Historical Background | MCQs

Explanation

Faisalabad, formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third-most-populous city in Pakistan.
Second-largest in the eastern province of Punjab.
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Pakistan City old name list
1-        Lyallpur was the old Name of Faisalabad

2-        Mahmood pur was the old Name of Lahore

3-        Kalanchi was the old Name of Karachi

4-        Raj Shahi was the old Name of Islamabad

5-        Persha pur was the old Name of Peshawar

6-        Khan Pur was the old Name of Gujranwala

7-        Cambell pur was the old Name of Attock

8-        Salwan Kot was the old Name of Sialkot

9-        Shal Kot was the old Name of Quetta

10-   Neroon Kot was the old Name of Hyderabad

11-   Khan Garh was the old Name of Jaccoabad

12-   Montgomery was the old Name of Sahiwal

13-   Pepri was the old Name of Bin Qasim

14-   Hindu Bagh was the old Name of Muslim Bagh

15-   Ajodhan pur was the old Name of Pakpatten

16-   Fort Sanemars was the old Name of Zhob

17-   owdayana was the old Name of Swat

Explanation

The Treaty was signed at Karachi by Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan,

the then President of Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru 

the then Indian Prime Minister, and Mr. W.A.B. Illif 

It was signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan

between India and Pakistan was brokered by World Bank

The Treaty is effective from 1st April 1960 

The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers  to Pakistan

• Indus
• Jhelum
• Chenab

while

and the Eastern Rivers to India

• Ravi
• Beas
• Sutlej
  

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Explanation

The Quit India Movement , also known as the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 9 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

Explanation

10 Muharram referred to as the Day of Ashurah , the day on which Hussain ibn Ali was martyred in the Battle of Karbala.