Administrative Divisions | MCQs

Explanation

A Municipal Corporation is a geographical and administrative division in urban areas to manage local governance and services.

It handles functions like sanitation, water supply, infrastructure, and urban planning for cities.

Explanation

Sindh Local Government Act, 2013:

Three-Tiered System:

The Act defines a three-tiered local government system:

1. Metropolitan Corporation
2. Municipal Corporation
3. District Council

Additional Local Bodies:

Within this structure, smaller administrative units include:

• Town Committees (for small urban areas)
• Union Councils (for rural governance)

Explanation

Pakistan may be divided into four geographic regions—the plateau of W Pakistan, the plains of the Indus and Punjab rivers, the hills of NW Pakistan, and the mountains of N Pakistan.

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 index plane
6. Low Indus plain

There are 3 Geographical regions of Pakistan

1. northern highlands,

2. the Balochistan plateau,

3. the Indus River plain.
   

Explanation

Explanation

• During the era of the East India Company, the areas of Bihar, Orissa, and Assam were part of the Bengal Presidency.
• It was one of the three main presidencies of British India, along with Bombay and Madras.
• The Bengal Presidency was established in 1757 and covered a vast territory, including present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and parts of Assam.

Explanation

The Kaghan Valley is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

borders the Pakistani-administered territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north and east, respectively.

Explanation

NWFP is know as now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

NWFP became KPK on 19 April 2010 after 18th amendment of constitution of Pakistan with 90 votes.

History

The province NWFP was set up in 1901.

Congress was in party in NWFP at the time of Independence (1947) 

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