Explanation

Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also known as Kotri Barrage.

It was inaugurated by the third governor general of Pakistan General Ghulam Muhammad Malik.

 The barrage was completed in 1955.

It is used to control water flow in the Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes.

Opened: 1955

Length: 1,600m 

Explanation

India took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations on January 1, 1948.

This move was made under Article 35 of the UN Charter.

It allows member states to bring situations that could endanger international peace to the Security Council's attention.

Explanation

Pakistan’s first women police station inaugurated by late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad on January 25, 1994

پاکستان کے پہلے خواتین پولیس اسٹیشن کا افتتاح وزیر اعظم بے نظیر بھٹو نے 25 جنوری 1994 کو اسلام آباد میں کیا

Explanation

On 24th January , 1556, King Humayun was slipped and fell down the stairs and died on January 26, 1556.

Reign 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540

Coronation 29 December 1530, Agra

Predecessor Babur

Successor Sher Shah Suri 

Second time Reign 1555 –  1556

Explanation

• The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Independence.
• It was began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as a sepoy mutiny.

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

At the time of Indian Independence in 1947, there were 565 princely states.

Out of these, 13 princely states decided to join Pakistan.

Pakistan (including both West and East) constituted about 20% of the total area of British India.

Explanation

Gomal Zam Dam is a gravity dam in South Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The dam impounds the Gomal River.

Gomal Zam Dam was inaugurated in 2013.

Explanation

• Allama Iqbal received the title of Sir in 1922 in Lahore.
• He was knighted by King George V for his contributions to literature.

Note: According to SPSC, 1923 is the correct answer.

Explanation

Sukkur Barrage is the oldest Barrage on the Indus River.

The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 

It was named Lloyd Barrage.

This barrage is located near the city of Sukkur in the Sindh province 

Additional information

Six barrages on the Indus River

1. Guddu Barrage
2. Sukkur Barrage
3. Kotri Barrage 
4. Taunsa Barrage
5. Chashma Barrage
6. Jinnah Barrage.

The Indus River starts in Tibet

It originates from the Mansarovar lake

They flows through India, Pakistan,

They finally fall into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.

It starts making a delta near the city of Thatta

The old name of the Indus River was: Sindhu

National River of Pakistan: Indus River

Indus River Length: 3,180 km

Indus River 2nd source: Gar Tsangpo

The upper Indus Plain ends at Mithankot 

The upper Indus Plain starts from Kalabagh

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