Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

 Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

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Explanation

The first Nobel Prize in the Sub-Continent was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore.

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

He was the first non-European and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize. 

Explanation

Herat is a province in western Afghanistan that shares borders with:

• Iran (to the west)
• Turkmenistan (to the north)
• Ghor Province (to the east)
• Farah Province (to the south)

It does not share a border with Pakistan.

Explanation

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact, also known as the Delhi Pact

It was a bilateral treaty between India and Pakistan

It was signed on 08-April-1950.

Expiration: 8 April 1956

Signatories:

• Jawahar Lal Nehru(Prime Minister of India)
•  Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Explanation

• The title "A Tale of Two Cities" refers to London and Paris.
• It is a historical novel set during the French Revolution, published in 1859. 
• The novel by Charles Dickens contrasts the social and political climates of these two cities during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution and the corresponding events in London.

Explanation

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize in 1978 to Anwar al-Sadat

The Nobel Peace Prize 1978 for their contribution to the two frame agreements on peace in the Middle East, and on peace between Egypt and Israel

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until 6 October 1981

Born: 25 December 1918, Mit Abu al-Kawm, Egypt

Died: 6 October 1981, Cairo, Egypt

Explanation

The two main princely states are 

Junagadh

• Muslim ruler chose Pakistan.
• The population was mostly Hindu.
• India took control in 1947

Hyderabad

• Muslim ruler wanted independence.
• The population was mostly Hindu.
• Indian army integrated it in 1948.

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Explanation

Light House of Alexandria:

Location: Pharos, Alexandria, Egypt

Coordinates: 31°12′50″N 29°53′08″E

Constructed: Between 284 and 246 BC

Material: Foundation Stone

Tower Height: 103 to 118 meters (338 to 387 feet)

Range: 47 km (29 miles)

Explanation

SACROSANCT (Respected) means مقدس یا پاک

Sacrosanct means Holy

Sacred means مقدس

Explanation

The series is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a increasing sequence of numbers:

• 2 × 2 = 4
• 4 × 3 = 12
• 12 × 4 = 48
• 48 × 5 = 240
• 240 × 6 = 1440