Gilgit Baltistan | MCQs

Explanation

Capital of Gilgit-Baltistan is Gilgit city

Gilgit Baltistan is located on the North side of Pakistan

Gilgit is a city of: Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory.

Gilgit-Baltistan was Established on 1 November 1948

Largest city of Gilgit-Baltistan is Skardu

ND-8-08-2023

Explanation

Altit Fort is an ancient fort at Altit town in the Hunza Valley in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

 carried the title of 'Mir'

Altit Fort and in particular the Shikari Tower is around 1100 years old

The fort received the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2011.

Altit Fort Restored: 2007

ND-8-08-2023

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The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly on June 30, 2022 approved the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) with an outlay of Rs119.3 billion.

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The Gilgit-Baltistan government and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote tourism in the region on 19-Feb-2021.

The MoU will cater to the need for development of accommodation facilities for more than one million tourists, who visit the area annually.

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The constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly is called GBA.

A total of 33 seats are in the assembly.

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Fairy Meadows, is a grassland near one of the base camp sites of the Nanga Parbat, located in Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan.

Established: 1995

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Gilgit is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.

The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and Hunza River.

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The Ishkoman valley lies in the north of Ghizer District in Gilgit-Baltistan,  bordering Afghanistan and the Pamir Wakhan Corridor. 

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On November 1, 1947, the people of the mountainous region revolted against the rule of Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of Jammu state, and liberated 72,000 square kilometres of land.

The region now connects Pakistan with China, Afghanistan and India.

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Explanation

Gilgit-Baltistan is currently a Semi-Province.

It has significant administrative and legislative autonomy.

But is not yet granted full provincial status in Pakistan.