Who is considered the national poet of Pakistan?
a) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
b) Allama Iqbal
c) Ahmad Faraz
d) Mir Taqi Mir
Which famous Pakistani artist is known as the “Pablo Picasso of Pakistan”?
a) Sadequain
b) Abdur Rahman Chughtai
c) Gulgee
d) Ismail Gulgee
What is the title of Allama Iqbal’s famous poetry collection in Persian?
a) Bang-e-Dra
b) Asrar-e-Khudi
c) Bal-e-Jibril
d) Zarb-e-Kalim
Which Pakistani writer won the Man Asian Literary Prize?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Daniyal Mueenuddin
d) Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Which art style is Abdur Rahman Chughtai famous for?
a) Calligraphy
b) Miniature painting
c) Abstract art
d) Surrealism
Which city is considered the hub of Pakistan’s literary and cultural activities?
a) Karachi
b) Islamabad
c) Lahore
d) Peshawar
Which Pakistani writer is famous for the novel Moth Smoke?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Nadeem Aslam
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani poet wrote Subh-e-Azadi (Dawn of Freedom)?
a) Habib Jalib
b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
c) Ahmad Faraz
d) Josh Malihabadi
Which form of poetry is most commonly associated with Urdu literature?
a) Haiku
b) Ghazal
c) Sonnet
d) Limerick
Who was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) No Pakistani has won
b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Bapsi Sidhwa
Which organization promotes art and culture in Pakistan?
a) Pakistan Arts Council
b) Lok Virsa
c) National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)
d) All of the above
Which festival celebrates literature in Pakistan annually?
a) Lahore Literary Festival
b) Karachi Biennale
c) Pakistan Fashion Week
d) Jashn-e-Rekhta
Who is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Nadeem Aslam
d) Tariq Ali
Which Pakistani city is known for its rich Sufi poetry and literature?
a) Islamabad
b) Lahore
c) Multan
d) Quetta
Who is known as the father of modern calligraphy in Pakistan?
a) Sadequain
b) Gulgee
c) Abdur Rahman Chughtai
d) Ahmed Khan
Which genre of literature is Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali associated with?
a) Science fiction
b) Historical fiction
c) Poetry
d) Mystery
What is the name of the famous Urdu literary magazine founded by Mirza Ghalib?
a) Shama
b) Naqoosh
c) Ghalib Nama
d) Funoon
Who wrote the famous novel Ice-Candy Man?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Kamila Shamsie
d) Nadeem Aslam
Which art form is an integral part of Pakistani truck art?
a) Miniature painting
b) Calligraphy
c) Geometric designs
d) Vibrant floral patterns
Which Pakistani poet is known for his revolutionary poetry?
a) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
b) Ahmad Faraz
c) Habib Jalib
d) Munir Niazi
Which famous literary work by Allama Iqbal discusses the philosophy of self?
a) Bang-e-Dra
b) Asrar-e-Khudi
c) Bal-e-Jibril
d) Zarb-e-Kalim
Which Pakistani artist is famous for modernizing Islamic calligraphy?
a) Ismail Gulgee
b) Sadequain
c) Jamil Naqsh
d) Ahmed Parvez
What is the primary language of classical Pakistani literature?
a) English
b) Urdu
c) Punjabi
d) Persian
Which Pakistani novelist wrote Home Fire?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Nadeem Aslam
d) Bapsi Sidhwa
Which province of Pakistan is most famous for Sufi poetry?
a) Sindh
b) Punjab
c) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
d) Balochistan
Which famous Pakistani poet is known for writing in both Persian and Urdu?
a) Ghalib
b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
c) Allama Iqbal
d) Ahmad Faraz
Which is the largest cultural museum in Pakistan?
a) Lok Virsa Museum
b) Lahore Museum
c) Mohatta Palace Museum
d) Taxila Museum
Which literary figure is credited with modernizing Urdu literature in the 20th century?
a) Saadat Hasan Manto
b) Ismat Chughtai
c) Qurratulain Hyder
d) All of the above
Which classical Pakistani poet is famous for Bulleh Shah Kalam?
a) Baba Farid
b) Bulleh Shah
c) Waris Shah
d) Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
