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Which of the following is the oldest language of Pakistan?

A) Punjabi

B) Sindhi

C) Barohi 

D) Pushto

Answer
C

Baglihar dam is being built on

A) The Ravi

B) The Sutlej

C) The Beas

D) The Chenab

Answer
D

Which of the following is the smallest barrage?

A) Sukkur Barrage

B) Chasma Barrage

C) Taunsa Barrage

D) Kotri Barrage

Answer
C

For the water apportionment of the Indus and its tributaries, a committee was constituted in October 1970 under the chairmanship:

A) Justice Fazle Akbar

B) Justice Hamud-ur-Rehman

C) Justice Muhammad Munir

D) Justice Irshad Hassan Khan

Answer
A

The Water Accord 1991 was signed on March 16 in

A) Lahore

B) Islamabad

C) Karachi

D) Peshawar

Answer
C

The 1991 Water Accord also called “Water Apportionment Accord” was signed by:

A) Governors of the four provinces

B) Chief Ministers of the four province

C) Chief Secretaries of the four provinces

D) None of the above

Answer
B

Which is the first multipurpose dam built by Pakistan after independence?

A) Tarbela dam

B) Mangla dam

C) Warsak dam

D) Khushdil Khan dam 

Answer
C

The Indus and its five main tributaries all combine into one river near:

A) Sialkot

B) Gawadar

C) Mithan Kot

D) Shikarpur

Answer
C

Indus water dispute arose on _____ when India stopped the irrigation supplies coming to Pakistan.

A) April 1, 1947

B) April 1, 1948

C) April 1, 1949

D) April 1, 1950

Answer
B

Tarbela dam was started in 1968 and completed in

A) 1976

B) 1977

C) 1978

D) 1979

Answer
B

The preliminary feasibility study of Kalabagh dam was completed in:

A) 1954

B) 1955

C) 1956

D) 1957

Answer
C

The Pakistani government first undertook engineering investigations for Kalabagh dam during

A) 1953-1954

B) 1963-1964

C) 1973-1974

D) 1983-1984

Answer
A

The Kalabagh reservoir at a 915 feet elevation would pose no flood risk to Nowshera which is located at an elevation of:

A) 923 feet

B) 928 feet

C) 933 feet

D) 938 feet

Answer
D

The retention level of Kalabagh dam was 925 feet, which has been reduced by:

A) 5 feet

B) 10 feet

C) 15 feet

D) 25 feet

Answer
B

Near Muzaffarabad, the Jhelum is joined by its largest tributary:

A) The Kunhar

B) The Ujh

C) The Soan

D) The Neelum

Answer
D

Which of the following rivers flows through Dal Lake and Wullar Lake?

A) The Chenab

B) The Sutlej

C) The Jhelum

D) The Ravi

Answer
C

After passing through Gurdaspur district, the Ravi enters Sialkot’s tehsil:

A) Shakargarh

B) Daska

C) Pasrur

D) None of the above

Answer
A

Islam Barrage is on:

A) River Ravi

B) River Jhelum

C) River Sutlej

D) River Chenab

Answer
C

Which of the following rivers drain into the Indus?

A) The Soan

B) The Harrow

C) The Panjkora

D) All of the above

Answer
D

When was the Federal Flood Commission set up?

A) January 1957

B) January 1967

C) January 1977

D) January 1987

Answer
C

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was created in:

A) 1949

B) 1959

C) 1969

D) 1979

Answer
B
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