Pakistan Geography MCQs with Answers 2026

1. The longest river of Pakistan is:

a) Chenab    b) Jhelum    c) Indus ✅    d) Ravi

2. Tarbela Dam is on:

a) Jhelum    b) Indus ✅    c) Chenab    d) Ravi

3. Mangla Dam is on:

a) Indus    b) Jhelum ✅    c) Chenab    d) Ravi

4. The 5 rivers of Punjab are:

a) Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej ✅    b) Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Kabul    c) Indus, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej    d) Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Swat, Kabul

5. Hub Dam is in:

a) Punjab    b) Balochistan/Sindh border ✅    c) KPK    d) Gilgit

6. Warsak Dam is on:

a) Indus    b) Jhelum    c) Kabul River ✅    d) Chenab

7. Indus River originates from:

a) K2    b) Nanga Parbat    c) Tibet (Mansarovar Lake) ✅    d) Karakoram

8. The river that forms boundary between Punjab and Sindh:

a) Jhelum    b) Chenab    c) Ravi    d) Indus ✅

9. Chashma Barrage is on:

a) Jhelum    b) Indus ✅    c) Chenab    d) Ravi

10. The confluence of five rivers is at:

a) Karachi    b) Panjnad (Mithankot) ✅    c) Lahore    d) Multan

11. Diamer-Bhasha Dam is being built on:

a) Jhelum    b) Indus ✅    c) Chenab    d) Kabul

12. Sukkur Barrage is on:

a) Jhelum    b) Indus ✅    c) Chenab    d) Hub

13. The Neelum River flows through:

a) Punjab    b) Sindh    c) AJK ✅    d) Balochistan

14. K2 is the _____ highest mountain:

a) 1st    b) 2nd ✅    c) 3rd    d) 4th

15. K2 is located in:

a) Himalayas    b) Hindu Kush    c) Karakoram Range ✅    d) Sulaiman Range

16. Nanga Parbat is in:

a) Karakoram    b) Himalayas ✅    c) Hindu Kush    d) Sulaiman

17. The highest pass in Pakistan is:

a) Khyber    b) Bolan    c) Khunjerab Pass ✅    d) Lowari

18. Khyber Pass connects Pakistan with:

a) China    b) Iran    c) Afghanistan ✅    d) India

19. Bolan Pass is in:

a) KPK    b) Balochistan ✅    c) Punjab    d) Sindh

20. Tirich Mir is the highest peak of:

a) Karakoram    b) Himalayas    c) Hindu Kush ✅    d) Sulaiman

21. Lowari Pass connects:

a) Punjab and KPK    b) Dir and Chitral ✅    c) Quetta and Kandahar    d) Islamabad and Gilgit

22. The Shandur Pass is famous for:

a) Trade    b) Polo Ground (highest in world) ✅    c) Military base    d) Mining

23. Rakaposhi is in:

a) Hindu Kush    b) Himalayas    c) Karakoram ✅    d) Sulaiman

24. Margalla Hills are in:

a) Lahore    b) Peshawar    c) Islamabad ✅    d) Quetta

25. The Salt Range is in:

a) Sindh    b) Punjab ✅    c) KPK    d) Balochistan

26. Takht-e-Sulaiman is in:

a) KPK    b) Punjab    c) Balochistan ✅    d) Sindh

27. The largest province by area:

a) Punjab    b) Sindh    c) Balochistan ✅    d) KPK

28. The most populated province:

a) Punjab ✅    b) Sindh    c) Balochistan    d) KPK

29. The capital of Sindh:

a) Hyderabad    b) Sukkur    c) Karachi ✅    d) Larkana

30. The capital of Balochistan:

a) Gwadar    b) Quetta ✅    c) Turbat    d) Zhob

31. The capital of KPK:

a) Mardan    b) Abbottabad    c) Peshawar ✅    d) Swat

32. Thar Desert is in:

a) Punjab    b) Sindh ✅    c) Balochistan    d) KPK

33. Cholistan Desert is in:

a) Sindh    b) Punjab ✅    c) Balochistan    d) KPK

34. The largest city by population:

a) Lahore    b) Islamabad    c) Karachi ✅    d) Faisalabad

35. Faisalabad is known as:

a) City of Gardens    b) Manchester of Pakistan ✅    c) City of Saints    d) City of Lights

36. Multan is known as:

a) Manchester    b) City of Saints ✅    c) City of Gardens    d) City of Eagles

37. Lahore is known as:

a) City of Saints    b) Heart of Pakistan / City of Gardens ✅    c) Manchester    d) City of Lights

38. Islamabad became capital in:

a) 1947    b) 1956    c) 1967 ✅    d) 1973

39. Gwadar Port is in:

a) Sindh    b) Balochistan ✅    c) Punjab    d) KPK

40. Pakistan shares border with _____ countries:

a) 3    b) 4 ✅    c) 5    d) 6

41. The Durand Line separates Pakistan from:

a) India    b) China    c) Iran    d) Afghanistan ✅

42. Pakistan shares longest border with:

a) India    b) Afghanistan ✅    c) China    d) Iran

43. The Line of Control (LOC) is between Pakistan and:

a) Afghanistan    b) China    c) India ✅    d) Iran

44. Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with:

a) Afghanistan    b) Iran    c) India    d) China ✅

45. Pakistan’s coastline is along:

a) Indian Ocean    b) Arabian Sea ✅    c) Bay of Bengal    d) Persian Gulf

46. The total area of Pakistan is approximately:

a) 796,095 sq km ✅    b) 500,000 sq km    c) 900,000 sq km    d) 650,000 sq km

47. Azad Jammu & Kashmir capital is:

a) Rawalpindi    b) Muzaffarabad ✅    c) Mirpur    d) Bhimber

48. Gilgit-Baltistan capital is:

a) Skardu    b) Gilgit ✅    c) Hunza    d) Astore

49. The Makran Coast is in:

a) Sindh    b) Balochistan ✅    c) Punjab    d) KPK

50. The highest plateau in Pakistan is:

a) Pothohar    b) Deosai (highest plateau in world) ✅    c) Balochistan Plateau    d) Thal

51. Mohenjo-daro is an ancient site in:

a) Punjab    b) Sindh ✅    c) Balochistan    d) KPK

52. Taxila is located near:

a) Lahore    b) Islamabad/Rawalpindi ✅    c) Peshawar    d) Karachi