Pashto Language MCQs

1. What script is primarily used for writing the Pashto language?
(A) Devanagari
(B) Cyrillic
(C) Arabic script (Perso-Arabic)
(D) Latin

2. Pashto belongs to which language family?
(A) Indo-Aryan
(B) Iranian
(C) Dravidian
(D) Semitic

3. How many letters are there in the Pashto alphabet?
(A) 28
(B) 35
(C) 44
(D) 48

4. What is the term for ‘peace’ in Pashto?
(A) Aman
(B) Sulh
(C) Pegham
(D) Tolana

5. Who is considered the father of Pashto literature?
(A) Khushal Khan Khattak
(B) Amir Kror Suri
(C) Rehman Baba
(D) Hamza Baba

6. What does the Pashto word “Za” mean in English?
(A) He
(B) I
(C) You
(D) They

7. Which province of Pakistan has Pashto as a major language?
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh
(C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(D) Balochistan

8. The Pashto language has how many main dialects?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four

9. What is the word for “book” in Pashto?
(A) Kitaab
(B) Daftar
(C) Sabaq
(D) Maktaab

10. “Staso num sa dai?” translates to what in English?
(A) Where are you going?
(B) What is your name?
(C) How old are you?
(D) Do you speak Pashto?

11. Who wrote the famous Pashto book “Baz Nama”?
(A) Khushal Khan Khattak
(B) Amir Kror Suri
(C) Rehman Baba
(D) Ghani Khan

12. Pashto is one of the national languages of which country besides Pakistan?
(A) Iran
(B) Afghanistan
(C) India
(D) Tajikistan

13. What is the word for “water” in Pashto?
(A) Oba
(B) Pani
(C) Daryaa
(D) Shpa

14. What is “Shpa” in Pashto?
(A) Day
(B) Month
(C) Morning
(D) Night

15. Rehman Baba is known for writing in which genre?
(A) War poetry
(B) Religious poetry
(C) Epic poetry
(D) Romantic poetry

16. What is the plural of “kitab” (book) in Pashto?
(A) Kitaboona
(B) Kutuban
(C) Kitaban
(D) Kitabi

17. Which famous Pashto poet was also a philosopher and painter?
(A) Khushal Khan
(B) Hamza Baba
(C) Ghani Khan
(D) Ajmal Khattak

18. What is the word for “mother” in Pashto?
(A) Mor
(B) Nani
(C) Amma
(D) Waleeda

19. What does “Kho” mean in Pashto?
(A) No
(B) Yes
(C) But
(D) Only

20. Which institution in Pakistan promotes Pashto language and literature?
(A) Lok Virsa
(B) Pashto Academy
(C) National Book Foundation
(D) Academy of Letters

21. Pashto is most closely related to which of the following languages?
(A) Urdu
(B) Persian
(C) Arabic
(D) Balochi

22. What is the Pashto term for ‘school’?
(A) Madrasa
(B) Maktaab
(C) Iskul
(D) Tolana

23. Which poet is known for the famous Pashto work “Tazkira”?
(A) Rehman Baba
(B) Hamza Baba
(C) Khushal Khan Khattak
(D) Amir Kror

24. What does “Manana” mean in Pashto?
(A) Welcome
(B) Goodbye
(C) Thank you
(D) Sorry

25. “Za ta sara yam” means what in English?
(A) I am angry with you
(B) I am with you
(C) I miss you
(D) I saw you

26. The letter “ڼ” in Pashto represents which sound?
(A) Soft “n”
(B) Retroflex “n”
(C) Nasal “ng”
(D) Palatal “n”

27. Which region has the Yousafzai dialect of Pashto?
(A) Kandahar
(B) Swat
(C) Quetta
(D) Kabul

28. What is the Pashto equivalent of “yes”?
(A) Na
(B) Haa
(C) Bal
(D) Kho

29. The word “Kor” means what in Pashto?
(A) Family
(B) House
(C) Food
(D) Work

30. What is the Pashto word for “father”?
(A) Mor
(B) Pita
(C) Plar
(D) Abba

31. Which of the following is a famous Pashto proverb?
(A) Da sra murad na dai
(B) Har kala ba bahar we
(C) Da ghra sar gulo na pregi
(D) Spogmai da shpa malgaray da

32. What does “Khoday pa aman” mean in Pashto?
(A) Hello
(B) Goodbye
(C) Welcome
(D) Please

33. Which Pashto poet wrote “The Pathan”?
(A) Ghani Khan
(B) Ajmal Khattak
(C) Khushal Khan
(D) Rehman Baba

34. What is the feminine form of “Za lmar yam” (I am a boy)?
(A) Za gule yam
(B) Za jine yam
(C) Za lmar na yam
(D) Za zanana yam

35. What is “war” in Pashto?
(A) Aman
(B) Jang
(C) Sulh
(D) Tol

36. What does “staaso” mean in Pashto?
(A) Mine
(B) Our
(C) Your (plural)
(D) His

37. What is the Pashto word for “language”?
(A) Zaban
(B) Jabaa
(C) Lughwa
(D) Zra

38. Which of the following is a Pashto folk music instrument?
(A) Sitar
(B) Rabab
(C) Tabla
(D) Dholak

39. The Pashto Academy is based in which city?
(A) Peshawar
(B) Quetta
(C) Islamabad
(D) Swat

40. Which poet is known as the “poet of peace” in Pashto literature?
(A) Ghani Khan
(B) Hamza Baba
(C) Rehman Baba
(D) Khushal Khan Khattak