The length of coastline of Pakistan is:
- (a) 1,020 km
- (b) 1,046 km
- (c) 1,095 km
- (d) 1,100 km
- (b) 1,046 km
The length of the coastline of Pakistan is approximately 1,046 to 1,050 km. It stretches along the Arabian Sea coast of the country from the Indian border in the east to the Iranian border in the west. It is divided into two sections: the Sindh coast, which is approximately 250 to 300 km in length, and the Balochistan/Makran coast, which is approximately 750 to 800 km in length.
The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was passed by:
- (a) Lord Curzon
- (b) Lord Ripon
- (c) Lord Lytton
- (d) Lord Minto
- (c) Lord Lytton
The text appears to discuss the Vernacular Press Act, which was promoted by Lord Lytton in his role as Viceroy of India. British policy in India faced increased opposition, particularly in response to the Second Afghan War and a famine in 1876-78, and so Lytton sought to restrict the Indian language press in India. On 14th March 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was unanimously passed by the Viceroy’s Council. The Act gave the British colonial government the power to censor Indian language newspapers if they were considered to promote “disaffection” with British rule in India, but English language newspapers were excluded, demonstrating the particular focus of the Vernacular Press Act on the Indian language press.
Zain, Mari and Qadirpur are famous for:
- (a) Oil fields
- (b) Gypsum
- (c) Gas fields
- (d) Gold mines
- (c) Gas fields
Zain, Mari, and Qadirpur are notable natural gas fields.
Qadirpur, located in the Sindh region, is the second-largest gas field in Pakistan.
Mari, operated by Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), is one of the biggest gas reservoirs in the country and plays a vital role in the country’s urea fertilizer production process.
Zain is recognized for its mineral resources, including its rich deposits of coal in the Zinda Pir Ziarat area of Dera Ghazi Khan.
Land situated between two rivers is:
- (a) Bar
- (b) Khaddar
- (c) Doab
- (d) Karez
- (c) Doab
Doab refers to an area of land that is compressed between two rivers. The term itself has Persian origins, derived from the words “do”, meaning “two”, and “ab”, meaning “water”. It refers to the fertile alluvial plain that lies between two rivers that meet or merge, and the most famous examples include the Gangetic Doab and the storied plains of Mesopotamia itself.
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali presented the name of Pakistan in:
- (a) 1930
- (b) 1931
- (c) 1932
- (d) 1933
- (d) 1933
The name Pakistan was given by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali in his famous pamphlet, “Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?” This pamphlet was published on January 28, 1933, and it was circulated among the delegates of the Third Round Table Conference in London.
The cheapest source of energy in Pakistan is:
- (a) Hydel
- (b) Solar
- (c) Atomic
- (d) Wind
- (b) Solar
Solar power has emerged as one of the most affordable sources of energy in Pakistan, as the price of solar panel technology has decreased and the country receives abundant sunlight. Although the use of local Thar coal is said to be a cheap source of electricity, solar and wind power are more economical in the long run.
Who was the 1st Governor-General / Viceroy to be assassinated in India?
- (a) Lord Cornwallis
- (b) Lord Minto
- (c) Lord Mayo
- (d) Lord Dufferin
- (c) Lord Mayo
Lord Mayo has the unfortunate distinction of being the only Viceroy of India to be assassinated during his tenure. He was assassinated by a gunshot on February 8, 1872, by Sher Ali Afridi, a convicted prisoner at the penal settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands.
The rainiest place of Pakistan is:
- (a) Murree
- (b) Sialkot
- (c) Rawalpindi
- (d) Quetta
- (a) Murree
Murree, which is situated in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, leads the list for rainfall in Pakistan. Its average rainfall per year is around 1,484 mm (164 cm). An extreme case was recorded in Islamabad when 620 mm of rainfall was recorded in just 24 hours on July 23, 2001.
Who introduced English in India?
- (a) Lord Bentinck
- (b) Lord Curzon
- (c) Lord Lytton
- (d) Lord Mayo
- (a) Lord Bentinck
In the British Empire in India, the key figure in the official advocacy of English education is generally viewed as being Thomas Babington Macaulay, based on his famous minute on Indian education, which was written in 1835. Macaulay argued forcefully in favor of the use of the English language as a medium of instruction and in support of the replacement of traditional learning in Persian and Sanskrit by Western literature and science. However, the official advocacy of English education came in the form of a resolution issued by Lord William Bentinck, who was the Governor-General of the Empire, on the 7th of March, 1835. In the resolution, the recommendations of Macaulay were adopted, and the English language was chosen as the medium of higher education.
The agro-based industry is:
- (a) Dairy farms
- (b) Iron works
- (c) Wood works
- (d) Textiles
- (a) Dairy farms
A dairy farm is considered an agro-based industry. Agro-based industries are those industries that use the raw materials of agriculture. Dairy farming is based on the production of milk by cattle, which is an agricultural activity.