Popular sports of Pakistan
1. What is the national sport of Pakistan?
a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Hockey
d) Polo
Answer: c) Hockey
2. Which city is considered the hub of squash in Pakistan?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Peshawar
d) Islamabad
Answer: a) Lahore
3. In which sport did Pakistan win its first Olympic medal?
a) Hockey
b) Boxing
c) Athletics
d) Wrestling
Answer: a) Hockey
4. Who is known as the “Flying Bird of Asia” in Pakistan?
a) Jahangir Khan
b) Abdul Khaliq
c) Imran Khan
d) Shahbaz Ahmed
Answer: b) Abdul Khaliq
5. Which Pakistani athlete won a bronze medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
a) Arshad Nadeem
b) Muhammad Anas
c) Shah Hussain
d) Haris Sohail
Answer: a) Arshad Nadeem
6. In which city is the National Cricket Academy of Pakistan located?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Islamabad
d) Rawalpindi
Answer: a) Lahore
7. Who is considered the “Sultan of Swing” in Pakistani cricket?
a) Imran Khan
b) Wasim Akram
c) Waqar Younis
d) Shoaib Akhtar
Answer: b) Wasim Akram
8. Which Pakistani cricketer is known for his aggressive batting style and is nicknamed “Boom Boom”?
a) Misbah-ul-Haq
b) Shahid Afridi
c) Inzamam-ul-Haq
d) Younis Khan
Answer: b) Shahid Afridi
9. Which city is famous for producing talented football players and is known as the “City of Football” in Pakistan?
a) Karachi
b) Peshawar
c) Quetta
d) Sialkot
Answer: d) Sialkot
10. Who holds the record for the highest individual score by a Pakistani cricketer in Test cricket?
a) Younis Khan
b) Javed Miandad
c) Hanif Mohammad
d) Inzamam-ul-Haq
Answer: c) Hanif Mohammad
11. In which city is the Gaddafi Stadium located, Pakistan’s largest cricket stadium?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Islamabad
d) Multan
Answer: a) Lahore
12. Which Pakistani city is known for producing top-quality footballs used in international matches?
a) Sialkot
b) Lahore
c) Faisalabad
d) Gujranwala
Answer: a) Sialkot
13. Who is the first Pakistani to win an individual Olympic medal in any sport?
a) Muhammad Anas
b) Mansoor Ahmed
c) Shah Hussain
d) Arshad Nadeem
Answer: b) Mansoor Ahmed
14. Which Pakistani athlete won the gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics in the flyweight category of boxing?
a) Syed Hussain Shah
b) Hussain Shah
c) Muhammad Waseem
d) Muhammad Anwar
Answer: b) Hussain Shah
15. Who is the only Pakistani cricketer to score a triple century in Test cricket?
a) Javed Miandad
b) Hanif Mohammad
c) Inzamam-ul-Haq
d) Younis Khan
Answer: b) Hanif Mohammad
16. Which Pakistani athlete won the gold medal in the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games in the 200m sprint?
a) Abdul Khaliq
b) Muhammad Anas
c) Mansoor Ahmed
d) Abdul Malik
Answer: a) Abdul Khaliq
17. Which Pakistani city hosts the National Squash Championship every year?
a) Karachi
b) Peshawar
c) Islamabad
d) Lahore
Answer: d) Lahore
18. Who is the first Pakistani to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year award?
a) Wasim Akram
b) Waqar Younis
c) Shoaib Akhtar
d) Saqlain Mushtaq
Answer: a) Wasim Akram
19. Which Pakistani cricketer holds the record for the most wickets in Test cricket?
a) Wasim Akram
b) Imran Khan
c) Waqar Younis
d) Yasir Shah
Answer: c) Waqar Younis
20. Which Pakistani city is famous for its vibrant truck art and is often called the “City of Flowers”?
a) Islamabad
b) Karachi
c) Lahore
d) Peshawar
Answer: d) Peshawar
21. Who is the first Pakistani actress to be awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz?
a) Mehwish Hayat
b) Mahira Khan
c) Saba Qamar
d) Sanam Saeed
Answer: b) Mahira Khan
22. In which year did Pakistan win the ICC T20 World Cup?
a) 2007
b) 2009
c) 2011
d) 2016
Answer: d) 2016
23. Who is known as the “Magician of Spin” in Pakistani cricket?
a) Saqlain Mushtaq
b) Mushtaq Ahmed
c) Abdul Qadir
d) Saeed Ajmal
Answer: c) Abdul Qadir
24. Which Pakistani actor starred in the Bollywood film “Khoobsurat” opposite Sonam Kapoor?
a) Fawad Khan
b) Hamza Ali Abbasi
c) Sheheryar Munawar
d) Imran Abbas
Answer: a) Fawad Khan
25. Who was the captain of the Pakistan cricket team when they won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009?
a) Shoaib Malik
b) Misbah-ul-Haq
c) Younis Khan
d) Shahid Afridi
Answer: d) Shahid Afridi
26. Which Pakistani cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score in ODI cricket?
a) Saeed Anwar
b) Inzamam-ul-Haq
c) Fakhar Zaman
d) Imam-ul-Haq
Answer: c) Fakhar Zaman
27. Who is the first Pakistani to win an Oscar award?
a) Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
b) Asghar Farhadi
c) Hadiqa Kiani
d) Adnan Sami
Answer: a) Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
28. Which Pakistani cricketer has the nickname “Rawalpindi Express”?
a) Wasim Akram
b) Waqar Younis
c) Shoaib Akhtar
d) Imran Khan
Answer: c) Shoaib Akhtar
29. Who was the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) Malala Yousafzai
b) Abdul Sattar Edhi
c) Benazir Bhutto
d) Muhammad Yunus
Answer: b) Abdul Sattar Edhi
30. Which Pakistani singer is known as the “Queen of Melody”?
a) Abida Parveen
b) Nazia Hassan
c) Noor Jehan
d) Farida Khanum
Answer: c) Noor Jehan