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The subject of Pakistan Studies mainly covers the history of Pakistan, with a brief on civics, geography, and astronomy. It discusses the ideological, political, economic, and socio-cultural norms and values of the country. The purpose of the present studywas to assess question papers (2015-2017) of Pakistan Studies at the secondary level in the context of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. To assess question papers of BISE Lahore for the year (2015-2017) a checklist was administered. The results of this study revealed that the maximum focus in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) was on knowledge level. Short answer and long questions emphasized only knowledge and comprehension of cognitive levels. The students’ “application”, “analysis”, “synthesis” and “evaluation” abilities were not truly assessed through the BISE question papers at the secondary level. Therefore this study recommendsthe need for training teachers/paper setters to include subjective type questions of higher cognitive abilities.