MCQs of Geography – Punjab

What is the area of Punjab?

On which side of Pakistan Punjab is situated ?

Punjab is bordered by the Indian Held Kashmir to the:

Punjab is bordered by the Indian states of Punjab and Rajhasthan to the:

Which area is located South of Punjab?

On the West of Punjab the areas is:

On the North of Punjab is situated:

The number of districts in the Punjab is:

The Punjab province was founded in its current form in:

Nearly 60% of Pakistan’s population lives in the:

Which statement is true regarding Punjab?

The main site of the Indus Valley Civilization in Punjab was the city of:

In Punjab which desert (S) is / are found?

The most industrialized province of Pakistan is :

The city of Taxila, reputed to house the oldest University in the world, Takshashila University, was established by the great Vedic thinker and politician:

The fold tales of Mirza Sahiban, Sayful Muluk, Yousuf Zulekha, Heer Ranjha , Sohni Mahiwal, Dulla Bhatti, and Sassi Punnun are found in the:

What is meant by the world Punjab?

Originally, Punjab’s five rivers were Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi , Sutlej and:

Which river has replaced Beas in the phrase ” the land of five rivers ” (Punjab)?

Which is the most populous province of Pakistan :

Which province is called ” Bread Basket of Pakistan”?

Which one of the following is the Cultural Capital of Pakistan?

Monsoon rains fall on:

The land between the Indus and Jhelum river is known as the:

Thal Desert region is being reclaimed with water from Jinnah and Chasma Barreages on the:

Multan is also affectionately known as:

Which area is cotton growing centre of the country ?

Which was a centre of culture and learning for a thousand years from 500 BC to AD 500?

When Alexander the Great arrived in Taxila?

Taxila was known for throughout ancient world for its:

Where is the bridge of boats on Indus is located?

The Indus Highway up the west bank of the Indus to Peshawar is currently being upgraded with the help of:

Where the shrine of Khawaja Ghulam Fareed is located?

Khawaja Ghulam Fareed was born in 1815:

IN which language(s) Khawaja Ghulam Fareed wrote his popular poetry?

Dera Ghazi Khan is known for its lacquer- wood- and leather work , dated palm baskets, rope – weaving and:

Where the tomb of Ghazi Khan is located ?

The massive two – storey octagonal Tomb of Ghazi Khan, decorated with horizontal bands of blue – glazed tiles dates from about:

In Southern Punjab there is only one hill station. What is its name?

Fort Munro set at about:

Fort Munro is located at:

When fort Munro was built as a summer resort by British colonial officials?

Dera Gazi Khan was named after Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan was named after Ismail Khan . What was the relation between both?

Where Sassi was born?

To which city’s proximity Bhutta Wahan is situated?

Where the Abdul Fazal and his brother faizi were born?

At which point the waters from Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas all come together ?

What is meant by the world” Panjnad”?

Where the confluence of the Chenab and Sutlej rivers is situated?

Uch is located near:

At the beginning of the eighth century, Uch was part of the kingdom of the Brahmin ruler Chach, author of the Chah Name who is believed to have invented and given his name to:

What is the reason of fame of Uch?

Where is the Tomb of Bibi Jawindi (D.1403 ) is located?

Where are the Tomb of Bahawal Halim and Ustad Ladla are situated?

Where Jalaluddin Surkh Bukhari is buried?

Jalaluddin Surkh Bukhari ( 1177-1272) is also known as:

From where Jalauddin Surkh Bukhari came to the Sub- continent?

Where tombs of Sheikh Saifuddin Ghazrooni, Makhdoom Jahanian Jahangasht are located?

The first Muslim Saint who settled in Uch was Saifuddin Ghazroon. From Where he came in the Sub- continent?

Jahanian Jahangasht was grandson of:

Which saint is also known as Great Traveler?

Mention the Sufi Sect(s) started by the saints o Uch?

Which of the following sufi sect was started by Jalauddin Surkh Bukhari?

Who started sufi sect Qadiriya?

Which desert of Punjab is the continuation of the Thar Desert in Sindh and Rajasthan Desert in India?

What is the total the area of Chilistan desert ?

Derawar Fort is located near:

At what place Derawar Fort is situated?

The walls of Derawar fort are 40 meters high and circumference of the fort is:

How much old is Derawar fort?

Where is the shrine of Chanan Pir is located?

When Bahawalpur acceded to Pakistan:

Where the Noor Mahal is located?

When the Italian style Noor Mahal as built:

Where Gulzar Mahal, Bahawalgarh and Daulat Khana are situated?

In which city Victoria Hospital is situated?

Tombs of the seven companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at Muluk Shah are located in:

The Lal Suhanra National Park is located near:

Which city comes into mind by the phrase:- Heat, Sains, dust and graveyards?

Which city is famous for its 13th and 14th century brick shrines decorated with blue- glazed tiles?

Where the Tomb of Rukh- e- Alam is situated?

Who is the head of the Suhrawardia Silsila?

What was the real name of Rukn-e- Alam?

Ghiyas-ud- Din Tughlaq built tomb for himself in 1320.But another person was buried in that tomb. What is the name that person?

Which one of the following is the oldest octagonal tomb in the Sub- continent?

Which tomb in Multan is awarded for the Agha Khan Architectural Award restoration?

Pick out the place where the tomb of Baha- ud- Din Zakariya ( also known as Baha-ul-Haq) is situated ?

IN which year the tomb of Baha – ud- Din Zakariya was built?

Mention the city in which the tomb of Shah Shams Tabriz is located?

Where Shah Shams Trabirz was born in 1165?

When Shah Shams Tabriz arrived in Multan from Tabriz?

Pick out the second most beautiful tomb in Multan after Rukn- e- Alam’s?

Where the Tomb of Bibi Pak Daman mother of Rukn-e- Alam – is situated?

The Tomb of Khalid Walid is situated near:

The Tomb of Khalid Walid is built in Ghazanavi style and dated from the:

Which one is the largest hospital in Pakistan:

In which city the Nisthar Hospital is situated :

What is the new name of Lyallpur?

Which o the following is the third largest city of the Pakistan?

Who founded the Faisalabad in 1890?

Which city of Pakistan is laid out on the shape of British flag?

The Faisalabad is also known as:

The Chiniot city is known for its ornate brickwork and:

Mention the largest of the Indus Civilization sites excavated so far?

Name the nearest city to Harappa?

Harappa is four thousand years old city and a contemporary of ancient:

Mention the place where the shrine of Baba Noor Shah Wali is situated?

Where the shrine of Baba Fareed Shakar Gunj is situated?

Gunj died at Pakpattan?

To which order of dervishes Baba Fareed Shakar Gunj belonged?

In which language Baba Fareed Shakar Gunj wrote?

Where the Baheshti Darwaza is located?

Who built Lahore fort?

When Lahore fort was built?

Who enclosed the Lahore city within a red brick wall?

How many gates were built in old Lahore city walls?

Who built Badshahi Mosque?

When the Badshai Mosque was built?

In 18th and 19th century the Sikhs dismantled many of Lahore’s Mughal monuments, from which they took enough marble to build the:

Where the Shrine of Mian Mir is situated?

Who built shrine of Mian Mir?

Which is the biggest public library in Pakistan?

Mention the place where the tomb of Anarkali is situated?

The mausoleum of Data Ganj Baksh is in:

What was the original name of Data Ganj Baksh?

From where Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh came in Lahore in 1039?

When Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh died?

Name the author of Kashful Mahjub?

In which language the Kashful Mahjub was written?

Which of the following is called modern Eiffel Tower”?

The tomb of Ranjit Singh and Guru Arjan’s Memorial in Lahore are near:

Where the some hair of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other relics of his daughter Hazrat Fatima (RA) and Son-in- law Hazrat Ali (RA) are kept?

Where Allama Iqbal is buried?

When Allama Iqbal’s tomb was built?

The translucent marble headstone used in interior of Allama Iqbal’s tonb were the gift from:

The tomb of Allama Iqbal is constructed of:

Where the Wazir Khan’s Mosque is situated?

When Masjid Wzair Khan was built?

Who built Masjid Wzair Khan?

What was the original name of Wazir Khan?

Where the tomb of Jahangir is situated?

Besides Jahangir who is/are buried in Jahangirs tomb?

Kamran Baradari is in:

Who built tomb of Jahangir?

Pick- out the city where Shalimar Garden is located?

Who built Shalimar Garden?

When Shalimar Garden was built?

Mention the city where the tomb of Hazrat Madhu Lal Hussain is situated?

Poetry of Hazrat Madhu Lal Hussian was in:

Where the tomb of Qutub – ud- Din Aibak is situated?

Who died by falling from his horse during a game of Polo?

When Qutub – ud- Din was died at Lahore?

Where the Cauburji is located?

Chauburji was a gateway to a:

Who built Chauburji?

Who was Jahanara Begum?

Where the Haran Minar is located:

What was Sheikhupura?

When Jahangir built hunting pavilion Sheikhupura?

Where Jahangir ‘s Fort is located?

Where Guru Nanak was born?

The name of Pakistan- India Border with Lahore is:

The Grand Trunk Road (G.T. Road ) starts from Calcutta. Where it ends?

What is the old name of G.T. Road ?

How many years the GT Road is old?