Geography and Provinces

Administrative Divisions and Demographics

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  1. According to the 2023 Digital Census, what was the enumerated population of Pakistan's four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory?
  2. What is the federal administrative status of Islamabad, designated as the federal capital territory under the Capital Development Authority Ordinance 1960?
  3. Which administrative unit of Pakistan, formerly called the Northern Areas, is divided into three divisions: Gilgit, Baltistan and Diamer?
  4. What is the provincial capital and largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nicknamed the City of Flowers?
  5. Which fertile canal-irrigated interfluvial region (doab) in Punjab lies situated between the Chenab River and the Ravi River?
  6. Which valley in Gilgit-Baltistan had the town of Baltit as the capital of its old state?
  7. Which barrage on the Indus River near Sukkur, formerly called Lloyd Barrage, was built under the British Raj?
  8. What is the national animal of Pakistan, a species of wild mountain goat characterized by majestic corkscrew-shaped horns found in high northern cliffs?
  9. Which picturesque hill station in Rawalpindi District, situated in the Pir Panjal Range at an elevation of 2,291 meters, was established as a British colonial sanatorium in 1851?
  10. Which perennial river in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a major tributary of the Kabul River?
  11. What is the capital city of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, situated at the scenic confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum Rivers?
  12. Which island is Pakistan's largest offshore island, with an area of 6.7 square kilometres?
  13. Which high-altitude mountain pass at 4,173 meters connects the Kaghan Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Chilas and the Karakoram Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan?
  14. What unique geological feature in coastal Balochistan creates natural cones of erupting mud, methane gas, and saline water in Hingol National Park?
  15. Which valley in Azad Kashmir makes up the larger part of Neelum District?
  16. What major barrage across the Indus River in northern Sindh, completed in 1962, serves as the off-take for the Ghotki, Begari, and Desert feeder canals?
  17. Which national highway in Pakistan is 1819 km long and extends from Karachi to Torkham?

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