Linguistic | MCQs

Explanation

 Article 251 of the Constitution declares Urdu to be the national language of Pakistan.

The national bird of Pakistan Chukar

The national animal of Pakistan markhor
National fruit of Pakistan Mango
The national dish of Pakistan nihari
National flower of Pakistan jasmine

AGM 30.4.23

Explanation

The percentage of Punjabi-speaking people in Pakistan is 39%.

List of other Languages:

Sindhi speaking in Pakistan: 15%

Pashto speaking in Pakistan: 18%

Urdu in speaking Pakistan: 8%

Balochi speaking in Pakistan: 3%

Explanation

یہ سوال پاکستان پوسٹ کے پیپر میں اردو میں پوچھا گیا ہے

Urdu is a word in the Turkish language, it means Army

Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan

The name Urdu was first used by the poet Ghulam Hamadani Mushafi around 1780 

Maulvi Abdul Haq is the father of Urdu

Explanation

Near to 74 languages are spoken in Baluchistan like:

Punjabi

Pashto

Sindhi

and Balochi.

while 

Official Language of Pakistan: English, Urdu

National Language: Urdu

30 languages are spoken in Pakistan

while

Five languages have more than 10 million speakers each – 

Punjabi

 Pashto

Sindhi

Saraiki

Urdu.

while

The most widely spoken language in Pakistan is Punjabi (48 % speak), followed by the Punjabi variant Siraiki (10 percent),

2nd Sindhi 12%

Pashto 8%

Balochi 3%

Hindko 2%

ND18-2-2023

Explanation

Only one word of the Pakistani National Anthem is in Urdu other all words are common but are used in Persian

About National Anthem

National Anthem was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 

the music was produced by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949.

It was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem on 13 August 1954.

Ahmed Rushdi recorded the National Anthem of Pakistan in 1954.

After 68 years Pakistan's National Anthem recorded

15 lines in the National Anthem of Pakistan

48 Words in the National Anthem of Pakistan

The National Anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time in front of Raza Shah Rahalvi of Iran

Explanation

• The word Pakistan is related to the Persian and Urdu.
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• The word Pakistan consists of two parts, i.e., Pak and Istan.
  
• While Pak is a Persian word,
  
• The word Pakistan means a holy/ pure/ clean place (country) and not the 'Land of the Pure'.
•  The word Istan is from the word isthan, which is a Hindi word meaning a place.
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• The word Pakistan was first introduced now or never in 1933 by Choudhry Rahmat Ali. 

Explanation

کنایہ کے لغوی معنی ہیں ڈھکی چھپی یا پوشیدہ بات۔

ادبی اصطلاح میں ایسی بات جو براہِ راست نہ کہی جائے بلکہ اشارے یا علامت سے سمجھائی جائے، کنایہ کہلاتی ہے۔

Explanation

 a noun phrase has a noun as its Head. Determiners and adjective phrases usually constitute the pre-Head string:

[NP the children]

[NP happy children]

Explanation

30 languages are spoken in Pakistan

while

Five languages have more than 10 million speakers each – 

Punjabi

 Pashto

Sindhi

Saraiki

Urdu.

while

The most widely spoken language in Pakistan is Punjabi (48 % speak), followed by the Punjabi variant Siraiki (10 percent),

2nd Sindhi 12%

Pashto 8%

Balochi 3%

Hindko 2%

Explanation

A diphthong is a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel and glides into another within the same syllable.

"Toil" contains the diphthong /ɔɪ/ (as in "oil").