territory aside).
What are the federally administered territories/units of Pakistan besides the four provinces?
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
What is the capital of Pakistan and when did it become the capital?
Islamabad; it replaced Karachi as the capital in 1960s (construction began 1960, became capital in 1967).
What is the national language and what is the official language of Pakistan?
Urdu is the national language; both Urdu and English are official languages.
What is the administrative hierarchy of a province in Pakistan (largest to smallest unit)?
Province → Division → District → Tehsil (Taluka in Sindh) → Union Council.
Which province has the most districts and what is the provincial capital of each of the four provinces?
Punjab has the most districts. Capitals: Punjab-Lahore, Sindh-Karachi, KPK-Peshawar, Balochistan-Quetta.
What is Pakistan's approximate population growth rate, a key demographic challenge?
Roughly 2% per year, among the highest in South Asia, contributing to a very young population (a large youth bulge).
What this deck covers
The Pakistan Studies deck follows the PMS Compulsory Papers Pakistan Studies syllabus — 7 chapters and 28 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 94 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Pakistan Studies flashcards FAQ
How many Pakistan Studies flashcards are in this PMS Compulsory Papers deck?
58 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these PMS Compulsory Papers flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 58-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Pakistan Studies cards cover?
They follow the PMS Compulsory Papers Pakistan Studies syllabus — 7 chapters and 28 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.