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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بادشاہی مسجد کس سال تعمیر ہوئی؟
- 1673
- 1672
- 1678
- None of these
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- Shah Jahan
- Aurangzeb
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- None of these
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- 810 miles
- 910 miles
- 710 miles
- 610 miles
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- August 27
- September 27
- October 27
- None of the above
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