Indus | MCQs

Explanation

Wazirabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan

Famous for its cutlery products,

it is known as the city of cutlery

Division: Gujrat

Municipal status: 1867

No. of Union Councils: 12

Explanation

• The Jumna River, is a tributary of the Ganges River, not the Indus River.

Major Tributaries of Indus River are:

1. Jhelum River
2. Chenab River
3. Ravi River
4. Beas River
5. Satluj River

Explanation

• The Indus River, which is approximately 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) long, flows through Pakistan and its plains cover around 20% of the country's total land area.
• The Indus River basin is a vital region for Pakistan's agriculture, economy, and population.

Explanation

1.       Indus

2.       Jhelum

3.       Chenab

4.       Ravi

5.        Sutlej

Explanation

The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley.

Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, were located in Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh provinces

emerging around 2600 BCE along the Indus River Valley

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The Indus Valley Civilization Valley is known as a pre-Aryan Civilization because of the evidence of Copper

ND-18-8-2023

Explanation

The approximate number of sugar mills in Pakistan, as per PSMA (Pakistan Sugar Mills Association) is around 90,

with 45 mills in Punjab and 45 in Sindh.

Other sources mention 87 or 81 sugar mills operating in Pakistan. 

Explanation

• First Factory Act was passed in the year 1881 during the viceroyship of Lord Ripon.
• In the year 1885, a Factory Commission was appointed.
• A Royal Labour Commission was appointed in the year 1891.
• The main purpose of those commissions was to limit the working hours in the factory.

Explanation

His work provided evidence of the antiquity of Indian civilisation, particularly that of the Indus Valley civilization and the Mauryan age.

In 1920, Marshall initiated at dig at Harappa with Daya Ram Sahni as director. Mohenjodaro was discovered by R. D. Banerji in 1921, and in 1922, work began there.

Explanation

The 1950s saw the birth of the computer industry with two companies, Sperry and IBM, dominating the marketplace.

Sperry: 1955

IBM: 1952

Explanation

Abound with is a phrase.

Abound with means to be filled with.

Abound with means بکثرت ہونا