Geographical Features | MCQs

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Pakistan Highest Peaks List

Highest peak of Himalaya range is Nanga Parbat

K-2 in Krakarm range

Kirthar: Zardak peak

Koh e Suleman :Takhat e Sulaimani

Salt range : Sakesar

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The Mississippi River is referred to as the Father of Waters 

Another nickname for the Mississippi River is the Old Man River.

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The Niger Delta is a densely populated region in Nigeria sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil

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Pakistan hosts five major deserts which were historic forests.

1.       Cholistan (Bahalpur, Punjab)

2.       Thal (Bkhar district of Punjab)

3.       Katpana desert (Sakardu)

4.       Kharan desert (Balochistan)

5.       Thar desert (Sindh)

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1.       G.T Road was constructed by Sher Shah Suri

2.       G.T. Road stands for Grand Trunk Road

3.       The Grand Trunk Road is formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, Sarak-e-Sher Shah is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads.

4.       It runs roughly, 3,710 km (2,305 mi) from

Ø    Teknaf, Bangladesh (on the border with Myanmar)

Ø    west to Kabul, Afghanistan,

Ø    passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh,

Ø    Kolkata, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Delhi, and Amritsar in India,

Ø    Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan

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The Silk Route is also known as Karakoram Highway

The silk road connects Pakistan and China.

The total length is approximately 1,300 kilometers, of which 887 kilometers are in Pakistan and 413 km in China.

The silk road is considered a symbol of Pakistan-China's eternal friendship

The highway meets the Pakistani-Chinese border at Khunjerab Pass

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• Capital: Kathmandu
• Official Language :Nipali
• Currency ;Nepalese Rupee

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• 900 Longitude
  
• The international date line capabilities as a “line of demarcation” separating two consecutive calendar dates. when you move the date line, you emerge as a time vacationer of kinds! go to the west and it’s at some point later; move returned and also you’ve “long gone lower back in time."
• no matter its call, the global date line has no prison international fame and international locations are loose to pick the dates that they have a look at.
• even as the date line typically runs north to south from pole to pole, it zigzags round political borders inclusive of jap Russia and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

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Khabikki Lake is a saltwater lake.

It is located in the Soan Sakaser Valley in the southern Salt Range.

The lake is situated in Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan.

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The M8 Motorway is the longest one in Pakistan

M8 is the 892KM long from Ratodero to Gwadar.

The Motorway is partially operational and the remaining road is currently under construction

The M8 will have 4-lanes

**History**

The M8 is being constructed by Pakistan's National Highway Authority. 

Construction of the M8 commenced on 15 October 2004

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