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• East: India 🇮🇳
• West: Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and Iran 🇮🇷
• North/Northeast: China 🇨🇳
• South: Arabian Sea 🌊

Last verified on 03-09-2026

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• The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.
• Location: Between Iran and Oman/UAE
• Connects: Persian Gulf → Gulf of Oman → Arabian Sea
• Narrowest Width: 33 km
• Importance: Major global oil transit route
• Region: Middle East

Additional information:

• Strait of Bosporus – Black Sea ↔ Sea of Marmara
• Strait of Gibraltar – Atlantic Ocean ↔ Mediterranean Sea
• Strait of Malacca – Andaman Sea ↔ South China Sea
• Bering Strait – Arctic Ocean ↔ Pacific Ocean

Last verified on 10-07-2026

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• The Indian Councils Act 1909, also called the Morley-Minto Reforms, introduced separate electorates for Muslims.

Additional information:

• Date of introduction: 12 March 1909
• Total members in Central Legislative Council: 60
• Muslim reserved seats: 5
• 27 members were to be elected from different constituencies.
• Nehru Report (28 August 1928) rejected the demand for separate electorate.

Last verified on 07-03-2026

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Pakistan’s borders with neighbors:

• India: 2,100 km (East)
• Afghanistan: 2,611 km (West/Northwest)
• Iran: 909 km (West)

• Arabian Sea coast: 1,058 km (South)
• Total land border: 6,219 km
• Land + Sea border: 7,277 km
• Land + Sea + LOC & Working Boundary: 8,340 km

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• Greenland is the world’s largest island.
• It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
• It belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark.
• Population is about 56,000 people only.
• Area: 2.131 million km²
• Maximum width: 1,050 km
• Location: North America region (Arctic area)
• Capital: Nuuk

Last verified on 06-06-2026

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• SAARC founded: 8 December 1985
• Full Form: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal
• Founding place: Dhaka, Bangladesh

SAARC Member Countries:

1. Afghanistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. India
5. Maldives
6. Nepal
7. Pakistan
8. Sri Lanka

Last verified on 12-06-2026

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• Province: Balochistan
• District: Kharan
• Location: Southwestern Pakistan
• Nearby country: Iran
• Type: Sandy and mountainous desert

Last verified on 01-09-2026

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• Location: Nepal–China (Tibet) border in the Himalayas
• Highest peak in the world: Mount Everest
• Height: 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft)
• Named after: Sir George Everest in 1856
• First successful expedition: 1953

Additional information:

• First climbers: Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa) & Sir Edmund Hillary – 1953
• First person to climb Everest twice: Nawang Gombu
• First Pakistani woman to summit Everest: Samina Baig – 2013
• Youngest Pakistani to summit Everest: Sheroze Kashif
• First blind Asian (3rd in world) to climb Everest: Zhang Hong
• Fastest woman to summit Everest: Tsang Yin-hung (Hong Kong) – 2021

Last verified on 08-03-2026

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• Sindh is known as Bab-ul-Islam 
•  Bab-ul-Islam  means the gateway of Islam
• Describe as having seen the first spread of Islam into South Asia.
  

Additional information

• Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area
  
• Second-largest province by population after Punjab
• Sindhi language is the oldest
• It has 30 Districts and 7 districts
• There are three Barrages in Sindh
• The mountain range located in Sindh is the Kirthar Range

Last updated by NA on 16-07-2026

Explanation

• First man who travelled in Space was Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
• Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.
• He aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space.

Additional information:

• First man who Walk in Space was Alexei Leonov in 1965.
• First man who Walk on Moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969.

Last verified on 10-03-2026