When petroleum exploration in Pakistan started?
پاکستان میں پیٹرولیم کی تلاش کب شروع ہوئی؟
- 1908
- 1948
- 1996
- 1866
Explanation
Petroleum exploration in Pakistan began in the early 1860s during the British colonial period.The first oil well was drilled in 1866 near Kundian, Punjab, by the Burmah Oil Company.
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- 1950: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) was established.
- 1952: The first oil field in Pakistan was discovered in Balochistan, near the Sui gas field.
- 1957: PPL discovered natural gas in Khairpur.
- 1960-70: Exploration shifted from gas to oil.
- 1961: PPL and Pakistan Oilfields began drilling with Soviet assistance.
- 1964: Activity began in the Toot oil field in Punjab.
- 2001: MGCL was granted a license to explore oil and gas.
- 2005: International Sovereign Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited to develop the Toot field.
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پاکستان کا پہلا آئین کب نافذ ہوا؟
- 8th June 1956
- 23rd March 1956
- 14th August 1956
- 25th December 1956
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صوبہ پنجاب کا کل رقبہ کتنا ہے؟
- 347,190 Sq Km
- 300,190 Sq Km
- 205,344 Sq Km
- None of these
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گلگت بلتستان (جی بی) کے موجودہ وزیر اعلیٰ کون ہیں؟
- Khalid Khurshid Khan
- Yar Muhammad
- Amjad Hussain Azar
- None of these
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بلوچستان میں کتنے اضلاع ہیں؟
- 39
- 40
- 41
- None of these
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پاکستان کا کل رقبہ کتنا ہے؟
- 899,913 km²
- 881,913 km²
- 899,92222 km²
- 799,92222 km²
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