Natural Resources of Pakistan MCQs
Which province has the greatest share of Pakistan's mineral wealth?
- A. Punjab
- B. Sindh
- C. KPK
- D. Balochistan
Pakistan’s largest gold and copper deposits are found in which province?
- A. Balochistan
- B. Punjab
- C. Sindh
- D. None of these
The Reko Diq mines are located in:
- A. Chagai, Balochistan
- B. Loralai, Balochistan
- C. Lasbela, Balochistan
- D. Jafarabad, Balochistan
Reko Diq is best known in Pakistan for its reserves of:
- A. Coal
- B. Oil
- C. Copper
- D. Iron
Sui gas field supplies roughly what percentage of Pakistan’s gas demand?
- A. 50%
- B. 39%
- C. 40%
- D. 20%
The Salt Range, famous worldwide, lies in which province?
- A. Sindh
- B. Balochistan
- C. Punjab
- D. KPK
What is the highest summit of Pakistan’s Salt Range?
- A. Sakesar
- B. Tilla Jogian
- C. Nanga Parbat
- D. None
The Toot Oil Field is situated in which province?
- A. Sindh
- B. Balochistan
- C. Punjab
- D. KPK
Natural gas was first discovered in Pakistan in which province?
- A. Sindh
- B. Balochistan
- C. KPK
- D. Punjab
The Salt Range lies between the Soan River and the ____ River.
- A. Jhelum
- B. Chenab
- C. Huro
- D. Kabul
Petroleum exploration in present-day Pakistan began in:
- A. 1866
- B. 1996
- C. 1948
- D. None
Pakistan’s largest natural gas field is located at:
- A. Shahdadkot
- B. Karak
- C. Sui
- D. Karachi
Agriculture contributes approximately what percentage to Pakistan’s GDP?
- A. 30%
- B. 39%
- C. 24%
- D. 32%
Sialkot is globally renowned for producing:
- A. Sports goods
- B. Musical instruments
- C. Surgical instruments
- D. All of these
Balochistan’s largest copper deposits are concentrated around:
- A. Quetta
- B. Khuzdar
- C. Dera Murad Jamali
- D. Chagai
The Sui gas field was discovered in:
- A. 1956
- B. 1952
- C. 1955
- D. 1977
The Khewra region is famed for its:
- A. Salt mines
- B. Shrines
- C. Tombs
- D. Rock carvings
Who first opened the Khewra salt mines around 326 BC?
- A. Porus
- B. Darius
- C. Alexander
- D. None
The Khewra Salt Mines are near which district?
- A. Mianwali
- B. Sargodha
- C. Chakwal
- D. Jhelum
Kohala Waterfall lies in the ____ region.
- A. Kaghan Valley
- B. Swat
- C. Bagh
- D. Neelam Valley
Pakistan’s largest salt mine is located at:
- A. Mangora
- B. Khewra
- C. Swat
- D. None
The Lakhra coal field lies ____ of Hyderabad.
- A. North
- B. South
- C. West
- D. None
The Pothohar Plateau features deposits of:
- A. Rock Salt
- B. Gypsum
- C. Oil
- D. All of these
Muslim Bagh in Balochistan is noted for:
- A. Gypsum
- B. Chromite
- C. Copper
- D. All of these
Systematic search for oil in the region began around:
- A. 1908
- B. 1898
- C. 1884
- D. 1868
Pakistan’s largest coal reserves are found in:
- A. Hangu
- B. Peshawar
- C. Cholistan
- D. Thar
The Saindak project operates in partnership with:
- A. China
- B. Iran
- C. Turkey
- D. Saudi Arabia
Which valley was ceded to China by Pakistan?
- A. Shaksgam
- B. Shigar
- C. Nagar
- D. Naltar
Gold and copper are most abundant around:
- A. Kala Bagh
- B. Chagai
- C. Thar
- D. Khewra
The Saindak mines are primarily known for:
- A. Copper
- B. Silver
- C. Gold
- D. All of these
Which minerals are extracted from the Potwar Plateau?
- A. Rock Salt
- B. Gypsum
- C. Oil
- D. All of these
Emerald gemstones in Pakistan are chiefly mined in:
- A. Chagai
- B. Swat
- C. Dir
- D. Gilgit
Thermal power generation in Pakistan relies on:
- A. Fossil fuel
- B. Plants
- C. Both
- D. None
Neelum Valley is located in:
- A. Gilgit
- B. Hunza
- C. FATA
- D. Azad Kashmir
Pakistan’s foreign reserves are most heavily spent on:
- A. Oil & Gas imports
- B. Defense
- C. Food & Clothing
- D. None
Which region holds Pakistan’s largest copper reserves?
- A. Muslim Bagh
- B. Sui
- C. Jhang
- D. Chagai
The Salt Range is located in:
- A. Punjab
- B. Sindh
- C. KPK
- D. Balochistan
The finest marble in Pakistan is quarried in:
- A. Sindh
- B. Punjab
- C. KPK
- D. All of these
Pakistan’s main crop seasons are:
- A. Kharif & Barani
- B. Kharif & Rabi
- C. Barani & Rabi
- D. None
Which country hosts the world’s second-largest salt mine after Pakistan?
- A. China
- B. Ukraine
- C. Brazil
- D. Pakistan
Reko Diq’s reserves were first identified in:
- A. 1979
- B. 1977
- C. 1978
- D. 1981
Saindak (Balochistan) is primarily a deposit of:
- A. Copper
- B. Limestone
- C. Petroleum
- D. Gas
Chromite in Pakistan is chiefly found around:
- A. Chagai
- B. Dera Ghazi Khan
- C. Lahore
- D. None
What was discovered at Kalabagh in early surveys?
- A. Iron
- B. Oil
- C. Salt
- D. None
Pakistan’s largest iron resource is estimated at which site?
- A. Khewra
- B. Naukundi
- C. Kalabagh
- D. All of these
Sulphur deposits in Pakistan are found in:
- A. Swabi & Swat
- B. Jacobabad & Mardan
- C. Mirpur & Nowshera
- D. Larkana & Hyderabad
Pakistan’s first tea-processing plant opened at:
- A. Mansehra
- B. Lahore
- C. Karachi
- D. Faisalabad
Uranium deposits in Punjab are mainly around:
- A. Multan
- B. Dera Ghazi Khan
- C. Sialkot
- D. Lahore
Which area of Pakistan holds its largest iron deposits?
- A. Kalabagh
- B. Nangarparkar
- C. Mithi
- D. Chachro
Pakistan’s richest aluminium reserves are in:
- A. Kalat
- B. Sargodha
- C. Quetta
- D. Both A & B
Natural uranium in Pakistan is also found in:
- A. Punjab
- B. Sindh
- C. Balochistan
- D. NWFP
The Valley of Sakesar sits in which district?
- A. Chitral
- B. Gilgit
- C. Khushab
- D. Quetta
Currently, Pakistan is known to have how many distinct mineral resources?
- A. 52
- B. 45
- C. 50
- D. 30
The ancient Tethys seabed deposits ultimately formed the:
- A. Karakoram
- B. Himalayas
- C. Western Ghats
- D. None
Kalabagh’s iron reserves are estimated at approximately:
- A. 509 million tons
- B. 309 million tons
- C. 520 million tons
- D. None
Kaghan Valley is often called the:
- A. Pearl of the Himalaya
- B. Diamond of the Himalaya
- C. None
- D. Heart of the Himalaya
Pakistan’s first major gas field discovery was at Sui in:
- A. 1952
- B. 1955
- C. 1947
- D. None
Reko Diq is especially noted for deposits of:
- A. Gold & Copper
- B. Coal
- C. Limestone
- D. Lignite
Kalabagh lies within which district?
- A. Mianwali
- B. Sibbi
- C. Skardoo
- D. None
Pakistan ranks what number among nations with natural gas reserves?
- A. 29
- B. 9
- C. 89
- D. 58
The Thar coalfield is located in which Sindh district?
- A. Jacobabad
- B. Thatta
- C. Jamshoro
- D. Tharparkar