Explanation

Adam's Peak, also known as Sri Pada.

It is a mountain located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka.

Explanation

Harappa, village in eastern Punjab province, eastern Pakistan

Location Sahiwal District, Punjab, Pakistan

The Bronze Age Harappan civilization, now more often called the Indus Valley Civilisation

Harappa is small crossroads town of 15,000 people today.

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Explanation

Alfred Nobel was a chemist from Sweden. 

Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in the 1860s.

He is also the founder of the Nobel Prize

He also invented Nitro-glycerine in 1875.

Alfred Nobel  Born: October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden

Alfred Nobel  Died: on December 10, 1896, in Sanremo, Italy

Alfred Nobel Full name: Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Additional Information

The first Noble Prize was awarded on 10th December 1901

The first Noble Prize was awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.

Explanation

The Petronas Towers, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were once the tallest buildings in the world.

Standing at 452 meters.

They are an iconic symbol of the city's skyline.

Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

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Explanation

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system.

It is located off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.

It covers an area of 348,700 km².

Explanation

The Tibetan Plateau (Pamir Plateau) is known as the Roof of the World.

It's also the thickest crust in the world, between 70 and 90 kilometers.

The plateau is the world's largest and highest.

Its average elevation is more than 4,500 meters (14,764 feet).

Additional information 

The Shandur Pass in Pakistan is also sometimes called "the roof of the world".

Explanation

Saiful Muluk is located in the Mansehra district.

about 9 kilometres  north of Naran, in the northern part of Kaghan Valley.

Malika Parbat, the highest peak in the valley is near the lake.

Explanation

Pakistan is home to Lady Finger Peak,

a striking rock spire located in the Karakoram Range near the Hunza Valley.

It is a popular destination for mountaineers and trekkers.

The peak is located in Gilgit.

Explanation

• On 31 May 1936 Quetta was devasted by an earthquake;
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• An earthquake occurred on 31 May 1935
• An earthquake occurred between 2:33 am and 3:40 am at Quetta.
• The causalities were up to 60,000
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Related Question to Earthquake:

• Attabad lake emerged in the Hunza valley due to an Earthquake
• A powerful earthquake killed at least 1000 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan in the early hours on 22 June 2022.
• Who came to Pakistan after the earthquake as a special representative of UNO's earthquake relief? George Bush Sr.
• Alaska U.S. state has had the most earthquakes
• Which two countries witnessed a massive earthquake on October 30, 2020? Turkey and Greece
• Which province was mostly hit by an earthquake in Afghanistan in June 2022? Paktika

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• An earthquake is a 

  Natural Disaster

• An activity related to an earthquake is Seismic activity

• An earthquake can be simplified as a Shaking of the earth
  The intensity of an earthquake is measured by: the Richter scale

• The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw
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• Richter Scale was developed in 1935.
• Seismology is the study of earthquakes.