Which area of Pakistan is known as “Desert Free Area”?
- (a) Sindh
- (b) Balochistan
- (c) Northern Areas
- (d) Punjab
- (c) Northern Areas
The Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is described as a province where there is no significant desert area, but from the options provided, the Northern Areas (which are often included in Gilgit-Baltistan) are generally known to be free from vast areas of sandy deserts like those found in Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan.
Siachen glacier is in the region of _______.
- (a) Chitral
- (b) Skardu
- (c) Baltistan
- (d) Peshawar
- (c) Baltistan
The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range, in the region of Baltistan (It is situated in the Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan), often considered to be part of the larger region of Ladakh/Baltistan. The glacier is considered to be the highest battlefield in the world, located near the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.
The Ahrar movement was started as a:
- (a) National and Militant movement
- (b) Pro-British movement
- (c) Pro-India movement
- (d) Pro-Congress movement
- (a) National and Militant movement
The Ahrar Movement, (The Ahrar movement was started as a: National and Militant movement) which came into existence officially in 1929 but has its roots in 1910, was a movement of Muslim leaders, including Maulana Mohammad Ali and Hakim Ajmal Khan, who became disenchanted with the Aligarh movement’s loyalist and pro-British stance.
Wullar Lake controls the flow of river:
- (a) Jhelum
- (b) Ravi
- (c) Chenab
- (d) Indus
- (a) Jhelum
Wular Lake is located in Bandipora, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and it ranks as one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. Additionally, it acts as a flood reservoir for the Jhelum River.
Who pioneered the Khilafat movement?
- (a) Quaid-e-Azam
- (b) Ali Brothers
- (c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- (d) Maulana Zafar Ali
- (b) Ali Brothers
The Khilafat movement was started and guided by the Ali Brothers, namely Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar and Maulana Shaukat Ali, along with Abul Kalam Azad, and it started in the year 1919 to protect the Ottoman Caliphate. It was a major pan-Islamist movement in British India.
June 3rd plan is also known as:
- (a) Cabinet Plan
- (b) Partition Plan
- (c) Cripps Plan
- (d) Wavell Plan
- (b) Partition Plan
The June 3 Plan of 1947, also referred to as the Mountbatten Plan also as Partition Plan , defined the final form of the division of British India into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
Main aspects of the plan:
- – The plan proposed the division of India into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
- – Bengal and Punjab would be divided, and the provincial assemblies would decide whether a province would be divided or not.
- – The new border would be drawn by a commission headed by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
- – The North-West Frontier Province would hold a referendum and decide whether it would join India or Pakistan.
- – Sylhet district in Assam would hold a referendum and decide its alignment with Eastern Bengal, which would form Pakistan.
- – India would gain its independence on August 15, 1947.
- – Princely states would decide whether they would join India or Pakistan, based on geographical and population factors.
- – Separate Constituent Assemblies would be formed for India and Pakistan.
Which university of England awarded a degree of L.L.D to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1889?
- (a) Oxford University
- (b) The University of Edinburgh
- (c) Cambridge University
- (d) King’s College London
- (b) The University of Edinburgh
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was conferred an honorary degree of L.L.D in 1889 by the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Although the university was in Scotland, the academic institution recognized Sir Syed’s contributions to education in British India.
Satpara Lake is in:
- (a) Kaghan
- (b) Peshwar
- (c) Baltistan (Skardu)
- (d) Chitral
- (c) Baltistan (Skardu)
Satpara Lake, also referred to as Sadpara Lake, can be found just outside Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The natural lake, 2,636 meters above sea level, or roughly 8,651 feet, plays an important role in the Skardu Valley as a source of water.
2nd Governor-General of Pakistan was:
- (a) Liaqat Ali Khan
- (b) Abdur-Rab-Nishtar
- (c) Khawaja Nazimuddin
- (d) Ghulam Muhammad
- (c) Khawaja Nazimuddin
Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin was the second Governor-General of Pakistan. He served from 14 September 1948 to 17 October 1951. He took over the position after the death of the first Governor-General, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After successfully serving as the Governor-General, Nazimuddin later became the second Prime Minister of the country.
Al-Hilal was started by:
- (a) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
- (b) Maulana Zafar Ali
- (c) Abul-Kalam Azad
- (d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- (c) Abul-Kalam Azad
Al-Hilal, which was founded in 1912 by Abul-Kalam Azad, was a weekly Urdu newspaper published in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. Al-Hilal was instrumental in moving the Indian freedom struggle forward and promoting unity, besides strongly condemning British colonial rule.