Geography Test 01

Total Questions: 35

1 - The Shandur Pass connects Chitral with:

A ) Gilgit ✅
B ) Swat
C ) Malam Jabba
D ) Kaghan

2 - Tomb of Khawaja Farid is in:

A ) Kot Mitthan ✅
B ) Pak Patan
C ) Multan
D ) Jhang

3 - Nanga Parbat is the highest peak of:

A ) Himalaya ✅
B ) Karakoram
C ) Hindu kush
D ) Suleman Range

Explanation:

Details:

Nanga Parbat is ranked as the 9th highest mountain peak in the world.

  • Height: 8,126 meters (26,660 feet)
  • Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Mountain Range: Himalayas
  • Meaning: "Naked Mountain" (from Sanskrit)  The word "Himalaya" comes from the Sanskrit language:
  • "Hima" = Snow
    "Alaya"  = Abode or Home
  • Nickname: "Killer Mountain" due to its deadly climbing history
  • The first successful ascent was in 1953 by Hermann Buhl (Austria) — solo and without supplemental oxygen.

First Ascent of Nanga Parbat:

  • Date: July 3, 1953
  • Climber: Hermann Buhl (Austria)
  • Expedition: Austrian–German Expedition
  • Notable Facts:
    • It was a solo ascent — extremely rare at such altitudes.
    • He used no supplemental oxygen.
    • Took over 40 hours — he even bivouacked (slept without shelter) near the summit in freezing temperatures.

4 - River Kabul joins India River near:

A ) Dera Ismail khan
B ) Kalabagh
C ) Attock ✅
D ) Nowshera

5 - "LowariPass" connects:

A ) Dir with Chitral ✅
B ) Sir with Mallakand
C ) Chitral with Swat
D ) Chitral with Mallakand

6 - Statue of Liberty was given to USA by:

A ) Britain
B ) Germany
C ) Maly
D ) France ✅

7 - Continental Shelf limits of Pakistan is:

A ) 12 Nautical miles
B ) 100 Nautical miles
C ) 250 Nautical miles
D ) 350 Nautical miles ✅

9 - The Bolshevik Revolution took place in:

A ) 1915
B ) 1917 ✅
C ) 1919
D ) 1979

10 - The Indias current president is:

A ) Pranab Mukherjee
B ) Venkalah Naidu
C ) Pratibha Patel
D ) Droupadi Murmu ✅

12 - Oceans cover how much of the Earth's surface?

A ) 71% ✅
B ) 75%
C ) 70%
D ) 76%

13 - What is the brightest planet in the solar system?

A ) Jupiter
B ) Mercury
C ) Uranus
D ) Venus ✅

14 - What is the total length of coastline of Pakistan?

A ) 1020 km
B ) 1058 km ✅
C ) 1095 km
D ) 1126 km

15 - Dome of Rock is located in?

A ) Jerusalem ✅
B ) Lebanon
C ) Jordan
D ) Iraq

16 - The second largest desert of the world is?

A ) Arabian ✅
B ) Sahara
C ) Gobi
D ) Great Bear

17 - Which of the following country has no Boundary with Syria?

A ) Iraq
B ) Iran ✅
C ) Turkey
D ) Israel

18 - The largest earth filled dam of the world is:

A ) Tarbela ✅
B ) Warsak
C ) Mangla
D ) Swan

19 - Timbuktu is the famous city is?

A ) Mali ✅
B ) Egypt
C ) Spain
D ) Iraq

20 - Three Gorges Dam is located in:

A ) USA
B ) India
C ) China ✅
D ) Canada

21 - According to Science, the Earth is ___ years old.

A ) 10 billion
B ) 6 million
C ) 4.5 billion ✅
D ) 450 million

22 - Coniferous forests have low biodiversity than:

A ) Tropical Rainforest ✅
B ) Savana
C ) Tundra
D ) Cool Temperature

23 - Rocks that contain fossils are?

A ) Celandine rocks
B ) Monzonite rocks
C ) Sedimentary rocks ✅
D ) Dolerite rocks

24 - Depletion of the zone layer is caused due to:

A ) Ferrocene
B ) Fullerenes
C ) Ferons ✅
D ) Poly halogens

25 - Deforestation at a large scale can be observed at:

A ) Atlantic Forest
B ) Amazon Forest ✅
C ) Berneo forest
D ) Sumatra forest

26 - Wakhan corridor is located to the ____ of Pakistan?

A ) West
B ) East
C ) North ✅
D ) South-West

27 - Red Lake is found in:

A ) USA ✅
B ) England
C ) France
D ) None of these

29 - River Nile flows through which of the following cities?

A ) Cairo ✅
B ) Tripoli
C ) Damascus
D ) Asen

31 - Rainfall is measured using a:

A ) Salino meter
B ) Rain Scope
C ) Rain gauge ✅
D ) Rain meter

32 - Which of the following river flows in Canada?

A ) Mackenzie river
B ) Nelson river
C ) Fraser river
D ) All of these ✅

33 - Which of the following is considered the deepest lake of world

A ) Lake Victoria
B ) Lake Supervisor
C ) Lake Baikal ✅
D ) Lake Erie

34 - ____is considered the largest Glacier in the World located in Antarctica?

A ) Lambert Fisher Glacier ✅
B ) Denman Glacier
C ) Gilbert Glacier
D ) None of these

35 - Where is The pyramids of Giza situated?

A ) Egypt ✅
B ) Sudan
C ) Congo
D ) South Africa