General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS And Various Exams Pakistan Studies (Post-Partition) Exercise 13

General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS 

And Various Exams  Pakistan Studies

(Post-Partition)

Exercise 13

• Baluchistan is 43% of total Pak:
• Geographical divisions of Pakistan: are
• 1.Northern Mountains, 2. Western offshoots of Himalayas
• 3. Baluchistan Plateau, 4. Potohar Plateau & Salt range,
• 5. Lower Indus Plain, 6. Thar desert.
• Pak: has 3 stock exchanges.
• Broad Peak I is on Karokarum range.
• Colonel Sher Khan belonged to Sindh Regement.
• Kot Diji is a fort in Khairpur.
• Ancient mosque of Pak: is at Bhambhor.
• Time taken to sing National Anthem is 1 minute, 20 sec.
• Instruments used are 38.
• Texila is in Punjab and NWFP.
• Rashid Minhas martyred in August 1971.
• Mangla dam is on river Jehlum.
• Old name of Supreme Court is Federal Court.
• 10 persons have received Nishan-e-Hyder.
• Kharif (Summer Season) crops include—Cotton, rice, sugar cane, maize, Jaur and Bajra.
• Rabi (Winter OCT-March) crops are wheat, gram, barley, tobacco.
• Jhat Pat is the old name of Dera Allah Yar.
• There are 7 rivers in Baluchistan.
• Mast Tawakkal was the poet of Balochi.
• Khanpur dam is near Haripur.
• Skardu is also called “Little Tibet”.
• Swat became part of Pakistan in 1969.
• The most precious gemstone “Emerald” are found in Swat
• Gilgit is the capital of Northern Areas of Pak:
• Khushhal Khan belonged to English period.
• Saifullah prepared the alphabet of Pushto.
• First poet of Pushto was Amir Karar.
• Saiful Maluk is near Naran.
• Dera Adam khan is famous for Gun factory.
• Durand line is b/w Peshawar and Afghanistan.
• Pakistan Forest Institution is located in Peshawar.
• Babrat at Peshawar built Bala Hassan Fort.
• Saidu Sharif is a lake in NWFP.
• British took Peshawar from Sikhs.
• Population-wise NWFP stands 3rd .
• Area-wise it is 4th .
• Lands down Bridge connect Sukkur with Rohri.
• Guddu Barrage was completed in 1932.
• Real name of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz is Shaikh Usman Marvindi
• In 1973 constitution there are 290 articles.
• Pak: comprises of 61% of mountainous area.
• National Assembly has 342 seats & Senate has 100 seats 14 for each province.
• Provincial Assembly seats Punjab=371, Sindh=168,
• NWFP=124, Baluchistan=65.
• Name of Ustad Bukhari is Syed Ahmed Shah.
• Real name of Shaikh Ayaz is Shaikh Mubarak.
• Barrages on Indus are Toonsa, Jinnah, Sukkur, Gudo, Kotri.
• Ports and harbours are Kimari (Kar:), Bin Qasim (Karachi).