Mountain | MCQs

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Hunza: a mountain valley in Hunza district

Shyok: A valley located on Shyok River

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·         K2 also called Mount Godwin Austen, called locally Dapsang or Chogori,

·         The world's second-highest peak

·         K2 height in feet 28,251

·         K2 height in meters 8,611 meters

·         K2 second only to Mount Everest.

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In April 2023, Pakistan's Naila Kiani became the first woman from the country to summit 8,091m high Annapurna in Nepal.

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Nazir Sabir is a Pakistani mountaineer.

He was born in Hunza.

he climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000 m peaks in Pakistan.

He also climbed:

 the world's second-highest mountain K2 in 1981

Gasherbrum II 8035m, Broad Peak 8050m in 1982

and Gasherbrum I 8068m in 1992.

Awards: Pride of Performance

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Tirich Mir is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush range.

It is the 33rd-highest peak in the world.

It is the highest mountain in the world.

Tirich Mir is located in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Tirich Mir height: 7708 meters 

It is the first recorded climber on 21 July 1950 by a Norwegian.

The list of Pakistan's highest peaks:

Highest peak of the Hindukush range: Tirich Mir

Highest peak of the Himalaya range: Nanga Parbat

Highest peak of the Karakoram range: K-2

Highest peak of the Kirthar range: Zardak Peak

Highest peak of the Koh-e-Suleman range: Takht-e-Sulaiman

Highest peak of the Salt range: Sakesar

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Their average height varies between 600 and 1200 meters,

Sub-Himalayan range of the northern Indian subcontinent.

Sub-Himalayas are also known as Siwalik or Outer Himalayas.

 The range spans the modern-day countries of :

1. Pakistan,
2. India,
3. Nepal,
4. and Bhutan.

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The Karakorum Range is located in the north of Pakistan.

It includes some of the world's highest peaks like K2.

It lies between the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush ranges.

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Tilla Jogian is a historic and religious site situated in the Pothohar Plateau, Punjab,.

Mountain in the Salt Range of Pakistan's Punjab province.

The complex was the most important center for Hindu jogis in Punjab before 1947. 

Height: 975 meters 

Abandoned: 1947

Part of: Mountain