Loved it...

GOT 100%

Dear Editor, I am Indian from Nagpur. May be because I am a regular reader of Dawn I could solve 11 questions correctly. Thanks to you DAWN for making it possible.

a long time ago 1 dollar= 1 Pak Rupee

14/15 · Scored 93% simple questions, but unfortunately more 50% who took the above quiz , scored less then 60%, they need to take lessons in Pakistan studies.

Wonderful. It renewed my knowledge in two questions that I answered wrong

Like the photo. Informative & interesting.

Good effort by dawn.. Thanks

The need of military rule always resulted due to fragile democracy....

lol . though im from india But i scored 43 %, i regret that i have not much knowledge about our brothers

informative

Awesome.. D

Amazing experience. Keep posting such tests.

ha...After 13 years i was called again the "Back Bencher".... enjoyed it...

Pakistan Zindaabad..!! loved this Quiz indeed

There is one question which is wrong. Women in some part of Pakistan have yet to get voiting rights

It's kind a informative test, i have learned something new. Keep posting these kind of Quiz's . Keep it up DAWN,You'r doing well.

indeed interesting and important

"No samosa [for me]" bumped out because of my 6/15 performance and because I like samosas the most! Today is going to be a bad day :(

Its very good step by the news paper to start such kind informative of activity about Pakistan and its history near our independence day.

being history buff, i thought i would get 100% but error of judgement got me to 80%. Still its great to test myself. Stirred but not shaken.:)

Glad

scored 8/15 in first attempt but got one deliberately wrong so its 9/15.... good result at the age of 15

Good attempt. Got 100% correct.

9/15

Awesome.. Keep posting such tests

got only 40% very poor knowledge :(

I know i have made some mistakes BUT i'm acquainted with the answer of Questions about the dissolution of first constituent assembly BUT made it wrong in over confidence.BUT thanks you called me a average student not first row and give me a samosa which is nice thing for me.AND i request You to please held these quiz more hope so that makes me first row student and make me able for one Biryani plate.

its truly interesting and amazing surely would help in competitive exams, pk

I am from India. loved the quiz, had chance to know better about Pakistan. Thanks,

I am indian and regular reader of DAWN I got 40%

Good and increase a knowledge .

A very good initiative by Dawn. I really enjoyed it.

7/15 · Scored 46% Result: Pakistan history ka back-bencher

Its wonderful drill to re-think about our homeland....we have forgotten the basic information and knowledge, BRAVO Dawn team for making us re-think and polish our knowledge.. I hope more knowledge tests will be introduced soon

@Rohit Sharma No

I am fluke master ! Below 60%

informative ... good idea... keep continue the good work

93% :D

80 % but some were guess

I born Pakistani (10th July 1948) I still remember the day when General Ayub Khan toppled the government of General Iskender Mirza and imposed martial-law on 27th Oct 1958.

interesting and informative

I Got 100 percent...Nice

it really revived history knowledge.very interesting and informative indeed

Interesting

@Rohit Sharma Thats not true according to the law. However, you are right in the sense that some women are not allowed by their male counterparts to go an vote. This particularly happens close to Afghan border where the mind set is quite conservative.

thank you i got D . happy Pakistan

awesome

good peep into the history ....some more on sports to be there

I love it though scored 53%.

14/15 · Scored 93% The question is: what do you NOT know about Pakistan's history! You deserve a gold medal and maybe the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz along with the A+

Got full marks :)

o wat a great quize is it...superb, i did score 86%. great dawn.

A+, 93%..... 14/15 questions Well settled test (y)

Scored 53%, but I'm enlightened. I wish I could have earned a Samosa. Thanks.

I got 100% marks

lot of question were not in social studies taught at school. Almost none of them. so i pass :)

Did quite well scored 8 out of 15

Pakistan's history is so complex that these questions should not be included in the history of Pakistan. History includes when first Prime Minister was shot. Why another was hanged., etc.

I am Indian and Regular reader of pakistani news . 10/15 · Scored 66%

No matter who ruled for how long things are not getting any better.Looking back,Ayub Khan was the best.

Opps 40%. I think, I need to reappear for supplimentary papers.

in my view it was the result of our political leaders bed dissensions

I tried it as a curious one bt obviously .....Grt fun....

13/15... I know,, I know history.. love it

From India, could score 8 / 15 (53%). Missed couple with narrow margin. Good to have such quiz to enhance our general knowledge. Thanks to Dawn!

12/15 · Scored 80% Result: Pakistan history ka front-row student

12/15 · Scored 80% Result: Pakistan history ka front-row student By the Way mai aapka parosi hu.

Although couldn't answer 100% correct...but...loved to attempt and acknowledge we must have knowledge of historical events of our country at least.... Hats off to Dawn for initiating such an interesting & knowledgeable section.

@Anonymous There are many places like Tal, Mateela and others in KPK region where women are not allowed to cast their votes in elections. According to Pakistan's election commission report, 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where not a single woman voted in the country's 2008 election.

@Rohit Sharma : They have got voting rights everywhere. At certain places due to custom and tradition, they do not exercise this right. I am sure this would be the case in certain places in India as well.

AWESOME...

Whatever i studied i tried to answer with that knowledge and i got 20%...all textbooks huh burn them

@Ammar Khan I have answered 2 questions correctly. I am too intelligent

Lol....got 33%

Thnx god im not back bencher in history.:-)

As is usual with me I always flunk the first time but a 100% on retake, well that is really nothing to boast about but it is gratifying. Try at least one more time. But more importantly quit as soon as you can and move on to other things in life.

80% - B+ Whooooaaaaa i made it :)

I am from India and scored 33% (5/15), loved the result "backbencher" :-)

wow its nice

1OO percnt n dsrv TAMGHA IMTIAZ :)

I got B+ grade and really enjoyed two chicken rolls and a glass of lassi. .. Awesome. .

13/15 · Scored 86%, Ahhh..., it means a far cry from best still needs an extensive workout of brains. Well, the sumptuous effort by Dawn to recall the history of our beloved country. Thanks, Dawn.

Only 53%...No Samosa for me...

got A+ nice and much fruitful effort by dawn keep on it.

Please do this on regular bases..

Great

100%..... . . . in 2nd attempt lolx :P

Assalamualikum Dears, I am from Srinagar ( Jammu & kashmir) . It's good experience to take part in such quiz's. I am happy to correctly answer most of the q's. Good job Dawn.

Got 100%.......... in 2nd attempt :P Long live Pakistan

Got a samosa :-) Pakistan zindabad

I got it 100% on second try. First one was miserable.At least now I know a few more facts about Pakistan.

I was rather amazed to learn when ist female commercial pilot shukria khanum was trained in 1959, when newly indepedent country was in its infancy. How progressive was the country at the time as compared today. I wonder how many female commercial pilots are trainned since than.

Great experience.

66%

Nice one!

66

Got 46%. I guess as an India that is good enough. Learnt some more about Pakistan.

Oh I am excited on this......it means i Know Pakistan very well

@Hassan ,more military rule to come !!!!!

Very nice. Really jolted my memory cells. At least I know for sure that I do not suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Some of the questions, however in my humble opinion, fall in the category of minor details in the greater scheme of things.

simply ,love this wonderful idea ,keep the good work up DAWN

keep the good work up DAWN

jEHAN, I scored 86%, better than average Pakistani though I left Pakistan in 1962and have lived abroad since then ,in England , Canada and in US in the past 45 years. thank you Dawn for this quiz

With Majority :( :P

@India walla .... mention not dear ... keep it up

no mention dear keep it up i scored 100%

I love the question because I love Pakistan. Long live Pakistan.

Am I not entitled to any big prize, say an "Audi"?

Got my A+ [in second attempt ofcourse :p]

Such basics about its own country and one must know. though i was wrong at certain points thank you for making my mistakes correct and update my knowledge. it is good activity organized by Dawn to telling People specially to Youth about basics facts of the country in this way.

Pakistan Zindabad...!!!

12/15 , 80% well that was quite fun

cant beleive that u indian can solve 11 out ov 15 question

thiz quiz was just very very nformative n i cant beleive that an indian can answere these question

93pc. Well they say i deserve a gold medal or tamgha e imtiaz along with A+. Im currently doing MBA i hope i will manage to get a good job after completing it.

I did'nt know i am that good in pakistan studies...

I got 7/15 correct. Thanks for the quiz.

9/15. 2 marked wrong and not cz i dint know, lol

Wonderful effort by dawn....

Thanks, I'm happy to get 46%...being an Indian, it doesn't look that bad a score! What say?

Good job and good luck

Scored 100% .... On second attempt

I got 100% and i am an idian :)

Am Indian born American and scored 66% :) .. I wonder how I would fare if I take similar test for India. Maybe Daw can organize a similar one for Indian history ...just a thought.

My score was 26% which is a bad one. I feel ashamed. It should be a lot better. Really ashamed

i am from india. I played but could answered 4 correctly. thanks dawn.. learned something new abt pakistan

@Rakesh Really good one Rakesh, I live in Karachi, Pakistan and I scored 60%. Good effort by Dawn...much appreciated.

11/15.... good step dawn....it must be continued in future...

80%

Misfortune for this country started with the abrogation of the 1956 Constitution realization by the Bengali that they are no where with adoption of One Unit. Political will and culture not allowed to flourish. Personal ambition and subjugation of masses became order of the day and continuing on an exponential scale even today. Fools not realizing what the Almighty have given to us and how many sacrificed their lives for it. What potential what people all laid waste. Even then a tiny flicker of hope remains and that is all we got for now.

This is wonderful, quick test of your knowledge and at the same time informative too

I got a D :(

im from kerala, india and got 8 questions right.

Between 70-79% not bad for someone who left Pakistan in 1967 to settle in England

its a great way for people like me who know nothing about pakistan to learn something ....btw i scored 7 correct,, but one or two of those were fluke guesses

I got 14/15, 93% score.

15/15, got 100%. It was a really awesome idea.

I am an Indian but got 40% .. Strange !! :)

Just 46%

I scored 60%. Being an Indian, this is not that bad! :)

I am an Indian not living in India but who has heritage from what was former India and I managed to get 13/15 right. 4 questions were guesses but correct. It was good learning experience. Although as long as there is human greed and too much self righteousness among people of these countries, I do not foresee any normalcy of relationships, but I can hope one day there will be enough sanity will prevail on them. And then may be they can do good trade and tourism which many beautiful parts of Pakistan and India has to offer.

Thanks Dawn....you made my day.

We haven't study these questions in Pakistan Studies.

Very healthy Activity initiated by Dawn news, it must be started periodically on national days of Pakistan.

Did a quick run through and got in the 50 - 60 % bracket ....... I should read more NFP.

from Goa. Our joint culture is much longer than 70 years - lets celebrate that. Else 70 years will be too short to believe in really.

Hat's off to Dawan Newspaper and I think Dawan should attamp history Quizzes like this on a large scale. Numbers of questions in this quiz are very few. It didn't satisfiy my thirst for History knowledge. Any how Good Effort.

Intersting quiz and v. Bad result :) I thought I am good in Pak history but 6/15

A+

This is great. Finally somebody is waking up to realize how important to know who we are.

The most interesting was the history behind the Pakistani flag: a modern version of 4 flags combined: Delhi Sultanate (horisontaly green), Othoman Sultanate(star and crecsent, also mening enlightenment and prosperity), Mughal Sultanate ( the 1x1 box depicted as green) and the All India Muslim League (which itself were depicted as a mix of the previous 3 flags).

100 %

100%..an INDIAN.

An Indian whose knowledge of Pakistan is similar to an 'Aam Pakistani'

v. interesting..i got d..dawn should monthly do such activity

B+ 86%

3/15 what a shame

Poor knowledge of Pakistan Studies. Got 46 %

One wrong question and answer. Begum Liaqat Ali Khan was the first woman to be the governor of Sindh not the country Pakistan.

80%

It was amazing activity to make us realize: "kay hum kitnay paani main hain"!! ;)

Glad to see I am still keeping my standard. I passed the test. 40% correct. 33% is passed.

I really enjoyed doing it. It should be continue.. Thanks Dawn for connecting with our past. At one question I was amazed that women were given voting right since 1947. The world should know real face of Pakistan that women enjoy high status in Pakistan.

100% hahaha

Gujarati born in Kenya visited India a few times. Got 66%!!!!!!!

"Front row student". Don't know which place is it. Never been there. Where is it? Does somebody know? :)

@An Indian,thanks to all my indian friends,Ist time there was no acrimony in their replies,can't we live like that! Thanks again.

Very cool! Love the encouraging comments at the end of the test. I went from getting a samosa to chicken rolls and lassi on my second try !

@Rohit Sharma ,and what will be that part of Pakistan,genius?

I got 14 out of 15 - 93 percent yeahhhh!!!

All the photographs of Pakistani women that I have seen in Saris look very beautiful. They,I feel they were much freer those days

Really very interesting and informative.

Thank you Dawn loved it and learnt same time

6 out of 15 Result: D (Back Bencher). I am poor in history and may have scored same in quiz regarding Indian History too

@Rohit Sharma I know women in some part of India have more rights than rest of the world, as they can have 2 husbands at the same time to keep the piece of land or property intact.

Got 73 %, interesting to see why there are least number of people in 70-79% bracket.What does it tell

66% correct only !

Pakistan zindaabad really useful activity

@GENERATION NEXT How far do you wish to go? In the year 1700, India's GDP was 25 percent of the world GDP.

Now the real beneficial use of Media come Forward.

@Umer It tell that you are a student with (70-79%) and we are hard working class(60-69%), who has been long away from studies and research since putting our selves into work.

I solved 9 out of 15, 60% , all because of daily reading dawn to understand Pakistan.

ahan i am not the first row student i am back bencher but still i got 80% score :P

7/15 :( should have done better, going to redo so I can remember the ones I got wrong.

it was nice exercise..score 14/15..

Wonderful and interesting quiz.....thanks to dawn news

A+ in 2nd attempt

Great Job ! Well on time Needed Much. Thanks

Scored 60%, not bad for a person from the land of your ancestors :-)

Hahaha....Great quiz.... This shows we dont know anything about our own country History

" 8/15 · Scored 53% Result: Pakistan history ka back-bencher The quiz was definitely hard at some points, but this is quite poor. No samosa for you." :D awesome! Thank you so much Dawn for providing us with some refreshment.

Good one... After a very long time come across some thing useful and much forgotten about Pakistan. Keep the Spirit and request the same to do from time to time.

Awesome Quizz by DAWN Team. (PSSsst.. Iam saying this cause i scored 93 %..and hopefully get a Sher-korma for my effort as prize :d)

I scored 70-79% which is not bad for someone who does not take much interest in Pakistan and has lived in England since 1967. Very pleased

Being a pakistani, I am ashamed that I did not get 100% marks as it is our duty to not only know our history but to let our next generation know about it as well.

Got 100% on second attempt. Thank you for teaching me basic facts.

DAWN team, Can request you also conduct quiz on Wildlife of Pakistan? Especially endangered species like the Indus river dolphin, Kashmir gray langoor, Kashmir red deer, Baluchistan dormouse, Asiatic cheetah, Pakistan sand cat, Caracal of Sindh and my favorite animal Marmot from Khyber. In India we know very little about Pakistan wildlife and habitat conservation projects done by people of Pakistan. I find it sometimes disappointing that occasionally about falconry stories and snow leopards over the past year there we do not get to read about the rich wildlife that Pakistan has.. it's like an enigma:(

GOT 100%

informative

enjoy this quiz :)

Dear Sir, I am from Indore (India). I solved 10 questions correctly. Thanks.

Amazing

Yeah!! :) scored 93% :)

Amazing

Just 60%

History was never my forte :/ Still, I tried my best to memorize this knowledge (with years) thanks to DAWN 8/15 in first attempt. 15/15 in second

Lovely

I am from India, yet I scored 60 %. I know Ghulam Mohammad was the Governor General of Pakistan because he was also the founder of our company "Mahindra & Mahindra" H.Q. in Mumbai, which was earlier called " Mahindra & Mohammad". I bet a lot of Indians and Pakistanis alike don't know this.

70-79%

got 100 percent

haha got D grade i never went to pak study class...

Scored 66% AND GET THIS COMMENT : Not a front-row student, but you're not a history back-bencher either. Have a samosa for making it all the way through.

Hi. I am from India. I scored 8/15

Got stuck at the very first question, I believe Pakistan has been under military rule ever since Liaqat Ali Khan was assassinated in 1951. Some times under foreign military rule and sometimes under Pakistan military rule. One can exclude ZA Bhutto's six years but I consider Bhutto's personal FSF as a military.

it was really entertaining and knowledgeable............ keep it up dawn

Good thing to see and do. enjoyed

@GENERATION NEXT It was year pre 1947 when there was no Pakistan on world map.

Dil dil pakistan.

60-69%. My bad...!

known figure..this was an easy question

Why aint there any question about the role of Sindhis in the independence of Pakistan? Like which Assembly passed the Pak resolution in favor of formation of Pak? and When? And struggle of ancestors in the formation of Pak. Most of the questions were useless.

Iam from Bangalore India and Got 10/15. Thanks to the fact that I read Dawn ( editorial and opinion) Since 2004. I must confess that My perception about Pakistan changed positively after I started reading Dawn. I think all Indian should be encouraged to read Dawn and All Pakistanis to read The Hindu ( didnt mislead by the Name , this is the most admired newspaper in India for its courageous reporting and commitment to India's pluralism and secularism )

I enjoyed the quiz!

continue these sort of step in proper pattern

Scored 60%. Then again I'm an Indian, so I think I did ok.

I am a D-grade. As my father always told me.

Secured 80%

You guys shouldn't conclude that Pakistani's poor in their history. I am sure many Indians took this test. I myself from India scored D.. so Dawn should show result by region if possible..

@YKS i also loved that terminology used for myself

It was fun :) you should do it weekly

being Indian , a got " Pakistan history ka aam Pakistani"

Excellent quiz

$64k Question ? When was Dawn's first copy published and from where ?

Interesting !

(B+) it's good to see that I don't flunk in Pak. studies :)

That's Nice. I think these type of test must be organised on regular basis.

That's impressive. I think these type of test must be conducted on regular basis.

yipeeeeeeeee!!!

I Did It

Got 93%

93 %

I am from Bhubaneswar, India. Extremely sorry for not knowing enough about our own neighbour. For last few days I am reading Dawn & see the problem in both of our countries are almost similiar . We are still carrying the baggage of British India & not realised the value of complete freedom.People from both sides are shouting against each other without going to the root of the problem .I think the sacrfice of nearly 1 million people of united India at the time of partition did not resolve the religious hartedness among ourselves. I request the post partition generation of united India to come forward,to rectify the past mistake, dream of a united Bharat & fulfil the dream of our great freedom fighters who sacrificed their life hoping to see a better India. Thank you Dawn for bringing me closer to my own neighbour & thank all Pakistanis who still struggle for a progressive Pakistan .

appreciable effort by DAWN.

Very Informative ... :)

Got 100% at 2nd attempt

13/15 Questions. 86% Such efforts are appreciated and encouraged! Well done DAWN.

I only trust the military. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

An indian, and a Hindu, I love and respect your country! I look forward to the day when we can travel freely to each other's country , without fear and visas! I got just 7 correct, need to brush up my Pakistan history!

12/15

@Hemanth Youre welcome anytime

this is very interesting and useful for me