What is TOSHAKHANA?
A. A government department which issues Stamps
B. A department that stores precious gifts received by Officials
C. Name of a Capital of a country
D. Name of a Nepalian delicious Dish
Answer
Correct Answer: B. A department that stores precious gifts received by Officials
Detail About MCQs
Toshakhana is a government-owned department under the control of the Cabinet Division of Pakistan formed in 1974. Its main purpose is to keeps gifts which are received by Ministers MNA & foreign secretaries, president and Prime Minister as well. Toshakhana is a word of Persian origin that literally translates into “treasure-house”. In Mughal ruled India, a toshakhana was a place where princes store “gifts and emblems of honor that they received for their posterity … an archive of objects whose origin and receipt embodied his status and honor”.