General Knowledge about Pakistan solved questions- Part 3
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Q. Name at least 4 x Pakistani who received Pride of Performance award in Education & Social Work.
Ans. The Pride of Performance is a civil award presented annually on independence day (14 August) on their contribution to the art, sports, literature, science and education.
There are many personalities who have received the award, some of these are:
Pride of performance education: Dr. Abdus Salaam, Deena Mistri, Professor Abida Tehrani
Pride of performance social work: Abdul Sattar Edhi, Jamal Nasir,
Q. Name some important Pakistanis who were given / chosen by the UNO.
Ans. The current holder of the head of UN permanent mission position is Munir Akram, prominent previous holders include Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.
Q. Name the Pakistan who were awarded noble peace prize and why?
Ans. October 2014, Malala Yousafzai got Noble peace prize.
Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for her work on the right of every child to receive an education.
Q. Name the two Pakistani kids who won international awards is computer & technology?
Ans. Arfa Kareem &
, The team of three Pakistani students – Kalim Ullah (MS IT SEECS-NUST), Maria Aftab (MS IT, SEECS-NUST) and Asadullah (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro) – won first place in the competition in the Middle East category of the tech contest and qualified for the final global competition.
Q. Which governing body is set up to solve the problems of public at federal & provincial level?
Ans.Ombudsmen
Q. What are the federal and provincial ombudsmen called in Urdu? وفاقی محتسب ادارہ
Q. What are adm bodies in a government
Ans. They are federal, provincial, division, distract,The & union level.
Ans. How much of Pakistan is rural and urban area?
Ans. 64% rular, 36% urban as per 2018
Q. Name law enforcement agencies of Pakistan. Name the courts of Pakistan at Central, Provincial & City level.
Ans. FIA , ASF, ANF, Police, Military Police,
Q43. What is meant by public & private sectors?
Ans. Public sector is run by government & private sector is run by private individuals or institutes.
Q. How much is the agriculture sector contributing to the economy of Pakistan?
Ans. Agriculture contributes 18.9 percent to GDP of Pakistan. Also give 42.3 percent of labour force.
Q. What are the major crops of Pakistan?
Ans. Wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, maize, vegetables, fruits.
Q. What is the difference of cash and food crops?
Ans. Cash crops are sold in market to earn livelihood such as cotton is biggest cash crop. Sugarcane, wheat, rice are also cash and food crop. Also Food crops are used to be eaten by humans and animals such as wheat.
Q. Name at least five cash and five food crops.
See above.
Q. What is the largest food crop of Pakistan? Ans. Wheat
Q. What is canal system?
Ans. Canal is water channel from rivers to agricultural areas.
Q. How much of agricultural land in Pakistan is irrigated by the canal system?
Ans. Irrigated Area – 36 million acres (14.56 million hectares) Length of Canals – 56,073 kilometres
Q. How many large and small dams are in Pakistan?
Ans. There are 150 dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are over 15 m (49 ft) in height. Tarbela Dam is the largest earth-filled dam in the world and is second largest by the structural volume.
Q. What are the two major industries of Pakistan?
Ans. Agriculture & Industrial
Textile.
Q. How much does the industrial sector contribute to Pakistan’s GDP/economy?
Ans. 12.79 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the sector employs 16.1 percent of the country's labor force.
Q. Which industry contributes to the major exports of Pakistan?
Ans. Agriculture
48. Names of education and health ministries of Pakistan (federal & provincial including AJK & GB.
Q.What was the name of the first nuclear power plant?
Ans. KANUPP 1(Karachi nuclear power plant)
Q. Why is nuclear power energy considered as a viable option for electricity generation? Its clean, cheap and fast.
When did Pakistan become a nuclear power? 28th May 1998
When was Pakistan’s first nuclear power plant inaugurated and where?
Ans. Karachi, 1st August 1971
Q. What does PAEC stand for?
Ans. Pakistan Atomic energy commission.
Q. How many commercial nuclear power plants are operational in Pakistan?
Ans. 6
Q. What are the major sources of energy generation in Pakistan?
Ans. Oil & natural gas.
Q. Which major organisations provide electricity in Pakistan?
Ans. LESCo, IESCO, KESC etc.
Q. What does CPEC stand for?
Ans. China Pakistan economic corridor.
Q. When was CPEC started?
Ans. April 2015.
Q. What major developments will take place because of CPEC?
Ans. Roads, train infrastructure, industrial areas.
Q. Give names of at least three energy, three major road and three rail sector priority projects of CPEC.
Ans. ML 1, Orange train, Metro bus service, highways in Transport Infrastructure Projects under CPEC ; 6, Hakla - D.I Khan Motorway, 297 ; Under Construction Projects ; 7, Zhob - Quetta (Kuchlak) (N-50).
Q. Names of at least three major projects in Gawadar under CPEC.
Ans. Gawader port, Gawader smart city, Pak China technical and vocational institute.
Q. Name of CPEC project regarding optical fibre cable.
Ans. OFC
Q. How many international airports are there in Pakistan?
Ans. 12
Q. Give names of the international airports of Pakistan?
And. See below
Q. Which governing body operates the airports of Pakistan?
Ans. PCAA
PCAA | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.
Q. Which airport of Pakistan is the first private airport in Pakistan and South Asia?
Ans. Sialkot international airport.
Q. Who owns and operates the Sialkot airport?
Ans. Private sector.
Q. What is the name of international airport:
And. in Islamabad (Islamabad international airport), Karachi(Jinnah international airport), Lahore(Allama Iqbal international airport), Quetta (Quetta international airport) & Peshawar(Bacha Khan international airport).
Q. What are major international airlines of Pakistan?
And. PIA, Airblue, Serene, Shaheen.
Q. When do Moonsoon occur in Pakistan?
Ans. Summer monsoon period July-September
Q. Why are monsoon important?
Ans. Monsoon rains Fill dams, and water reservoirs for all year. Monsoon is necessary for irrigation and economic growth.
And. What is meant by heat waves and when do they occur in Pakistan?
Ans. A heat wave is a period of excessively hot weather in summers.
Heat wave in Pakistan occur due to high pressure systems and fewer rainfall before summers.
67. Why is the drought of 1998-2002 considered the worst drought in Pakistan’s history?
Ans. It was the worst drought in the history of Pakistan. West Balochistan and Tharparker were most effected and suffered famine.
Q. Why do floods occur? Give names of major flood disasters in Pakistan?
ans. flood occurs due to excessive rainfall and snowmelt . pakistan major floods caused in 1992, 2010 and 2022.
68. Which is the hottest & coldest city of Pakistan?
Ans. Hottest city Jacobabad:
coldest city:
Astur, Sakardu
Famous Personalities of Pakistan
Education: Deena Mistry, Aban Marker Kabraji, Norma Fernandes
Science: Dr Salim ul Zaman Siddiqui, Dr Ishfaq Ahmed, Dr Abdul Salam, Dr Abdul Qadeer, Dr Atta Ur Rehman
Literature and Art: Anwar Maqsood, Anwar Masood, Wasif Ali Wasif, Ahmed Faraz, Ehsan Danish
Sports: Hassan Sardar (hockey), Shahbaz Ahmed (Hockey), Salahuddin (Hockey), Kaleem Ullah (hockey), Sami Ullah (hockey0, Mansoor Ahmed (Hockey), Hanif Mohammad (cricket),
Mushtaq Mohammad (cricket), Anil Dilpat (cricket), Majid Khan (cricket), Wasim Raja (cricket),
Wasim Bari (cricket), Roshan Khan (Squash), Hashim Khan (squash), Jahangir Khan
(squash), Jansher Khan (squash), Sub Abdul Khaliq (athlete), Muhammad Yousaf (Sanooker), Hassan Shah (boxing)
Achievements
73. When did Pakistan launch two indigenously built satellites from Jiuquan Satellite Center, China? Give names of the satellite.
74. Which Pakistani boxer made history for Pakistan by winning Pakistan’s first ever individual medal in the history of Youth Olympics Games 2018?
ans. Hussain Shah
75. When was Pakistan’s first-ever mechanical heart transplant performed and where?
Karachi, July 2018
76. Which highway of Pakistan is considered as World’s highest paved international road and why?
ans. Karakoram highway Pakistan its also called 8th man made wonder of the world.
77. Where in Pakistan is the World’s Biggest Deep Sea Port located? What is its significance?
78. What is the achievement of Arfa Karim Randhawa for Pakistan?
79. What is Pakistan’s achievement in football industry?
80. Which Pakistani football was used as the official ball in the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia? Which company prepared it?