Practice Pakistan questions with answers and explanations.
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Taunsa Barrage spans the Indus River in Punjab.
It diverts water into important canal systems.
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The Salt Range extends across northern Punjab.
It contains important deposits of rock salt and other minerals.
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WAPDA was established in 1958.
It became a major institution for dams, irrigation, and hydropower.
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The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960.
It created a river-water allocation framework between Pakistan and India.
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The Saindak project in Balochistan extracts copper and gold.
The area lies in the mineral-rich Chagai region.
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The World Bank played a key role in negotiating the treaty.
It also supported financing for replacement water works.
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Reko Diq in Chagai District contains major copper-gold deposits.
It is considered a significant mineral resource.
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The western rivers—Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab—were allocated mainly to Pakistan.
The treaty permits specified uses by India under its terms.
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The Thar Desert contains extensive lignite coal reserves.
These resources are used in mine-mouth power projects.
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The eastern rivers are Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej.
Their waters were allocated mainly to India under the treaty.
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Muslim Bagh is known for chromite deposits.
Chromite is an important ore of chromium.
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Pakistan's crops are generally classified into Rabi and Kharif seasons.
The seasons differ in sowing and harvesting periods.
