MCQs of Geography – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa runs for over 1,100 kilometers along the border with:

The area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is:

How many districts are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province comprises five districts including Abbottabad, Batagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the new name of NWFP . It changed on:

Who remained prominent in the region until Muslim Arabs and Turks conquered the area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before the 2nd millennium CE?

The famous Khyber Pass links the Afghanistan with the province of:

Hindkowans are most common in, the:

The North – West Frontier Province lies in a region where the Indian Subcontinent meets with :

Durand Line , the border drawn in 1893 by:

The most famous lakes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are Saodi Sharof and:

When the Kushans invaded Gandhara?

Which road became popular as trade route?

What is Safed Koh?

What is the length of Safed Koh?

Safed Koh is crossed by:

Which is the highest peak of Safed Koh?

When the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s population converted to Islam?

Mention the ruler under Whose rule population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa converted to Islam?

Which one of the following is world’s largest tribal society ?

Which area of the Sub- continent was left ungoverned by the British as a buffer zone between the British empire and Afghanistan?

Who wrote Lords of the Khyber?

Who wrote:-When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, An, the the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle an, blow out your brains, An, go to your Gawd like a soldier.

About which place Rudyard Kipling said:-” A scrimmage in a Border Station: a Canter Down some dark defile: Two Thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten rupee Jezail The Crammer’s boast, the squadron’s Pride, Shot like a rabbit in a ride.”

Who moved his winter capital to Peshawar from Pushkalavati in the 2nd AD.?

When Ranjit Singh captured Peshawar?

When British took Peshawar from Sikhs?

The only part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that lies east of the Indus is:

Pick out the heart of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

By which river(s) Vale of Peshawar is watered?

The Vale of Peshawar was the centre of the ancient Kingdom of:

The northern half of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa consists of:

Which city is mentioned in Rig Veda Mahabharata and in ptolemy’s Geographila ( second century AD)?

Mention one of the most historically interesting villages in Swat?

Mention the year when at Udegram- the site of the ancient town of Ora- Alexander the Great fought one of his battles?

Udegram was the capital of the Hindu Shahi rulers Swat from the:

Where Ambela Pass, Karakar Pass and Malandrai Pass are situated?

In which y ear at Karakar Pass Emperor Akbar lost most of his 8,000 – man army in his abortive attempt to invade Swat?

The Durand Line is the border Between:

When the Durand Line was agreed?

The British developed their so- called ” forward policy” – an attempt to befriend and mainipulate the Pathans. By this policy to whom advances they want to block?

What is Pukhtunwali?

Where the Khyber Pass is located

Pick- out the place where the Bala Hisar Fort is situated?

In which city the Mahabat Khan mosque is situated?

When Mughal Mahabat Khan Mosque was built?

When the Mahabat Khan Mosque was destroyed by fire?

Name the personality who was appointed twice governor of the Peshawar region during the regions of Shah Jahan Aurangzeb and he financed the building of the Mahabat Khan Mosque?

Where the Cunningham Clock – towar is situated ?

In which year Cunningham Clock- tower was built in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Empress?

Name the person who began his career as political agent in North Waziristan and later became governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1937 to 1946, and again after Independence from 1947 to 1948?

Mention the city where Pakistan Academy for Rural Development is situated?

Where the Pakistan Forest institution is located?

Jamrud Fort is near:

Which of the following Sikhs built on the site of older fort, in 1823?

Ali Masjid Fort is situated near:

Name the Southern entrance to the Khyber Pass?

Which place is called gate way to Khyber Pass?

In Jamrud on Khyber Pass there is a stone archway across the road , the Bab-e- Khyber . When it was built?

From Peshawar to Khyber which is the last Railway Station ?

Mention the highest point of Khyber Pass?

What is the height of Landi Kotal?

Name the border post from Peshawar to Khyber?

How many tunnels are there from Peshawar to Landi Kotal?

Darra Adam Khel is famous for:

Which area is called ‘gun factory of the tribal areas”?

Which one is the toughest town in the world?

What is Thal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

Who wrote The Men Who Ruled India?

What is meant by Peshawar?

When Mughals arrived in Peshawar?

Who built Bala Hisar Fort in 1834?

Since 1907 the Bala Hisar Fort is the headquarters of:

Where the Chowk Yadgar is situated?

The monument at the centre of Chowk Yadgar, Peshawar, commemorates the heroes of the:

Who wrote this:- When Spring – time flushes the desert grass, Our Kafileas wind through the Khyber Pass, Lean are the camels but fat the flairs, Light are the purses but heavy the bales, When the snowbound trade of the north comes down, To the market square of Peshawar town.

The Length of Khyber Pass is 56 Kilometres, of which within Pakistan the road is:

On which river Warsak Dam was built?

Name the nearest city to Warsak Dam?

What is length of Warsak Dam’s Lake?

Parachinar is surrounded by:

Mention the last town Peshawar to Tribal area?

Dabarra is the centre of the:

In Dabarra Falcons are caught in the winter when they migrate south from the:

Name the mountain situated on the border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan:

Where the Gomal University is situated?

Dozens of prehistoric and Indus Civilisation sites are scattered along the ancient trade route to the:

Pick – out among the followings the most impressive prehistoric site along the ancient trade route to the Gomal Pass, dating from 3200 BC ( older than Moenjodaro)

Lal Makra Tombs in Lal Makra Sharif are near:

The first capital of Gandhara was Pushkalavati – meaning the Lotus City. Now what it is called:

Where tropical sugar – cane and cold- climate sugar – beet grow side by side?

The earliest layer of Pushkalavati shows evidence of a:

Where the complete Buddhist monastery in Pakistan is found?

The monastery and stupas at Takht- e- Bahi were founded in the first century AD and abandoned in the:

Where the famous Ashokan inscriptions, carved on rocks were found?

In Shahbaz Garhi on how many rocks inscriptions are found?

To which city’s proximity the Shabaz Garhi is situated?

Which one of the followings are the oldest surviving writings of any historical significance in the Sub- continent?

Where the Akbar Fort is situated?

Stone Age people lived in Swat at least as early as:

Who arrived at Swat from central Asia in 1700 BC?

Name the oldest religious text in the world?

When Alexander the Great Invaded Swat?

When Swat became part of Pakistan?

From where Malakand Pass begins?

When Winston Churchill served at Chakdara?

Where the Churchill Picket is located?

Winston Churchill was as war correspondent for the London’s:

The Malam Jaba is one of the important visiting point of:

Which range separates Pakistan and Afghanistan:

Name the mountains of the Hindu Kush which separates Afghanistan and Tajikistan from Pakistan?

Garam Chasma, where the sulphur springs are reputed to have healing powers for skin diseases, gout, rheumatism, and headaches , forty – five kilometres north – west of:

Name the highest peak of Hindu Kush range?

Yarkhun , Mastuj, Kunar are the names of:

When chitral became part of Pakistan?

Where Yarkhun , Mastuj, kunar river drains:

Chitral is separated from the Tajikistan by the narrow Wakhan corridor, and from China by the:

What is the length of Lowari Pass which is at 3,118 metres (10230 feet) above sea level, from Dir to Drosh?

For which valley Naran is the centre of tourism?

Which Valley is called ” Pearl of the Himalaya”?

The Malika Parabt is near:

The Lake Saif- ul- Muluk is situated near:

Where the peak,” Musa- kla- Musalla” (prayer mat of Moses ) is located?

At what altitude the Lake Saif- ul- Muluk is situated?

With which place the Babusar Pass connects Naran?

Which is called ‘A piece of Switzerland”?

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is largely located on the Iranian plateau along the peripheral junction between the Indian subcontinent and the:

Which Language is prominent in Hazara division?