Geography | MCQs

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Pakistan has a coastline of about More than 1000 Km.

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The word Karakoram is a Turkic term that means "black gravel".

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is also known as the Friendship Highway in China and N-35 in Pakistan.

It was built by the governments of Pakistan and China and completed in 1979.

Starting from Hassan Abdal, it spans 1,300 (810 miles) km in Pakistan.

The Silk Route is also referred to as the Karakoram Highway.

The Karakoram Range, located between China and Pakistan.

It is traversed by the Karakoram Highway.

It connects the two countries via the Khunjerab Pass.

Explanation

 The Himalayas are the world's youngest, tallest, and most populated mountain system

They include the world's highest mountains, like Mount Everest,

Explanation

Tirich Mir is located in the Hindu Kush range, not Karakoram.

Broad Peak and K2 are both part of the Karakoram range.

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Pakistan has four major mountain ranges:

1. Himalaya,
2. Karakoram,
3. Hindu Kush,
4. Sul-e-man Range
   

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Waziristan lies between the Kurram River and the Gomal River.

The average height of the Waziristan hills is 1,500–2,500 meters (4,900–8,200 ft) above sea level.

 Waziristan Hills is a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan near the Afghanistan border.

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The Chagai Hills is a range of granite hills in the Chagai District in Balochistan province.

Location Afghanistan-Pakistan border

Chagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15 hrs PKT on 28 May 1998.

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K1 is known as Masherbrum

K3 as Gasherbrum IV

K4 as Gasherbrum II 

K5 as Gasherbrum I.

Only K2, the second highest mountain in the world, has retained Montgomerie's name.

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The Upper Indus plain area is located in the South of the Salt Range and east of Sulemania

The highest peak of salt range is Soan Sakaser

The Salt Range is a mountain range in the north of the Punjab province of Pakistan

The range extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River.

The salt range is situated between rivers Soan and River Jhelum