District Zakat Officer (BPS-17) in the Zakat and Usher Department-2014

Total Questions: 100

1 - Zakat and Usher ordinance was issued in____

A ) 15 June 1981

B ) 20 June 1980 ✅

C ) 1st July 1980

D ) 1st July 1979

2 - Prime objective of zakat and Usher is____

A ) To help the state

B ) To make the state stable

C ) Enable to make the welfare

D ) To assist the needy ✅

3 - Zakat and Usher ordinance_____

A ) Can be challenged in the supreme court

B ) Can be challenged in any Civil court

C ) Is immune from challenge ✅

D ) Can be challenged by the president

4 - No Zakat shall be charged and collected from a person who is___

A ) Dead

B ) Not a Muslim

C ) Not a citizen of Pakistan

D ) All of these ✅

5 - The amount of zakat deducted is credited in account___

A ) 08-Central zakat fund ✅

B ) 80-Central zakat fund

C ) 05-Central zakat fund

D ) 50-central Zakat fund

6 - The actual disbursement of Zakat is made through____

A ) Minister, Religious affairs

B ) Secretary zakat and Ushar

C ) Local Zakat committees(LZCs) ✅

D ) District coordination officer

7 - The ministry of religious affairs Zakat and Usher (MORA) allocates funds to the provinces on the basis of____

A ) Their areas

B ) Percentage of population ✅

C ) Their sources

D ) Their income and expenditure

8 - Zakat is distributed among____

A ) Mustehqeen-e-Zakat

B ) Guzara allowances

C ) Educational stipends and Deeni madaris

D ) All of these ✅

9 - In Punjab there are ____ district zakat committees (DSCs)

A ) 36 ✅

B ) 32

C ) 30

D ) 28

10 - What is Usher for the Muslim farmers ____Usher is for the non Muslims.

A ) Fay

B ) Jizya

C ) Kharaj ✅

D ) Toll Tax

11 - Usher Is not changed if the land is ____ of an acre

A ) 1/4 ✅

B ) 1/3

C ) 1/2

D ) 25 acre

12 - Usher Is collected in____

A ) Kind

B ) Cash ✅

C ) Barter system

D ) None of these

13 - ____ appoints the auditors to carry out audit of the central Zakat fund.

A ) Auditor General

B ) President

C ) Prime minister

D ) The central council ✅

14 - _____ appoints the auditors to carry out audit of the provisional Zakat fund.

A ) Advocate general

B ) Governor

C ) The provincial council ✅

D ) Chief minister

15 - Central zakat council consists of ____Ulema.

A ) 5

B ) 3 ✅

C ) 2

D ) 4

16 - Who is secretary General of Central zakat council?

A ) Administrator general ✅

B ) Prime minister

C ) President

D ) Judge of the supreme court

17 - The age of women members of the central Zakat council shell not be less than ____years.

A ) 30

B ) 40

C ) 45 ✅

D ) 50

18 - Local Zakat and Usher committee consists of ____ members.

A ) 7

B ) 9 ✅

C ) 11

D ) 12

19 - All members of the Zakat and Usher councils and committees are____

A ) Muslims ✅

B ) Not necessary

C ) At least one Christian

D ) One from any minority

20 - Representative of women in local committee is___

A ) 1

B ) 2 ✅

C ) 3

D ) Nil

21 - Wealth invested in trade of the amount of 200 Dirhams was subject to a Zakat of ____Dirhams during the early period of Islam.

A ) 2

B ) 2½

C ) 5 ✅

D ) 10

22 - Which animal of the following is not taxable for Zakat?

A ) Oxen

B ) Sheep

C ) Horse

D ) Elephant ✅

23 - Camels less than ____are zakat free as established by the holy prophet(PBUH)

A ) 3

B ) 5 ✅

C ) 6

D ) 7

24 - Sheep and goats less than ____ are Zakat free .

A ) 15

B ) 20

C ) 30

D ) 40 ✅

25 - Pasturing Oxen less than ____ are Zakat free.

A ) 10

B ) 15

C ) 30 ✅

D ) 35

26 - Zakat on horses was levied during the period of___

A ) Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)

B ) Hazrat Umar (RA) ✅

C ) Hazrat Ali (RA)

D ) Umar Bin Abdul Aziz

27 - Honey if an article of trade is taxable of ____ %Zakat.

A ) 2½

B ) 5

C ) 10 ✅

D ) 15

28 - Zakat of Eid ul Fitr( fitrana) is applicable on newborn infantsw.e.f._____

A ) Born on Chand rat ✅

B ) Born during Ramzan

C ) Born on Eid day

D ) Born after Eid prayers

29 - Fitrana on Muslims newly converted to the faith is____

A ) Optional

B ) Compulsory ✅

C ) Not necessary

D ) Nill

30 - Who is supposed to pay Fitrana of minor children?

A ) Themselves

B ) Mother

C ) Father ✅

D ) None of these

31 - For the or orphaned child without wealth responsibility of a payment of Fatarana lies on_____

A ) Himself

B ) Man aur woman on whom he depends ✅

C ) Mother

D ) Neighbour

32 - Zakat of Eid ul Fitr of insane person is___

A ) Compulsory

B ) Not compulsory ✅

C ) Optional

D ) None of these

33 - Which kind of food is acceptable for payment of Fitrana?

A ) Potatoes

B ) Grain

C ) Coconuts

D ) All of these ✅

34 - Whether food- stuffs of bad quality can be offered as Fitrana?

A ) Possible

B ) Optional

C ) Certainly not ✅

D ) None of these

35 - When Zakat of Eid ul Fitr must be satisfied at the latest?

A ) Sunrise of the Eid day ✅

B ) After Eid prayers

C ) During the Eid prayers

D ) Before Ramzan

36 - Which category of the following can be given Zakat?

A ) Poor and Needy

B ) Deeni madaris

C ) Debtors

D ) All of these ✅

37 - Usher on land produced during the period of Holy Prophet( peace be upon him) was collected at ____ it watered by a stream or rain.

A ) 2½%

B ) 5%

C ) 10% ✅

D ) Nil

38 - Lands watered by buckets during the period of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) were texed____.

A ) 2½%

B ) 5% ✅

C ) 10%

D ) Nil

39 - Which category of the following is/ are entitled for zakat?

A ) Alms collections

B ) Travellers

C ) Emancipation of slaves

D ) All of these ✅

40 - Who has the authority to exempt any person from Zakat in an Islamic state?

A ) Caliph

B ) Wali/Governor

C ) Imam

D ) None of these ✅

41 - What is the maximum water storage level of mangla Dam?

A ) 800 feet above sea level

B ) 1056 feet

C ) 1242 feet ✅

D ) 1424 feet

42 - To what extent water storage level of mangla Dam was raised recently?

A ) 30 feet ✅

B ) 35 feet

C ) 40 feet

D ) 60 feet

43 - What percentage of the UK citizens for independence of Scotland?

A ) 25%

B ) 55% ✅

C ) 70%

D ) 80%

44 - _____was appointed as the first C-in -C Pakistan army after the independence.

A ) Ayub Khan

B ) Gen.Gracey

C ) Lockhart

D ) Masservy ✅

45 - _____was appointed as the first governor of Punjab after the independence.

A ) Cunningham

B ) Francis Mudie ✅

C ) A R.Nashtar

D ) Bourne

46 - Islamabad became capital of Pakistan in___.

A ) 1947

B ) 1956

C ) 1960 ✅

D ) 1973

47 - Balochistan acquired the status of a province in___

A ) 1935

B ) 1947

C ) 1956

D ) 1970 ✅

48 - First session of the first constituent assembly of Pakistan was held on___

A ) 11 August 1947 ✅

B ) 14 August 1947

C ) 19 August 1947

D ) 3 September 1947

49 - The length of cost of Pakistan is ____ miles.

A ) 250

B ) 350

C ) 500

D ) 650 ✅

50 - The objectives Resolution was passed in___

A ) March 1940

B ) August 1947

C ) March 1956

D ) March 1949 ✅

51 - Pakistan joined the defence pacts with Anglo- American bloc in____

A ) 1947

B ) 1954 ✅

C ) 1956

D ) 1960

52 - Quaid-e-Azam resigned from the membership of Indian national Congress in____

A ) 1913

B ) 1954

C ) 1920 ✅

D ) 1928

53 - About whom Quaid-e-Azam had stated that he was his "Chief lieutenant" and "Right hand"?

A ) Liaqat Ali Khan ✅

B ) Ayub Khan

C ) Abdul Rab Nishtar

D ) Ch. Muhammad Ali

54 - Who was the first President of Pakistan?

A ) Ayub Khan

B ) Ghulam Muhammad

C ) Z.A Bhutto

D ) Iskander Mirza ✅

Explanation:

First President of Pakistan:

✅ Major General (Retd.) Iskander Mirza

Born: 13 November 1899, Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India

Death: 13 November 1969 (aged 70), London, United Kingdom
➡️ Buried in Tehran Capital of Iran, at Shah Mosque cemetery

✅Details
➡️ Attended Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (UK)
➡️ Commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1920
➡️ Later joined the Indian Political Service

✅ Political Career:

➡️ Defence Secretary of Pakistan (1947–1954)
➡️ Governor of East Bengal (1954)
➡️ Governor-General of Pakistan (1955–1956 ) 4th & Last Governor-General of Pakistan( 7 Aug 1955 – 23 Mar 1956 )

➡️ 23 March 1956: Pakistan became Islamic Republic of Pakistan.Governor-General post abolished.

➡️Iskander Mirza became the 1st President (23 March 1956–7 October 1958 )

➡️ Imposed first Martial Law on 7 October 1958, abrogated the constitution 1956 .

✅ Dismissed by General Ayub Khan on 27 October 1958, forced into exile.(After 20 Days).

The position of Vice President of Pakistan was established in December 1971 and abolished with the 1973 Constitution ✅ ).

Nurul Amin (AppointedDecember 1971 by General Yahya Khan) was the first and only individual to hold this position.

Nurul Amin as:

✅ Vice President (1971-1973)
✅ Also Prime Minister for a short time

Tenure: December 1971 – January 1972

55 - Bicameral system of legislature was introduced in Pakistan under the ___ constitution.

A ) Legal Framework order

B ) 1956

C ) 1962

D ) 1973 ✅

56 - Islam was declared as a state religion in the ____constitution.

A ) 1956

B ) 1962

C ) 1973 ✅

D ) In all of these

57 - Who was the Civilian Chief martial administrator in Pakistan?

A ) Z.A Bhutto ✅

B ) Ayub Khan

C ) Yahya khan

D ) Zia ul haq

58 - Pakistan become a member of NAM in____

A ) 1947

B ) 1961

C ) 1973

D ) 1979 ✅

59 - The first constitution of Pakistan was abrogated by____

A ) Ayub Khan

B ) Iskandar Mirza ✅

C ) Feroz Khan Noor

D ) Maulvi Tamiz-ud-din

60 - Who used the word of Pakistan when Lahore Resolution was passed?

A ) Quaid-e-Azam

B ) Ch. Khaleeq-uz-Zamaan

C ) AK Fazal-ul-haq

D ) Begum Maulana Muhammad Ali johar ✅

61 - Pirupur report was presented by ____

A ) Raja Syed Ahmed Medhi ✅

B ) Pir Kamran Shah

C ) Allama Iqbal

D ) Shah waliullah

62 - Pakistan joined the atomic club on____

A ) 28 May 1996

B ) 3 June 1997

C ) 28 May 1998 ✅

D ) 8 April 1999

63 - Women joined All India Muslim League in____

A ) 1906

B ) 1940

C ) 1947

D ) 1937 ✅

64 - Who was Cyrel Redcliffe?

A ) Engineer

B ) Doctor

C ) A Judge

D ) Lawyer ✅

65 - Which country recognised Pakistan first after its independence?

A ) Saudi Arabia

B ) Turkey

C ) Iran ✅

D ) America

66 - Forests in Pakistan are ____ percent of its total territorial area.

A ) 3.6 ✅

B ) 10.3

C ) 5.9

D ) 15.2

67 - The first recipient Nishan-e-Haider in Pakistan was___

A ) Aziz Bhatti

B ) Shabir

C ) Tufail

D ) Sarwar ✅

68 - Integration of West Pakistan (one-unit) was made in___

A ) 1947

B ) 1949

C ) 1955 ✅

D ) 1956

69 - The author of national anthem of Pakistan is____

A ) Ch. Rahmat Ali

B ) Hafeez Jalandharey ✅

C ) Allama Iqbal

D ) Quaid-e-Azam

70 - Who was the prime minister of Pakistan when our 1956 Constitution was framed?

A ) Ch. Mohammed Ali ✅

B ) Muhammad Ali Bogra

C ) Feroz Khan Noor

D ) Liaqat Ali Khan

71 - Which national leader of Pakistan was unanimously selected by the Muslim world to address the United Nation?

A ) Z.A Bhutto

B ) Liaqat Ali Khan

C ) Zia ul haq ✅

D ) Parvez Musharraf

72 - When India referred the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir to the UN?

A ) August 1947

B ) October 1947

C ) December 1947

D ) January 1948 ✅

Explanation:

✅ India referred the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to the United Nations on:

📅 January 1, 1948

Why? India took the matter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) due to the tribal invasion from Pakistan and rising conflict over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in October 1947.
Under which article? India invoked Article 35 of the UN Charter, which allows any member to bring a dispute to the attention of the Security Council or the General Assembly.
Result: The UNSC held its first discussion on January 6, 1948 and later passed Resolution 47 (April 21, 1948), recommending a ceasefire and a plebiscite in Kashmir (which has not been held to date).

73 - When USSR was dismembered?

A ) 1979

B ) 1990

C ) 1989

D ) 1991 ✅

74 - Who laid the foundation of British- India Association?

A ) Sir Syed ✅

B ) Ameer Ali

C ) A.O Hume

D ) Gandhi

75 - First population census in Pakistan was conducted in___

A ) 1947

B ) 1949

C ) 1951 ✅

D ) 1953

76 - The length of Indus river is____

A ) 3105 ✅

B ) 3053

C ) 2803

D ) 2736

77 - _____is the oldest Barrage of Pakistan.

A ) Taunsa

B ) Sukkur ✅

C ) Chasma

D ) Gudu

78 - Which dam was built first by Pakistan?

A ) Mangla

B ) Tarbella

C ) Warsak ✅

D ) Khurshidil khan

79 - The Headquarters of UN security council is located in___

A ) New York ✅

B ) Geneva

C ) Washington

D ) Vienna

80 - The strongest muscle of the human body is in the___

A ) Arm

B ) Jaws

C ) Leg

D ) Thigh ✅

81 - Total bones in a human being are:

A ) 189

B ) 206 ✅

C ) 309

D ) None of these

82 - The carbon dioxide inhaled in air is approximately____

A ) 41 %

B ) 4 %

C ) 0.04% ✅

D ) 1.4%

83 - Pakistan won the cricket world cup in___

A ) 1992 ✅

B ) 1993

C ) 1991

D ) 1994

84 - Division of military assets between Pakistan and Bharat after their independence was fixed at the ratio of:

A ) 1:3%

B ) 30:70%

C ) 25:75%

D ) 36:64% ✅

85 - The length of Siachen glacier is ____km.

A ) 45

B ) 51

C ) 72 ✅

D ) 81

86 - The currency of Norway is known as___

A ) Shekel

B ) Krone ✅

C ) Lira

D ) Peseta

87 - Average male brain weight ___ounces.

A ) 49 ✅

B ) 44

C ) 46

D ) 51

88 - Average female brain weights____ounces.

A ) 51

B ) 49

C ) 46

D ) 44 ✅

89 - Sea-horse is a ___

A ) Horse

B ) Fish ✅

C ) Crocodile

D ) None of these

90 - ____is called "Lady of the lamp"?

A ) Jane Eyre

B ) Mother Teresa

C ) Florence ✅

D ) Nightingale

91 - In a Republic head of the state is known as:

A ) Monarch

B ) Prime minister

C ) Dictator

D ) President ✅

92 - Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme court of Pakistan?

A ) Abdul Rashid ✅

B ) Muhammad Munir

C ) Cornllius

D ) Rustam Kiyani

93 - Pushtuns form____% ratio of population in Afghanistan.

A ) 60%

B ) 54%

C ) 48%

D ) 40% ✅

94 - The Coastline of Afghanistan is___km.

A ) 200

B ) 300

C ) 512

D ) None of these ✅

95 - When European single currency "Euro" was launched?

A ) 1st July 1998

B ) 1st January 1999 ✅

C ) 1st July 2000

D ) 15 July 1997

96 - Jerusalem is a Holy city for the___

A ) Muslims

B ) Jews

C ) Christians

D ) All of these ✅

97 - Pakistan became the 57th member of UNO on:

A ) 30 September 1947 ✅

B ) 30 August 1947

C ) 3 November 1947

D ) 3 December 1947

Explanation:

Pakistan officially became a member(57th Member) of the United Nations on September 30, 1947.
First ambassador of Pakistan to UNO was: Ahmed Shah Patras Bokhari
Afghanistan opposed Pakistani's membership in UNO.
First ambassador of Pakistan to UNO was: Ahmed Shah Patras Bokhari.
Begum Salma Tasadduq women was part of the delegation first sent to UNO after that creation of Pakistan.
Pakistan's current Permanent Representative to the UN is Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, who assumed the position on April 1, 2025. He is also the President of the UN Security Council for the month of July 2025.
Founded UNO: October 24, 1945, San Francisco, California, United States , Headquater :New York ,Members 193 member states, Permanent member is 05 which are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States Not members of the United Nations (UN) are Taiwan, Kosovo, and Vatican City. President Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President)as the "Father of the United Nations.
António Guterres(he is from Portugal) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations. He is the ninth Secretary-General, his term began 1 January 2017.
The highest office of UNO is General Assembly,The United Nations has six(6) main organs,The six(6) official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

98 - British commonwealth was established in___

A ) 1911

B ) 1921

C ) 1931 ✅

D ) 1947

99 - _____is the largest Island of the world.

A ) Australia

B ) Greenland ✅

C ) Iceland

D ) Indonesia

100 - Quaid-e-Azam's favourite game was___

A ) Chess

B ) Cricket

C ) Tennis

D ) Billiard ✅