Rules of Business 1973 MCQs

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1. 1. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, as reflected in the version amended up to 11th January 2019, which office within the Cabinet Secretariat is credited with the document on its cover page?

   1. Establishment-I Section
   2. Finance-I Section
   3. Ministerial-I Section ✓
   4. Legislative-I Section

2. 2. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(3), when a case is referred by one Division to another for consultation, all relevant facts and points necessitating the reference shall be clearly brought out, and the reference should be complete in all respects to eliminate:

   1. Avoidable back references on the same issue ✓
   2. The involvement of the Law and Justice Division
   3. The requirement of a written summary
   4. The need for any Cabinet approval

3. 3. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 56(2), all requests to a foreign Government or international organization for economic or technical assistance shall be made through which Division?

   1. The Economic Affairs Division ✓
   2. The Finance Division
   3. The Foreign Affairs Division
   4. The Planning, Development and Reform Division

4. 4. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 12(2), if a Minister cannot reach agreement with the Minister for Finance and desires to press a proposal, he shall submit it to:

   1. The Prime Minister, or the Cabinet if the Prime Minister so desires ✓
   2. The Establishment Division for arbitration
   3. The Auditor General for a ruling
   4. The National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee

5. 5. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xix) defines a 'Section' as:

   1. A Committee of the Senate
   2. A geographic administrative region
   3. A basic working unit in a Division as determined by the Government ✓
   4. A chapter of the Rules of Business itself

6. 6. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(8), other officers of the Divisions shall not ordinarily be required to attend Cabinet meetings except when information on points within their technical or specialised knowledge is required, or when:

   1. The Prime Minister is absent from the country
   2. The meeting extends beyond two hours
   3. The Minister or the Secretary is unable to attend ✓
   4. A foreign dignitary is also attending

7. 7. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(3), the Secretary shall organize the Division into a number of working units to be known as:

   1. Wings
   2. Cells
   3. Sections ✓
   4. Branches

8. 8. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 14(3), if there is disagreement between the views of the Attorney General and the Law and Justice Division, the case shall be submitted for opinion to:

   1. The Chief Justice of Pakistan
   2. The Minister for Law and Justice ✓
   3. The Prime Minister directly, bypassing the Minister for Law
   4. The Cabinet Secretary

9. 9. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 31, all Divisions shall, in their relations with the Assembly, the Senate, and Majlis-e-Shoora in joint sitting, comply with:

   1. Only informal conventions with no written basis
   2. Only the general instructions of the Cabinet Secretary
   3. The Rules of Procedure and Standing Orders of the Assembly, the Senate, or the joint sitting ✓
   4. Only the directives of the Establishment Division

10. 10. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Legislation'?

    1. Part F
    2. Part D
    3. Part E ✓
    4. Part G

11. 11. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 39(1), copies of Bills, resolutions, notices, questions, and other business to be brought before the Assembly, Senate, or joint sitting shall be forwarded, as soon as received, by the appropriate Secretariat to:

    1. The Prime Minister's Office only
    2. The Division concerned ✓
    3. The Cabinet Division only
    4. The Establishment Division only

12. 12. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 11, no Division shall, without previous consultation with the Establishment Division, issue orders involving appointment to a post in which Basic Pay Scale and above (or equivalent), whether by initial appointment, promotion, or transfer?

    1. BS-17
    2. BS-20 ✓
    3. BS-18
    4. BS-22

13. 13. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(1), each Division shall consist of a Secretary to Government and such other officials subordinate to him as:

    1. The Establishment Division may determine, without reference to the Secretary
    2. The Public Accounts Committee may determine
    3. The Government may determine ✓
    4. The Secretary alone may determine, without reference to Government

14. 14. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(3), the Minister shall keep the Prime Minister informed of any important case disposed of by him:

    1. Without reference to the Prime Minister ✓
    2. Only once every financial year in the Year Book
    3. Only if requested in writing by the Prime Minister
    4. Only if the case involves foreign policy

15. 15. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 37, the Secretary Parliamentary Affairs Division shall prepare a provisional forecast of business and make proposals to the Speaker or Chairman, through the appropriate Leader of the House or, in case of a joint sitting, through:

    1. The Chief Justice
    2. The Prime Minister ✓
    3. The Cabinet Secretary
    4. The Establishment Division

16. 16. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 28(2), the Law and Justice Division shall advise the Division concerned, for a Non-Official Bill, on the legal implications and whether the Bill is one which cannot be introduced without consent, recommendation, or:

    1. A two-thirds majority resolution
    2. A referendum result
    3. Previous sanction of the President ✓
    4. Approval of all four Provincial Assemblies

17. 17. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(1A), meetings of the Cabinet will be attended by the Federal Ministers, provided that the Prime Minister may require which other officials to attend by special invitation?

    1. Only Provincial Chief Ministers
    2. Only members of the Senate
    3. Ministers of State, Advisers, and Special Assistants to the Prime Minister ✓
    4. Only Attached Department heads

18. 18. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Miscellaneous Provisions', containing Rules 55 to 58?

    1. Part H
    2. Part G
    3. Part J
    4. Part I ✓

19. 19. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 46(1), the Minister for Finance shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister and the Speaker, prepare a time-table for the consideration of the annual budget by:

    1. The Assembly ✓
    2. The Public Accounts Committee
    3. The Senate exclusively
    4. A joint sitting exclusively

20. 20. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 1(2) states that these rules shall come into force on which date?

    1. The fourteenth day of August 1973 ✓
    2. The first day of July 1973
    3. The twenty-third day of March 1973
    4. The twenty-sixth day of September 1973

21. 21. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 48, no Division shall issue a directive to the Governor of a Province under clause (1) of Article 145 without the specific approval of:

    1. The Cabinet Division alone
    2. The Chief Minister of the Province concerned
    3. The President directly, bypassing the Prime Minister
    4. The Prime Minister ✓

22. 22. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(iii) defines 'business' as:

    1. Only work involving financial transactions
    2. All work done by the Federal Government ✓
    3. Only work relating to commerce and trade
    4. Only work assigned to the Cabinet Division

23. 23. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(v) defines a 'case' as:

    1. A particular matter under consideration, including all papers relating to it required to enable the matter to be disposed of ✓
    2. Only a matter involving a criminal complaint
    3. Only a legal dispute pending before a court
    4. Only a matter that has already been finally decided

24. 24. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 26(2), which Division shall cause the Annual Report on the Principles of Policy to be laid before each House of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)?

    1. The Parliamentary Affairs Division
    2. The Cabinet Division
    3. The Establishment Division
    4. The Law and Justice Division ✓

25. 25. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(4), whenever consent or recommendations of the Federal Government or previous sanction of the President is necessary for the introduction of a Bill, it shall be drafted by which Division along with the Bill?

    1. The Parliamentary Affairs Division
    2. The Law and Justice Division ✓
    3. The Finance Division
    4. The Cabinet Division

26. 26. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(12), if any doubt or dispute arises as to the interpretation of the Rules of Business or the Division to which a case pertains, the case shall be referred to which Division, whose decision shall be final?

    1. The Establishment Division
    2. The Cabinet Division ✓
    3. The Finance Division
    4. The Law and Justice Division

27. 27. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Schedule I, the Aviation Division falls under which Ministry?

    1. Ministry of Defence
    2. Cabinet Secretariat ✓
    3. Ministry of Railways
    4. Ministry of Communications

28. 28. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 56(5), all correspondence with the headquarters of the Defence Forces (General Headquarters, Naval Headquarters, Air Headquarters, or their subordinate formations) shall normally be conducted through which Division?

    1. The Defence Division ✓
    2. The Cabinet Division
    3. The Establishment Division
    4. The Interior Division

29. 29. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 14(2), no Division shall consult the Attorney General except through which Division?

    1. The Law and Justice Division ✓
    2. The Establishment Division
    3. The Finance Division
    4. The Cabinet Division

30. 30. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(6), no case shall be discussed nor any issue raised in a Cabinet meeting unless:

    1. A Provincial Government has given its consent
    2. The summary relating to it has first been circulated ✓
    3. The Prime Minister personally reads it aloud
    4. It has been published in the Gazette in advance

31. 31. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(9), if the Secretary of a Division concerned considers that discussion on a case should await the return of the Minister, he may request the Cabinet Secretary for:

    1. Its referral directly to the President
    2. Its postponement until the return of the Minister ✓
    3. Its immediate dismissal from the agenda
    4. Its transfer to the Establishment Division

32. 32. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 17(2), Committees of the Cabinet may be constituted as standing or special committees, according to whether they are appointed to deal with:

    1. A class of cases or a specific case ✓
    2. Only defence matters
    3. Only financial matters
    4. Only foreign affairs matters

33. 33. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Schedule II (Distribution of business among the Divisions), the administration of the Civil Aviation Ordinance, 1960 is listed under the business of which Division?

    1. Aviation Division ✓
    2. Interior Division
    3. Defence Division
    4. Communications Division

34. 34. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(vii) defines the 'Federal Secretariat' as:

    1. Only the Cabinet Division
    2. Only the Prime Minister's Office
    3. The Divisions or the Ministries when referred to collectively ✓
    4. The building complex in Islamabad housing the Parliament

35. 35. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 7(2), the officers authorized to authenticate by signature all orders and instruments made in the name of the President are listed in which Schedule?

    1. Schedule II
    2. Schedule IV ✓
    3. Schedule III
    4. Schedule I

36. 36. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 34(1), when the Assembly is summoned by the Speaker under clause (3) of Article 54, the date, time, and place shall be notified in the Gazette by:

    1. The Secretary of the Assembly ✓
    2. The Prime Minister personally
    3. The Secretary of the Senate
    4. The Cabinet Secretary

37. 37. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, into how many Parts is the main body of the rules (excluding Schedules) divided, from Part A (General) through Part I (Miscellaneous Provisions)?

    1. Five Parts (A through E)
    2. Six Parts (A through F)
    3. Nine Parts (A through I) ✓
    4. Twelve Parts (A through L)

38. 38. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(3), the Secretary of the Division concerned shall, on receipt of a Cabinet decision, communicate it to the Division but shall not forward:

    1. Details to more than one officer
    2. The decision to any Attached Department
    3. Any documents whatsoever, even in summary form
    4. The original documents ✓

39. 39. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 54, a Proclamation issued under Rule 51, 52, or 53 shall be varied or revoked by a subsequent Proclamation issued by the Division concerned in terms of:

    1. Rule 20
    2. Rule 8
    3. Rule 27
    4. Rule 15-A ✓

40. 40. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 36, all Divisions shall undertake a review of official and non-official business and forward detailed lists to the Parliamentary Affairs Division not later than how many days before the commencement of the session?

    1. Two days
    2. Ten days
    3. Five days ✓
    4. Fifteen days

41. 41. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 44(1), the Division concerned shall submit an official motion, together with a notice, to the Minister-in-Charge, and after he has signed it, shall forward it to:

    1. The Establishment Division for approval
    2. The Supreme Court for a legal opinion
    3. The appropriate Secretariat ✓
    4. The Cabinet Division for prior clearance

42. 42. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 43(1), when an official resolution is to be moved in the Assembly, Senate, or joint sitting, the Division concerned shall, where time permits, consult which Division and obtain approval of the Cabinet?

    1. The Revenue Division
    2. The Law and Justice Division ✓
    3. The Finance Division
    4. The Establishment Division

43. 43. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Schedule lists Attached Departments declared as such by the Federal Government?

    1. Schedule IV
    2. Schedule I
    3. Schedule III ✓
    4. Schedule II

44. 44. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Consultation Among Divisions'?

    1. Part C
    2. Part D
    3. Part A
    4. Part B ✓

45. 45. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(2), when referring approved legislation to the Law and Justice Division for drafting, the Division concerned shall send relevant papers along with a memorandum indicating the provisions to be incorporated and:

    1. A list of all officers who worked on the case
    2. The objects of and reasons for those provisions ✓
    3. A translation into all provincial languages
    4. A costed financial impact statement only

46. 46. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(2), the Secretary is described as the official head of the Division and is responsible for:

    1. Its efficient administration and discipline and the proper conduct of business assigned to the Division ✓
    2. Only the annual budget of the Division
    3. Only ceremonial functions of the Division
    4. Only liaison with foreign governments

47. 47. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Relations with Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)'?

    1. Part H
    2. Part F ✓
    3. Part E
    4. Part G

48. 48. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 50, the Division concerned shall obtain specific orders of the Prime Minister if it is proposed to enact a law conferring powers and imposing duties upon a Province under clause (2) of which Article?

    1. Article 232
    2. Article 145
    3. Article 149
    4. Article 146 ✓

49. 49. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Cabinet Procedure'?

    1. Part D ✓
    2. Part E
    3. Part F
    4. Part C

50. 50. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(6), the Cabinet Secretary shall maintain the record of each case, which shall consist of copies of papers issued under certain rules, copies of records prepared under certain rules, and:

    1. All documents received under sub-rule (5) of Rule 24 ✓
    2. Only papers relating to Ordinances
    3. Only correspondence with Provincial Governments
    4. Only the original signed Cabinet decision

51. 51. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 10(1)(a), no Division shall, without previous consultation with the Cabinet Division, issue orders involving the interpretation of what?

    1. International treaties only
    2. These rules (the Rules of Business) ✓
    3. The Constitution exclusively
    4. Provincial legislation only

52. 52. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 40, as soon as any communication regarding the business of the Assembly, Senate, or joint sitting is received, the receiving officer shall at once bring it to the notice of:

    1. Only the Establishment Division
    2. The Secretary and the Minister ✓
    3. Only the Cabinet Secretary
    4. Only the Prime Minister

53. 53. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(ii) defines an 'Attached Department' as a Department which has:

    1. No relation with any Division whatsoever
    2. Only a financial relationship with the Finance Division
    3. A direct relation with a Division and has been declared as such by the Federal Government ✓
    4. A relationship exclusively with a Provincial Government

54. 54. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 55(3), ordinarily all official news and information shall be conveyed to the press and the public through the Press Information Department or the External Publicity Wing of which Division?

    1. The Cabinet Division
    2. The Information and Broadcasting Division ✓
    3. The Foreign Affairs Division
    4. The Interior Division

55. 55. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, what is the current status of Rule 21, which originally dealt with the Procedure regarding Inter-Provincial Conference?

    1. Renamed but still in force
    2. Suspended pending a Presidential order
    3. Omitted ✓
    4. In full force, unchanged since 1973

56. 56. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 55(4), no statement involving foreign policy shall normally be made by a person, other than the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister, without prior consultation with which Division?

    1. The Defence Division
    2. The Law and Justice Division
    3. The Foreign Affairs Division ✓
    4. The Cabinet Division

57. 57. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 28(3), regarding a Non-Official Bill, the Minister-in-Charge shall decide which motion to support, including whether the Bill should be taken into consideration, referred to a Committee, circulated for eliciting opinion, or:

    1. Withdrawn permanently without any Cabinet input
    2. Automatically passed without any Assembly debate
    3. Opposed ✓
    4. Sent directly to the President for assent

58. 58. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'References to the Prime Minister and the President'?

    1. Part E
    2. Part B
    3. Part D
    4. Part C ✓

59. 59. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xv) defines 'Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)' as consisting of:

    1. The National Assembly and the Senate ✓
    2. Only the National Assembly
    3. Only the Senate
    4. The National Assembly, the Senate, and the Provincial Assemblies

60. 60. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 14(1)(a), the Law and Justice Division shall be consulted on:

    1. Only matters relating to defence procurement
    2. All legal questions arising out of any case ✓
    3. Only matters relating to international trade
    4. Only matters relating to taxation

61. 61. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(6), there may be a Special Assistant or Special Assistants to the Prime Minister with such status and functions as may be determined by:

    1. The Prime Minister ✓
    2. The President
    3. The Cabinet collectively
    4. The Establishment Division

62. 62. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 45(2), a copy of each supplementary question asked in respect of a starred question, and the reply given, shall be forwarded by the appropriate Secretariat to the Division concerned, as soon as possible after:

    1. The next Cabinet meeting
    2. The proceedings have been transcribed ✓
    3. The Year Book has been published
    4. The end of the parliamentary session

63. 63. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15-A(2), where a function is to be performed by the President in his discretion, the Division concerned shall submit the case to the President through the Prime Minister as a 'Summary for the President', and the cases to which this applies are enumerated in which Schedule?

    1. Schedule V-B
    2. Schedule V-A
    3. Schedule VII
    4. Schedule VI ✓

64. 64. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Emergency Provisions'?

    1. Part H ✓
    2. Part I
    3. Part F
    4. Part G

65. 65. Under the proviso to Rule 58 of the Rules of Business, 1973, rules, instructions, and orders issued under the repealed Rules of Business, 1962 shall continue in force, so far as applicable, until:

    1. The next general election
    2. Immediately upon the commencement of the 1973 rules, with no continuation whatsoever
    3. The end of the first financial year after 1973
    4. Altered, repealed, or amended by the appropriate authority ✓

66. 66. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(5), all draft Bills, Ordinances, or Orders shall be submitted to the Cabinet only after they have been scrutinized by which Division?

    1. The Cabinet Division
    2. The Finance Division
    3. The Law and Justice Division ✓
    4. The Establishment Division

67. 67. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 32(1), which Division's Secretary shall ascertain the state of business pending for consideration of the Assembly, the Senate, or joint sitting?

    1. The Establishment Division
    2. The Cabinet Division
    3. The Law and Justice Division
    4. The Parliamentary Affairs Division ✓

68. 68. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15-A(1), where a function is to be performed by the President or his specific approval is required, the Division concerned shall incorporate a paragraph in a summary entitled 'Summary for the Prime Minister', and the cases to which this sub-rule applies are enumerated in which Schedule?

    1. Schedule VII
    2. Schedule V-B ✓
    3. Schedule VI
    4. Schedule V-A

69. 69. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which government body/office issued these rules, as shown on the cover of the document?

    1. The Establishment Division, Islamabad
    2. Cabinet Secretariat (Cabinet Division), Islamabad ✓
    3. The Law and Justice Division, Islamabad
    4. The Ministry of Interior, Islamabad

70. 70. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(3), apart from giving shape to draft legislation, the Law and Justice Division shall advise the Division concerned as to the competence of which body to make a law on the subject?

    1. The Provincial Assembly concerned
    2. Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) ✓
    3. The Council of Islamic Ideology
    4. The Supreme Court

71. 71. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 14A, no Division shall, without previous consultation with the Revenue Division, authorise orders that affect the collection of revenue from:

    1. Federal taxes, levy of taxes, duties, cesses, or fees ✓
    2. Only provincial sales tax
    3. Only property tax within Islamabad
    4. Only customs duties on imports from a single country

72. 72. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15(1)(f), the approval of the Prime Minister is required for cases relating to mercy petitions against sentences of death, requiring the exercise of:

    1. The Chief Justice's discretionary review
    2. The President's prerogative of pardon ✓
    3. The Cabinet's collective veto
    4. The Attorney General's certification

73. 73. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(14), if any order passed happens to contravene a law, rule, or policy, it shall be the duty of whom to point this out to the authority passing the order?

    1. The Supreme Court
    2. The next below officer ✓
    3. The Auditor General
    4. The Prime Minister personally, bypassing all officers

74. 74. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 7(1), subject to Article 173, all executive actions of the Government shall be expressed to be taken in the name of:

    1. The Prime Minister
    2. The Cabinet
    3. The President ✓
    4. The relevant Minister

75. 75. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xvii), 'Schedule' is defined as:

    1. Any timetable issued by a Provincial Government
    2. A Schedule to these rules ✓
    3. A list of Cabinet decisions
    4. A financial statement of a Division

76. 76. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(1), when a case concerns more than one Division, no orders shall issue, nor shall the case be submitted to the Cabinet or Prime Minister, until it has been:

    1. Published in the Gazette
    2. Reviewed by the Supreme Court
    3. Approved by the Establishment Division alone
    4. Considered by all the Divisions concerned, and their views obtained ✓

77. 77. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 41(5), the Minister concerned shall, in consultation with the Leader of the House, decide on a motion regarding an official Bill after its introduction, and if a question of important policy is involved, the Minister shall obtain the orders of:

    1. The Cabinet Secretary
    2. The Chief Justice
    3. The Attorney General
    4. The Prime Minister ✓

78. 78. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(1A), a Division should normally furnish its views to the referring Division within what period of the receipt of reference?

    1. Three days
    2. One month
    3. Ninety days
    4. A fortnight ✓

79. 79. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(1), meetings of the Cabinet to discuss ordinary business shall normally be held how often?

    1. Once a month
    2. Once a week ✓
    3. Once every two weeks
    4. Once every quarter

80. 80. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 12(1)(d), no Division shall, without previous consultation with the Finance Division, authorise orders which particularly involve which of the following financial matters?

    1. Appointment of a Joint Secretary
    2. Summoning of a Cabinet Committee
    3. Floatation of loan ✓
    4. Drafting of a Money Bill

81. 81. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(14), if a Minister considers there has been a mistake or omission in recording the minutes, he shall point it out to the Cabinet Secretary within how many hours of the issue of the minutes?

    1. 24 hours ✓
    2. 7 days
    3. 72 hours
    4. 48 hours

82. 82. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 47, Standing or ad-hoc Committees may be constituted by the Assembly or the Senate to advise the Divisions concerned on general administrative policy or:

    1. Only foreign policy matters
    2. Only budgetary matters
    3. Only matters relating to the judiciary
    4. A special problem ✓

83. 83. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(2), if a difference of opinion between Divisions cannot be resolved and the Minister primarily concerned desires to press the case, it shall be submitted to:

    1. The Supreme Court for adjudication
    2. The Establishment Division for final ruling
    3. The Prime Minister, or the Cabinet if the Prime Minister so desires ✓
    4. The National Assembly for a vote

84. 84. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 9(2), if the Secretary of a Division has agreed to a proposal in a matter discussed in the Secretaries' Committee, what is the effect on further consultation with that Division on the same proposal?

    1. The proposal must still be separately ratified by the Cabinet Secretary
    2. The proposal lapses automatically after thirty days
    3. It shall not be necessary to consult his Division again on that proposal ✓
    4. A second, mandatory round of consultation is always required

85. 85. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 12(1), no Division shall, without previous consultation with the Finance Division, authorise orders affecting the finances of the Federation, including matters such as:

    1. Promulgation of an Ordinance
    2. Summoning of the National Assembly
    3. Appointment of a Secretary
    4. Floatation of a loan ✓

86. 86. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 52(2), the Division concerned shall keep the provisions of clauses (3) to (6) of which Article of the Constitution in view during a failure of constitutional machinery in a Province?

    1. Article 145
    2. Article 234 ✓
    3. Article 232
    4. Article 235

87. 87. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 52(1), a Proclamation in case of failure of constitutional machinery in a Province shall be issued by which Division, in terms of Rule 15-A?

    1. The Cabinet Division ✓
    2. The Interior Division
    3. The Law and Justice Division
    4. The Establishment Division

88. 88. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(3), the summary submitted to the Cabinet shall be self-contained, as far as possible, and shall not exceed how many printed pages?

    1. Five
    2. Ten
    3. One
    4. Two ✓

89. 89. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15(5)(a), the Prime Minister shall communicate to the President all decisions of the Cabinet relating to the administration of the affairs of the Federation and:

    1. Only decisions relating to foreign policy
    2. Proposals for legislation ✓
    3. Only decisions involving expenditure over a fixed threshold
    4. Only decisions relating to defence

90. 90. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 57, who may permit, where he considers it necessary, relaxation of the provisions of these rules in individual cases?

    1. The President
    2. The Prime Minister ✓
    3. The Chief Justice of Pakistan
    4. The Cabinet Secretary

91. 91. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(x) defines the 'Leader of the House' as:

    1. The Minister appointed by the Prime Minister to regulate official business in the Assembly, the Senate, or Majlis-e-Shoora in joint sitting ✓
    2. The Chairman of the Senate
    3. The Leader of the Opposition
    4. The Speaker of the National Assembly

92. 92. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(1), each Division shall consist of a Secretary to Government and such other officials as the Government may determine, and it is provided that the same person may be Secretary of:

    1. A maximum of three Divisions simultaneously, per an amendment
    2. Only one Division at a time, with no exceptions
    3. No Division, as Secretaries are appointed only to Ministries
    4. More than one Division ✓

93. 93. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 16(1)(e), a reference to the Supreme Court for advice on a question of law under Article 186 must be brought before:

    1. Only the Attorney General
    2. Only the Prime Minister, with no Cabinet involvement
    3. The Cabinet ✓
    4. Only the Law and Justice Division

94. 94. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 9(3), the Secretaries' Committee shall meet at least how often, unless there are no items for discussion?

    1. Once a year
    2. Once a month ✓
    3. Once a week
    4. Once every six months

95. 95. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xi) defines 'Local administration' as the agency through which the President administers:

    1. Any territory under military law
    2. The entire country during a state of emergency
    3. A territory subject to his direct administrative control ✓
    4. A Province with the consent of its Governor

96. 96. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 19(1), when a case is circulated to the Cabinet for recording opinion, if a Minister does not communicate his opinion by the specified time, it shall be assumed that he:

    1. Abstains formally from the decision
    2. Accepts the recommendations contained in the summary ✓
    3. Has referred the matter to his own Secretary for a final ruling
    4. Rejects the recommendations contained in the summary

97. 97. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xx) defines a 'Subordinate Office' as:

    1. An office under the direct control of the President only
    2. A Federal Government office other than a Ministry, Division, or an Attached Department ✓
    3. A Ministry headed by a Minister of State
    4. Any office located in a province

98. 98. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xiv) defines a 'Ministry' as:

    1. A Committee of the National Assembly
    2. A body corporate established by statute
    3. A department under a Provincial Government
    4. A Division or group of Divisions constituted as a Ministry ✓

99. 99. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15(1)(a), no order shall be issued without the approval of the Prime Minister in cases involving important policy or departure from important policy, and the Note clarifies that departure from policy includes departure from a previous decision of:

    1. The Federal Public Service Commission
    2. A Provincial Assembly
    3. Any single Secretary
    4. The Cabinet or the Prime Minister ✓

100. 100. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 41(4), an official Bill shall be introduced in the Assembly or the Senate by:

     1. Any Member of the Assembly regardless of party
     2. The Cabinet Secretary
     3. The Minister-in-Charge or any other Minister on his behalf ✓
     4. The Secretary of the Division concerned, acting personally

101. 101. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 16(2), notwithstanding the list of cases requiring Cabinet consideration, who may give directions as to the manner of disposal of any case without prior reference to the Cabinet?

     1. The Prime Minister ✓
     2. The Cabinet Secretary acting alone
     3. Any Federal Minister acting alone
     4. The Establishment Division acting alone

102. 102. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 41(1A), the National Assembly shall consider the recommendations of the Senate on a Money Bill and, after the Bill has been passed by the Assembly, it shall be presented to whom for assent?

     1. The Chairman of the Senate
     2. The Prime Minister
     3. The President ✓
     4. The Speaker of the National Assembly

103. 103. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(4), even where consultation is not required, a Division may, for purposes of information, pass copies of a communication to another Division, provided that copies of classified documents shall be distributed only in accordance with instructions issued by the Cabinet Division under which Rule?

     1. Rule 55(2) ✓
     2. Rule 27(1)
     3. Rule 56(1)
     4. Rule 14(2)

104. 104. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 53(1), a Proclamation in case of financial stringency shall be issued by which Division, in terms of Rule 15-A?

     1. The Revenue Division
     2. The Economic Affairs Division
     3. The Finance Division ✓
     4. The Cabinet Division

105. 105. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(xviii) defines 'Secretary' as including, where there is no Secretary, which officers in charge of a Division?

     1. Only a Section Officer
     2. Only a Deputy Secretary
     3. Only an Assistant Secretary
     4. The Additional Secretary, Senior Joint Secretary, or Joint Secretary ✓

106. 106. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 4(4), the Attached Departments allocated to the various Divisions are shown in which Schedule?

     1. Schedule III ✓
     2. Schedule IV
     3. Schedule II
     4. Schedule I

107. 107. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(5), the Cabinet Secretary shall ordinarily issue to the Ministers, how many days in advance of a meeting, a circular showing the cases proposed to be placed on the agenda?

     1. Fourteen days
     2. Three days ✓
     3. One day
     4. Seven days

108. 108. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, in exercise of the powers conferred by which Articles of the Constitution were these rules made?

     1. Articles 90 and 99 ✓
     2. Articles 62 and 63
     3. Articles 89 and 128
     4. Articles 245 and 246

109. 109. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15(1)(g), cases requiring the Prime Minister's approval before an order is issued include those enumerated in which Schedule?

     1. Schedule V-B
     2. Schedule V-A ✓
     3. Schedule VI
     4. Schedule VII

110. 110. Under the proviso to Rule 27(1) of the Rules of Business, 1973, if proposed legislation involves only a verbal or formal amendment of an existing law, is Cabinet approval required before asking the Law and Justice Division to draft it?

     1. No, it shall not be necessary to obtain Cabinet approval first ✓
     2. Yes, Cabinet approval is always mandatory regardless of the nature of the amendment
     3. Yes, but only if the amendment affects more than one Division
     4. No, but Presidential approval is required instead

111. 111. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 39(2), if a Bill, resolution, motion, or question has been wrongly addressed to a Division, it shall be promptly transferred by the receiving Division to the Division concerned, under advice to:

     1. The President's Secretariat only
     2. The Cabinet Division only
     3. The Supreme Court
     4. The appropriate Secretariat ✓

112. 112. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 16(1)(a), which of the following cases shall be brought before the Cabinet?

     1. Proposals for legislation, official or non-official, including money bills ✓
     2. Only cases already decided by a court of law
     3. Only routine administrative appointments below BS-17
     4. Only matters relating to a single Division's internal transfers

113. 113. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(1), the Secretary of the Division concerned shall transmit to the Cabinet Secretary a concise, lucid, and printed memorandum of the case, which is referred to in the rules as the:

     1. Summary ✓
     2. Brief
     3. Minute
     4. Digest

114. 114. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(7), it shall be the duty of the Cabinet Secretary to satisfy himself that the papers submitted by a Secretary are complete and in appropriate form, and he may:

     1. Forward the case directly to the President without Cabinet review
     2. Return the case until requirements of the rules have been complied with ✓
     3. Approve the case unconditionally regardless of completeness
     4. Refer the case to the Supreme Court for review

115. 115. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(7), Secretaries shall retain in their personal custody the record of Cabinet decisions and discussions conveyed to them, and shall make them over to their successors at the time of:

     1. Handing over charge ✓
     2. The end of the financial year
     3. The publication of the Year Book
     4. The next Cabinet reshuffle

116. 116. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 49(4), which Division shall issue necessary instructions to the Provincial Governments regarding correspondence with a foreign country or an international organisation?

     1. The Foreign Affairs Division ✓
     2. The Cabinet Division
     3. The Establishment Division
     4. The Law and Justice Division

117. 117. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(1), when a case has been decided by the Cabinet, the National Economic Council, or their Committees, who shall take prompt action to give effect to the decision?

     1. The Establishment Division alone
     2. The Minister-in-Charge ✓
     3. The President alone
     4. The Cabinet Secretary alone

118. 118. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 49(3), the implementation of an international agreement in the Provincial field shall normally be the responsibility of:

     1. The Foreign Affairs Division exclusively, with no Provincial role
     2. The Council of Common Interests
     3. The Provincial Government, unless specific orders of the Prime Minister are obtained ✓
     4. The Federal Government exclusively, in every case

119. 119. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(5), which Minister may ask to see a case of any Division in which a financial consideration is involved?

     1. The Minister for Finance ✓
     2. The Minister for Establishment
     3. The Minister for Law and Justice
     4. Any Minister without restriction

120. 120. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 26(1), there shall be prepared by the Cabinet Division an annual report on the observance and implementation of the Principles of Policy in terms of clause (3) of which Article of the Constitution?

     1. Article 145
     2. Article 99
     3. Article 90
     4. Article 29 ✓

121. 121. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(9)(a), Ministers shall return to the Cabinet Secretary the papers issued to them for decision by circulation, immediately after:

     1. Recording their opinion ✓
     2. The next Cabinet reshuffle
     3. Ninety days from receipt
     4. The end of the parliamentary session

122. 122. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(vi) defines a 'Division' as:

     1. Any office located outside Islamabad
     2. A self-contained administrative unit responsible for the conduct of business of the Federal Government in a distinct and specified sphere ✓
     3. A branch of the judiciary
     4. A committee of the Cabinet

123. 123. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 9(1), there shall be a Secretaries' Committee to discuss matters referred to it by a Division, a Minister, or:

     1. The Auditor General
     2. The President
     3. The Chief Justice
     4. The Prime Minister ✓

124. 124. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 42, a Bill to be presented to the President for assent shall be forwarded, duly certified by the Speaker or the Chairman, to which Division, which shall submit it to the President?

     1. The Cabinet Division
     2. The Parliamentary Affairs Division ✓
     3. The Law and Justice Division
     4. The Establishment Division

125. 125. Under the second proviso to Rule 16(1)(h) of the Rules of Business, 1973, a decision regarding the opening of an honorary consulate abroad may be taken by the Foreign Affairs Division in consultation with which Division?

     1. The Commerce Division ✓
     2. The Establishment Division
     3. The Interior Division
     4. The Defence Division

126. 126. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Schedule I lists the Ministries and Divisions; under the Cabinet Secretariat Ministry, which of the following is listed as one of its Divisions?

     1. Postal Services Division
     2. Railways Division
     3. Commerce Division
     4. Establishment Division ✓

127. 127. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 3(2), who may constitute a new Ministry consisting of one or more Divisions, whenever necessary?

     1. The President
     2. The Cabinet Secretary
     3. The Prime Minister ✓
     4. The Establishment Division

128. 128. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 58, the Rules of Business, 1973 repealed which earlier set of rules?

     1. The Government of India Act rules, 1935
     2. The Rules of Business, 1962 ✓
     3. The Rules of Business, 1958
     4. The Rules of Business, 1947

129. 129. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(6), no officer other than a Secretary, Additional Secretary, or Joint Secretary shall take the initiative in approaching whom in connection with official business?

     1. A foreign dignitary
     2. A Minister ✓
     3. The President directly
     4. The Prime Minister directly

130. 130. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Schedule I, the Ministry of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs comprises which of the following Divisions?

     1. Finance Division, Economic Affairs Division, and Revenue Division ✓
     2. Only the Finance Division
     3. Finance Division and Commerce Division only
     4. Finance Division and Planning Division only

131. 131. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 7(4), instructions for the making of contracts on behalf of the President and execution of such contracts shall be issued by which Division?

     1. The Establishment Division
     2. The Finance Division
     3. The Law and Justice Division ✓
     4. The Cabinet Division

132. 132. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(7), legislation relating to the codification of substantive law, consolidation of existing enactments, or purely formal legislation such as repealing and amending Bills, may be initiated in which Division?

     1. The Cabinet Division
     2. The Law and Justice Division ✓
     3. The Finance Division
     4. The concerned administrative Division only

133. 133. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(7), the Head of an Attached Department may see a Minister, provided that the Secretary of the Division concerned shall be informed of the proposed interview so that he can:

     1. Delegate a junior officer to attend instead
     2. Prohibit the meeting outright
     3. Be present if he so desires ✓
     4. Record the meeting for the Cabinet Division's file

134. 134. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 53(2), the Finance Division shall keep the provisions of clause (4) of which Article in view for submission of a financial stringency Proclamation to the joint sitting or the Senate?

     1. Article 232
     2. Article 83
     3. Article 235 ✓
     4. Article 234

135. 135. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 41(1), a Money Bill shall originate in which House?

     1. Either House at the discretion of the Prime Minister
     2. The National Assembly ✓
     3. The Senate
     4. A joint sitting of both Houses

136. 136. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(4), where a case concerns more than one Division, the summary shall not be submitted to the Cabinet unless it has been considered by all the Divisions concerned, and in the event of a difference of opinion, the points of difference shall be:

     1. Referred directly to the Supreme Court
     2. Resolved solely by the sponsoring Division without disclosure
     3. Clearly stated in the summary ✓
     4. Omitted from the summary entirely

137. 137. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 33, at the appropriate time, the Secretary Parliamentary Affairs Division shall, in terms of Rule 15-A, obtain the President's orders regarding:

     1. The dissolution of a Provincial Assembly
     2. The appointment of judges to the Supreme Court
     3. Prorogation of the Assembly, Senate, or joint sitting ✓
     4. The removal of a Federal Minister

138. 138. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 3(3), the business of government shall be distributed among the Divisions in the manner indicated in which Schedule?

     1. Schedule III
     2. Schedule II ✓
     3. Schedule IV
     4. Schedule I

139. 139. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 51(1), a Proclamation of Emergency on account of war, external aggression, or internal disturbance beyond the power of a Provincial Government to control, shall be issued by which Division, in terms of Rule 15-A?

     1. The Interior Division
     2. The Cabinet Division ✓
     3. The Defence Division
     4. The Law and Justice Division

140. 140. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Schedule I, which Ministry includes the National Security Division among its Divisions?

     1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
     2. Ministry of Interior
     3. Ministry of Defence
     4. Cabinet Secretariat ✓

141. 141. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(10), if a Secretary feels the Minister's decision is manifestly wrong and will cause gross injustice, and the Minister still adheres to it, the Secretary shall request the Minister to refer the case to:

     1. The Cabinet Secretary for final decision
     2. The Prime Minister ✓
     3. The Supreme Court
     4. The Establishment Division for arbitration

142. 142. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(1), the Division concerned is responsible for determining the contents of proposed legislation and obtaining Cabinet approval before asking which Division to draft the Bill?

     1. The Finance Division
     2. The Cabinet Division
     3. The Establishment Division
     4. The Law and Justice Division ✓

143. 143. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 46(3), when the budget is passed by the Assembly, the Minister for Finance shall submit the Schedule of Authorized Expenditure to the Prime Minister, who shall authenticate it by his signature as required by which Article of the Constitution?

     1. Article 80
     2. Article 73
     3. Article 83 ✓
     4. Article 84

144. 144. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 35(1), when the Senate is summoned by the Chairman under clause (3) of Article 54 read with Article 61, the notification in the Gazette shall be made by:

     1. The Cabinet Secretary
     2. The Secretary of the Assembly
     3. The Secretary of the Senate ✓
     4. The Chairman personally

145. 145. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(4), the Prime Minister shall preside at all Cabinet meetings; in his absence, who shall preside?

     1. The Cabinet Secretary
     2. A Minister nominated by the Prime Minister ✓
     3. The most senior Federal Minister by tenure
     4. The President

146. 146. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Schedule lists officers authorized to make and execute orders and other instruments in the name of the President?

     1. Schedule II
     2. Schedule IV ✓
     3. Schedule III
     4. Schedule I

147. 147. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 6, the Cabinet shall collectively be responsible for the advice tendered to, or executive orders issued in the name of, the President, but which individual assumes primary responsibility for the disposal of business pertaining to his portfolio?

     1. The Cabinet Secretary alone
     2. The Prime Minister alone
     3. The Minister ✓
     4. The Secretary alone

148. 148. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 41(2), Bills other than Money Bills, and resolutions, motions, or questions with respect to any matter in the Federal Legislative List, may originate or be brought before either House, provided that who determines the House in which a particular official bill shall originate?

     1. The Prime Minister ✓
     2. The Cabinet Secretary
     3. The Speaker of the National Assembly
     4. The Chairman of the Senate

149. 149. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 25(2), at the beginning of each financial year, each Division shall prepare and upload on its website, as a permanent record, a document referred to as a:

     1. Divisional Charter
     2. Year Book ✓
     3. Cabinet Digest
     4. Annual White Paper

150. 150. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 28(1), for a Non-Official Bill, the Division concerned is responsible for assessing:

     1. The administrative implications of the proposed legislation ✓
     2. Only the international law implications
     3. Only the effect on Provincial revenue
     4. Only the financial cost to the Federal Government

151. 151. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(5A), the Cabinet may, in an appropriate case, while according approval to proposed legislation under sub-rule (1), dispense with the requirement of submitting the case to the Cabinet again for approval of:

     1. The Presidential assent
     2. The Provincial concurrence
     3. The draft bill ✓
     4. The final budget allocation

152. 152. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 43(2), on receipt of a non-official resolution, the Division concerned shall examine its contents and, when admitted for discussion, obtain the orders of the Cabinet if time permits, but whose orders shall in any case be obtained?

     1. The Attorney General's
     2. The Prime Minister's ✓
     3. The Cabinet Secretary's
     4. The Speaker's

153. 153. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 10(1)(d), consultation with the Cabinet Division is required before issuing orders on the selection of an officer of the level of Assistant Director and Deputy Director in which organization?

     1. The Federal Public Service Commission
     2. The Intelligence Bureau ✓
     3. The National Accountability Bureau
     4. The Federal Investigation Agency

154. 154. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 55(1), information acquired from official documents shall be communicated to the press, non-officials, or officials of other government offices in accordance with the procedure laid down in Section 3 of which law?

     1. The Official Secrets Act, 1923
     2. The Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002 ✓
     3. The Right of Access to Information Act, 2017
     4. The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

155. 155. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(iv) defines the 'Cabinet' as consisting of:

     1. The Prime Minister and the Federal Ministers ✓
     2. The Speaker and the Members of the National Assembly
     3. The Chief Justice and the Supreme Court judges
     4. The President and the Provincial Governors

156. 156. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 45(1), on receipt of a question (starred, un-starred, or short notice) from the appropriate Secretariat, the Division concerned shall draft a reply and, after approval by the Minister, forward it before:

     1. The end of the parliamentary session
     2. The day on which the question is put down for answer ✓
     3. The next Cabinet meeting
     4. Thirty days from receipt

157. 157. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 51(2), the Divisions concerned shall keep the provisions of clauses (2) to (8) of which Article of the Constitution in view while a Proclamation of Emergency is in force?

     1. Article 232 ✓
     2. Article 234
     3. Article 245
     4. Article 235

158. 158. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 22(1), meetings of the National Economic Council shall be convened by the Cabinet Division under the directions of, and presided over by:

     1. The Prime Minister ✓
     2. The Cabinet Secretary
     3. The Finance Minister
     4. The President

159. 159. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 15-A(3), the cases and papers referred to in Schedule VII shall be submitted to the President for what purpose?

     1. His assent as a Money Bill
     2. His information ✓
     3. His prerogative of pardon
     4. His discretionary decision

160. 160. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 16(1)(c), the Cabinet shall consider the budgetary position and proposals before presentation of an Annual Budget Statement or a Supplementary or Excess Budget Statement under which Articles?

     1. Articles 232 and 234
     2. Articles 145 and 146
     3. Articles 90 and 99
     4. Articles 80 and 84 ✓

161. 161. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 3(4), a Division or Ministry not specifically assigned to a Minister shall be in the charge of:

     1. The Prime Minister ✓
     2. The Chief Secretary of the largest province
     3. The Cabinet Secretary
     4. The President

162. 162. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 56(1), except as otherwise provided, all correspondence with a foreign government, a Pakistan diplomatic mission abroad, a foreign mission in Pakistan, or an international organization shall normally be conducted through which Division?

     1. The Commerce Division
     2. The Economic Affairs Division
     3. The Foreign Affairs Division ✓
     4. The Interior Division

163. 163. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(9)(e), the Secretary is described as the principal accounting officer of his Division and is responsible for ensuring that funds controlled by him are spent in accordance with rules laid down by which Division?

     1. The Cabinet Division
     2. The Establishment Division
     3. The Finance Division ✓
     4. The Revenue Division

164. 164. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 29, the procedure regarding official amendments to Bills shall be the same as for official Bills, and for non-official amendments the same as for:

     1. Ordinances
     2. Money Bills exclusively
     3. Non-official Bills ✓
     4. Resolutions

165. 165. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 10(2), proposals regarding any directions by the President to the Governor of a Province under clause (1) of Article 145 shall be submitted to the President by the Division concerned, with a copy supplied to:

     1. The Interior Division
     2. The Establishment Division
     3. The Cabinet Division ✓
     4. The Law and Justice Division

166. 166. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 24(8), all papers submitted to the Cabinet are secret until:

     1. One year has elapsed from the date of submission
     2. The Prime Minister issues a formal declassification order
     3. The Cabinet discussion has taken place ✓
     4. They are published in the Gazette

167. 167. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 22(3), for meetings of the National Economic Council, the summary shall reach the Cabinet Division at least how many clear days in advance of the commencement of the meeting?

     1. Thirty clear days
     2. Fifteen clear days ✓
     3. Seven clear days
     4. Three clear days

168. 168. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 32(3), upon receipt of a communication regarding summoning of the Assembly, the date, time, and place for commencement of the session shall be notified in:

     1. A national newspaper of general circulation only
     2. The Gazette ✓
     3. A press release only, with no Gazette notification
     4. The Year Book of the relevant Division

169. 169. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 42A, when the President has returned a Bill to Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) for reconsideration and it is passed again by the majority of members of both Houses present and voting in joint sitting, the President shall give his assent within how many days, failing which such assent shall be deemed to have been given?

     1. Fourteen days
     2. Thirty days
     3. Seven days
     4. Ten days ✓

170. 170. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 8(6), who may call for a case from any Division?

     1. Only the Establishment Division
     2. The Prime Minister ✓
     3. Only the Minister for Finance
     4. Only the Cabinet Secretary

171. 171. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(2), it shall be the duty of a Minister to assist the Prime Minister in:

     1. The formulation of policy ✓
     2. The drafting of all legislation personally
     3. The appointment of judges
     4. The chairing of Cabinet meetings in the PM's stead by rotation

172. 172. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(4), no decisions of policy taken by the Prime Minister shall be varied, reversed, or infringed without:

     1. Approval of the Supreme Court
     2. A resolution of the National Assembly
     3. Consulting him ✓
     4. A unanimous Cabinet vote

173. 173. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(3), who may authorise the holding of Cabinet meetings during his absence?

     1. The Cabinet Secretary
     2. The President
     3. The senior-most Minister by seniority
     4. The Prime Minister ✓

174. 174. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(15), detailed instructions for the manner of disposal of business in the Federal Secretariat shall be issued, in the form of Secretariat Instructions, by which Division?

     1. The Law and Justice Division
     2. The Finance Division
     3. The Establishment Division ✓
     4. The Cabinet Division

175. 175. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(2) states that words and expressions used in the rules but not defined shall have the same meaning as in:

     1. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ✓
     2. The rules of the National Assembly only
     3. The Civil Servants Act, 1973
     4. Any dictionary of common usage

176. 176. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 16(1)(b), which of the following shall be brought before the Cabinet?

     1. Promulgation and revocation of Ordinances ✓
     2. Only minor administrative circulars
     3. Only the annual leave schedule of civil servants
     4. Only routine transfers within a Division

177. 177. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 20(12), the Cabinet Secretary shall circulate to the Ministers a copy of the brief record of Cabinet discussion for perusal and return within how many hours of issue?

     1. Seventy-two hours
     2. Ninety-six hours
     3. Twenty-four hours ✓
     4. Forty-eight hours

178. 178. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(11A), verbal orders given by a functionary of the Government should, as a matter of routine, be:

     1. Ignored unless repeated in writing by the issuing authority within a week
     2. Referred automatically to the Cabinet Division for verification
     3. Treated as non-binding until formally gazetted
     4. Reduced to writing and submitted to the issuing authority ✓

179. 179. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 17(1), cases referred to the Cabinet shall be disposed of by discussion at a meeting of the Cabinet, by circulation amongst Ministers, or by:

     1. Delegation to a Provincial Government
     2. A written vote of the National Assembly
     3. Discussion at a meeting of a committee of the Cabinet ✓
     4. A public referendum

180. 180. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 27(8), after the Division concerned forwards the draft legislation in final form to the Law and Justice Division, that Division, after satisfying itself that legal requirements are met, transfers the Bill to which Division for arranging its introduction in the appropriate House?

     1. The Finance Division
     2. The Parliamentary Affairs Division ✓
     3. The Cabinet Division
     4. The Establishment Division

181. 181. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 30(1), the provisions of Rule 27 apply mutatis mutandis when the proposed legislation is:

     1. An Ordinance ✓
     2. An international treaty
     3. A Provincial law
     4. A Constitutional amendment

182. 182. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 30(2), when an Ordinance is to be withdrawn, the approval of which authority shall be obtained by the Division concerned, through the Prime Minister?

     1. The Attorney General alone
     2. The Chief Justice of Pakistan
     3. The Cabinet Secretary alone
     4. The President ✓

183. 183. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(9)(f), subject to the rules and with the approval of the Minister-in-Charge, the Secretary may issue standing orders laying down the manner of disposal of cases in the Division, including:

     1. The annual budget allocation of the Federation
     2. The distribution of work amongst the officers of his Division ✓
     3. The salary structure of all officers in the Division
     4. The foreign policy stance of the Government

184. 184. Under the proviso to Rule 41(1) of the Rules of Business, 1973, when a Money Bill (including the Finance Bill containing the Annual Budget Statement) is presented in the National Assembly, a copy is transmitted to the Senate, which may, within how many days, make recommendations to the National Assembly?

     1. Ninety days
     2. Fourteen days ✓
     3. Thirty days
     4. Seven days

185. 185. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 45(3), the Division concerned shall be responsible for the fulfilment of any undertakings given on its behalf in reply to:

     1. An Ordinance only
     2. A Presidential directive only
     3. A Cabinet decision only
     4. A question or a supplementary question ✓

186. 186. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 38, the Secretary Parliamentary Affairs Division shall, in consultation with the appropriate Leader of the House, prepare what for each official day?

     1. A Cabinet summary
     2. The Annual Budget Statement
     3. Orders of the Day ✓
     4. The Year Book

187. 187. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Schedule lists the Distribution of Business among the Divisions?

     1. Schedule I
     2. Schedule III
     3. Schedule IV
     4. Schedule II ✓

188. 188. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 9(5), when a matter is referred to a Committee or working group and a Division is represented by an officer of or above the rank of Joint Secretary, the agreed decision of that Committee or working group shall be treated as:

     1. Valid only for a period of thirty days
     2. Merely advisory and subject to full review
     3. Final, not to be subjected to further scrutiny in that Division ✓
     4. Binding only if ratified by the Cabinet

189. 189. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 18(6), no case for inclusion in the agenda of a meeting of the Cabinet shall be accepted unless it reaches the Cabinet Secretary at least how many clear days in advance of the meeting?

     1. Thirty clear days
     2. Three clear days
     3. Fourteen clear days
     4. Seven clear days ✓

190. 190. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 11(i), consultation with the Establishment Division is required regarding rules for recruitment to any post or service, including removing a post from the purview of which body?

     1. The Cabinet Division
     2. The Finance Division
     3. The Federal Public Service Commission ✓
     4. The Supreme Court

191. 191. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 3(4), the Prime Minister shall allocate amongst his Ministers the business of Government by assigning several Divisions specified in Schedule I to the charge of a Minister, provided further that:

     1. Divisions may only be assigned annually at the start of the financial year
     2. Only the Prime Minister may hold more than one Division
     3. More than one Division may be assigned to a Minister ✓
     4. No Minister may hold more than one Division at any time

192. 192. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 3(1) states that the Federal Secretariat shall comprise the Ministries and Divisions shown in which Schedule?

     1. Schedule IV
     2. Schedule III
     3. Schedule II
     4. Schedule I ✓

193. 193. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, which Part deals with 'Relations with Provinces'?

     1. Part F
     2. Part G ✓
     3. Part I
     4. Part H

194. 194. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 23(1), meetings of a Committee of the Cabinet shall be convened by the Cabinet Division under the directions of, and presided over by:

     1. The Chairman of the Committee concerned ✓
     2. The Cabinet Secretary personally, in every case
     3. The Prime Minister personally, in every case
     4. The senior-most Federal Minister present

195. 195. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 32(2), the Secretary Parliamentary Affairs Division shall obtain whose orders on summoning the Assembly, the Senate, or both Houses, in terms of Rule 15-A?

     1. The Speaker's orders
     2. The President's orders ✓
     3. The Chief Justice's orders
     4. The Prime Minister's orders exclusively, with no Presidential role

196. 196. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 2(1)(ix), 'Government' means:

     1. The Federal Government ✓
     2. Any Provincial Government
     3. The National Assembly
     4. The Cabinet Division specifically

197. 197. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 25(3), the Secretary of each Division shall inform the Cabinet Secretary about the availability of the Year Book within how many days at the end of the financial year under report?

     1. Ninety days ✓
     2. One hundred and eighty days
     3. Thirty days
     4. Sixty days

198. 198. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 5(1), no important policy decision shall be taken except with the approval of:

     1. The relevant Secretary
     2. The Cabinet Secretary alone
     3. The Prime Minister ✓
     4. The Establishment Division

199. 199. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 13, which Division shall be consulted on all matters that affect the foreign policy of Pakistan or the conduct of its foreign relations?

     1. The Cabinet Division
     2. The Commerce Division
     3. The Defence Division
     4. The Foreign Affairs Division ✓

200. 200. Under the Rules of Business, 1973, Rule 14(1)(g), the Law and Justice Division shall be consulted before the appointment of a legal adviser in any Division, and shall make its recommendations after consultation with:

     1. The Cabinet Secretary
     2. The Establishment Division
     3. The Attorney General ✓
     4. The Chief Justice of Pakistan