1. After independence in 1947, Pakistan faced which major economic problem?
(A) Excess foreign investment
(B) Abundance of resources
(C) Surplus industrialization
(D) Scarcity of capital
2. At independence, Pakistan’s economy was mainly:
(A) Agricultural
(B) Industrial
(C) Service-based
(D) Technology-driven
3. One of the early economic problems of Pakistan was:
(A) Oversupply of skilled labor
(B) Excess tourism
(C) Partition of industries with India
(D) Overproduction of ports
4. Which sector employed the majority of Pakistan’s workforce after independence?
(A) Mining
(B) Manufacturing
(C) Services
(D) Agriculture
5. Pakistan faced a shortage of which resource after independence?
(A) Water only
(B) Skilled manpower and capital
(C) Fish only
(D) Tourism facilities
6. How did the partition affect Pakistan’s economy?
(A) Loss of major industrial and financial centers to India
(B) Increased industrialization
(C) Surplus foreign reserves
(D) Developed ports immediately
7. Which financial center was lost to India at independence?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Karachi
(C) Lahore
(D) Calcutta and Bombay
8. Pakistan’s early foreign trade problem was due to:
(A) Lack of industrial base
(B) Surplus of goods
(C) Excess ports
(D) Tourism focus
9. One early economic challenge was:
(A) Heavy dependence on India for raw materials
(B) Surplus industrial production
(C) Excess foreign investment
(D) Oversupply of skilled labor
10. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves at independence were:
(A) Very low
(B) Very high
(C) Moderate
(D) Surplus
11. Which sector contributed most to Pakistan’s GDP in early years?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Industry
(C) Services
(D) Mining
12. Early industrialization in Pakistan was limited because:
(A) Excess skilled labor
(B) Pakistan had too much capital
(C) Most industries remained in India
(D) Surplus raw materials
13. Pakistan faced a shortage of:
(A) Rivers
(B) Agricultural land
(C) Skilled workforce
(D) Forests
14. One of the early economic goals was:
(A) Develop local industry
(B) Focus on tourism
(C) Increase ports only
(D) Generate hydropower immediately
15. The early economic problem related to trade was:
(A) Surplus of manufactured goods
(B) Dependence on a single export commodity – jute and cotton
(C) Excess ports
(D) Oversupply of technology
16. Pakistan’s early financial problem included:
(A) Excess capital
(B) Shortage of foreign exchange
(C) Surplus skilled labor
(D) Too many industries
17. Which city became the main industrial center in early Pakistan?
(A) Karachi
(B) Lahore
(C) Dhaka
(D) Islamabad
18. The early economic planning of Pakistan focused on:
(A) Ports only
(B) Tourism only
(C) Agriculture, industrial development, and infrastructure
(D) Hydropower only
19. Pakistan faced economic disparity between:
(A) Cities and ports only
(B) Punjab and Sindh only
(C) East and West Pakistan
(D) Industrial zones only
20. One major challenge for early Pakistan was:
(A) Port expansion
(B) Hydropower generation
(C) Rehabilitation of refugees after partition
(D) Tourism projects
21. The early industrial problem was due to:
(A) Surplus labor
(B) Lack of capital and technical expertise
(C) Too many ports
(D) Excess foreign aid
22. Agriculture in early Pakistan suffered because:
(A) Excess exports
(B) Too much mechanization
(C) Surplus productivity
(D) Shortage of modern tools and irrigation
23. Pakistan had to import many basic goods because:
(A) Surplus local production
(B) Most industries were in India
(C) Too much capital
(D) Excess skilled labor
24. Early Pakistan’s economic strategy emphasized:
(A) Tourism development
(B) Self-reliance and industrialization
(C) Hydropower projects only
(D) Port expansion only
25. Refugee influx after independence created:
(A) Immediate industrial growth
(B) Surplus labor only
(C) No problem
(D) Additional pressure on housing, jobs, and resources
26. Pakistan lacked which of the following at independence?
(A) Rivers
(B) Financial institutions and banking structure
(C) Agricultural land
(D) Ports
27. One early economic problem was related to:
(A) Tourism only
(B) Surplus food
(C) Excess ports
(D) Food shortages due to agricultural backwardness
28. Pakistan’s early trade policy aimed to:
(A) Focus on tourism
(B) Increase imports only
(C) Reduce dependence on imports and increase exports
(D) Develop ports only
29. Which factor hindered industrial growth in early Pakistan?
(A) Surplus foreign aid
(B) Shortage of capital, skilled labor, and raw materials
(C) Excess ports
(D) Overproduction
30. The early economic problems of Pakistan were largely a result of:
(A) Partition, lack of resources, and weak infrastructure
(B) Excess tourism
(C) Surplus industrialization
(D) Hydropower projects