my forward dig shows the following

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> ns.pathcom @103.176.243.11
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4073
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: 0cb34e3d5872d69a0100000062d8fd3e38352357b4e88fde (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns.pathcom. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ns.pathcom. 604800 IN SOA ns.pathcom. root.ns.pathcom. 2 604800 86400 2419200 604800

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 103.176.243.11#53(103.176.243.11)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 21 07:16:14 UTC 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 108

my reverse dig shows the following

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> -x 103.176.243.11 @103.176.243.11
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28984
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: f8b727fd37f9e5600100000062d8fd7280ee33dd4557ab5a (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;11.243.176.103.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
11.243.176.103.in-addr.arpa. 604800 IN PTR ns.pathcom.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 103.176.243.11#53(103.176.243.11)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 21 07:17:06 UTC 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 108


i am not able to resolve any pages using this as the dns
on nslookup
website : query refused
shows

please help in solving

Post your zone files and the resolver config of the box you're doing the nslookup on.

Are you trying to do internal DNS lookups for a made up domain pathcom?

I am trying to create a dns server for pathcom domain which i will register in the future, i am using a public ip

my named.conf.options file


options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";


forwarders {
8.8.8.8;
8.8.4.4;
};


dnssec-validation auto;

listen-on-v6 { any; };

recursion yes;
forward only;
listen-on { any;};
allow-query { any; };
allow-transfer {none;};


};

my named.conf.local file

//forward zone

zone "ns.pathcom" IN {

type master;

file "/etc/bind/ns.pathcom.db";

allow-update { none; };

};



//reverse zone

zone "243.176.103.in-addr.arpa" IN {

type master;

file "/etc/bind/r.ns.pathcom.db";

allow-update { none; };

};



my forward lookup file

;
; BIND data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA ns.pathcom. root.pathcom. (
2 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL

;
@ IN NS ns.pathcom.
ns IN A 103.176.243.11
@ IN AAAA ::1


my reverse lookup file

;
; BIND reverse data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA ns.pathcom. root.pathcom. (
1 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@ IN NS ns.pathcom.
11 IN PTR ns.pathcom.


these are the only changes i have made

my system is running on ubuntu 20.04.4 lts and the dns for the server is the google dns

You didn't include the resolver config file of the box you're doing the nslookup on.

Here you create a zone ns.pathcom. and in that zone you create one A record for "ns", so what you're creating is a record ns.ns.pathcom

You have forward only set. This means forward but don't look for the answer itself if it fails. You probably want forward first, which
queries the forwarders THEN the local server (to see your zones).

Thanks @TenTenths

Its working now