Mountain Range | MCQs

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K2 is the highest point in Pakistan. 

and second-highest mountain on Earth.

K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor) 

'K' standing for Karakoram.

Mount K2 is part of the Karakorum Range located on the border of Pakistan and China.

K2 height 8,611 meters

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

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The Tibetan Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" as it's the highest and largest plateau on Earth

 Deosai plateau is the second highest plateau in the world located in GB, Pakistan, 

Explanation

The highest plateau in Pakistan is the Deosai Plains

It is a National Park of Pakistan's Highest Plateau Barapani.

is located in the Western Himalayas in Gilgit Baltistan

It was established in 1993

'Deosai') means 'the land of Giants"

It is the second-highest plateau in the world 

It has an average elevation of 4,114 meters (13,497 ft) above sea level

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Swat is located in the Hindu Kush mountain range in KPK  

Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

KNOWN ABOUT SWAT

Swat District also known as the Swat Valley, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Swat was merged with Pakistan in 1849

On 28 July 1969, General Yahya Khan announced the full integration states of Chitral, Dir, and Swat.

Capital: Saidu Sharif

Mingora is the largest city of Swat Valley

Gwalerai is a famous city for apples in Swat

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Mount Everest is the Highest peak in the world.

It is located in Nepal.

It is present in the Himalayas range

The height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29,032 feet).

It was named after George Everest in 1856

Additional information:

First time Mount Everest expedition in 1953

the first person to reach Mount Everest was:

• Sherpa Tenzing 
• Edmund Percival Hillary

The first man to climb Mount Everest twice was Nawang Gombu

The first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest is Samina Baig

the first blind man in the world to climb Mount Everest, Zhang Hong

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Pakistan country capital is present near the  Margalla Hills 

The Margalla Hills is located north of Islamabad and south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Margalla Hills are part of the Himalayan foothills. 

The Margalla Hills within the Margalla Hills National Park 

The Margalla range has an area of 12,605 hectares.

The highest peak of Margalla Hills is Tilla Charouni

Elevation: 1,604 m (5,262 ft)

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related question

Margalla Hills, a hill range, is a part of which mountain range?
Margalla Hills in and around Islamabad is a branch of the?

ND-8-08-2023

Explanation

Explanation

The Kirthar Mountains are a mountain range that marks the boundary between the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh

Kirthar Mountains, a mountainous region in southern Pakistan.

It stretches about 300 km south from the Murat River in central-eastern Balochistan to Cape Muari (Monze), west of Karachi in the Arabian Sea.

The mountains form the boundary between the lower Indus River basin (east) 

The highest peak of the mountains is Zardak Peak at 7,430 ft (2,260 m).