Afghanistan | MCQs

Explanation

Pakistan allowed Indian trucks to carry aid for Afghanistan in December 2021.

Explanation

The “Great Game” has been played for centuries in Afghanistan, known as the “graveyard of empires.”

"the graveyard of nations and empires," has been used in a figurative sense to describe the Old Testament's Book of Isaiah.

Explanation

Durand Line is the 2,640-kilometer (1,640-mile).

Durand Line border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Old Length 2,611 km (1,622 mi)

History

Established 12 November 1893

Signing of the Durand Line Agreement at the end of the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Current shape 8 August 1919

Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 ratified at the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War

Explanation

Reports in 2022 indicate that the remaining Sikh community in Afghanistan was estimated to be around 150

Explanation

The Battle of Saragarhi was fought on 12 September 1897.

The Battle of Saragarhi was fought between the British Punjabi Soldiers and Afghan tribesmen

The Battle of Saragarhi was a last-stand battle fought before the Tirah Campaign 

On 12 September 1897, an estimated 12,000 – 24,000 Orakzai and Afridi tribesmen were seen near Gogra, at Samana Suk

Explanation

Sultan Mehmood Ghaznavi came from Ghazni, a region in Afghanistan.

Mahmud of Ghazni was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty,

ruling from 998 to 1030.

Born: November 2, 971 AD, Ghazni, Afghanistan

Died: April 30, 1030, Ghazni, Afghanistan

Full name: Abolghasem Mahmoud Ibn Nadim

Explanation

Islamabad hosted an OIC-led international meeting over Afghanistan 

 19 December 2021, on the sidelines of the 17th Session of the Emergency Meeting of the OIC Council 

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SH1-9-2023

Explanation

on June 6 Muhammad Sadiq has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister/Minister of State

and  Pakistan’s first special representative for Afghanistan

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He is also a member of BOG of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad.

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ND03-12-2022

Explanation

• Lord Lytton, who was the Governor-General of India from 1876 to 1880, followed a spirited "Forward" policy towards Afghanistan.
• He believed that the British should pursue an aggressive policy towards Afghanistan, which led to the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
• Lytton was appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and purportedly feared the spread of Russian influence in Central Asia.

Explanation

• The Durand Commission was established in 1893, during the viceroyship of Lord Lansdowne. The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Indian Empire by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Emir of Afghanistan.