Geographical | MCQs

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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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• Sir Creek is located between Pakistan & India
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• Sir Creek is located along the southeastern border of the Sindh province of Pakistan and the western border of the Gujarat province in India.
  
• This area is called the Greater Rann of Kutch, a marshland situated along the Arabian Sea.
  
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• Sir Creek is important to Pakistan because: It is environmentally important to prevent coastal wetlands from degradation
  
• About 90 km2 of the lake comes under Pakistan, whilst the majority of the lake i.e. 210 km2, lies within India.
  

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List of largest Province of Pakistan

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The Changa Manga is a planted forest and a wildlife park in Kasur District and Lahore District.

Established: 1866

the oldest hand-planted forest in the world.

the forest covers an area of 48.6 square kilometers (12,000 acres).

In Pakistan term, Changa Manga politics is used for Horse-trading

The name of the forest is derived from an amalgamation of the names of two brother dacoits (bandits), Changa and Manga

The Changa Manga forest can be entered from a road off the N-5 Highway 

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Pakistan is divided into six natural regions:

1. Northern mountain region
2. Mountain of Western frontier
3. Plato photo war and salt range
4. The plate of Balochistan
5. Upper Indus plain
6. Low Indus plain

قدرتی خطوں کے لحاظ سے پاکستان کو چھ حصوں میں تقسیم کیا گیا ہے: پہاڑی علاقہ، بالائی سندھ، بلوچستان، تھل، تھر اور میدان۔

There are 3 Geographical regions of Pakistan:

1. Northern highlands
   

2. The Balochistan plateau

3. The Indus River p

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The Indus Valley is the most important agriculture area of Pakistan.

It has fertile soil and access to river water, making it ideal for farming.

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The Bab-el-Mandeb 'Gate of Lamentation' or the Gate of Grief

the Bab al-Mandab strait is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.

connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

The Bab-el-Mandeb is also a sub-region in the Arab League, which includes Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea.

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Jacobabad has recorded temperatures exceeding 52°C (126°F).

This making it one of the hottest cities globally.

The city faces severe heatwaves and arid conditions, impacting daily life and agriculture.

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The Tibetan Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" as it's the highest and largest plateau on Earth

 Deosai plateau is the second highest plateau in the world located in GB, Pakistan,