PPSC Geography MCQs: Practice Questions With Answers
16 PPSC Geography MCQs with answers — Pakistan's rivers, mountains and provincial capitals, plus world geography basics, a 635-question subject in HighYield's PPSC bank without a dedicated practice post until now.
Geography is one of eleven subjects in HighYield's PPSC question bank — 635 questions covering Pakistan's physical geography, provincial administration, and world geography basics — and it's one of the subjects that doesn't yet have its own dedicated practice post. Below are MCQs in the same format tested on PPSC papers.
Pakistan's Physical Geography
1. Pakistan's longest river is the:
- A) Jhelum
- B) Chenab
- C) Indus ✅
- D) Ravi
2. The highest peak in Pakistan, and the second-highest in the world, is:
- A) Nanga Parbat
- B) K2 ✅
- C) Rakaposhi
- D) Tirich Mir
3. K2 lies within which mountain range?
- A) Himalayas
- B) Hindu Kush
- C) Karakoram ✅
- D) Sulaiman Range
4. Pakistan's largest desert by area is the:
- A) Thal Desert
- B) Cholistan Desert
- C) Thar Desert ✅
- D) Kharan Desert
5. The Khyber Pass, a historic route through the mountains, connects Pakistan to:
- A) Iran
- B) Afghanistan ✅
- C) China
- D) India
Provinces & Administrative Geography
6. The capital of Punjab is:
- A) Faisalabad
- B) Lahore ✅
- C) Multan
- D) Rawalpindi
7. The capital of Sindh is:
- A) Hyderabad
- B) Sukkur
- C) Karachi ✅
- D) Larkana
8. The capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is:
- A) Abbottabad
- B) Peshawar ✅
- C) Mardan
- D) Swat
9. The capital of Balochistan is:
- A) Gwadar
- B) Quetta ✅
- C) Sibi
- D) Turbat
10. Islamabad, Pakistan's federal capital, is administratively part of the:
- A) Punjab province
- B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- C) Islamabad Capital Territory ✅
- D) Azad Kashmir
World Geography Basics
11. The largest continent by area is:
- A) Africa
- B) Asia ✅
- C) North America
- D) Europe
12. The longest river in the world is traditionally cited as the:
- A) Amazon
- B) Nile ✅
- C) Yangtze
- D) Mississippi
13. The largest ocean by area is the:
- A) Atlantic Ocean
- B) Indian Ocean
- C) Pacific Ocean ✅
- D) Arctic Ocean
Natural Resources
14. Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is:
- A) Saif-ul-Malook Lake
- B) Keenjhar Lake
- C) Manchar Lake ✅
- D) Attabad Lake
15. Sui, in Balochistan, is historically significant as the site of Pakistan's discovery of:
- A) Coal
- B) Natural gas ✅
- C) Copper
- D) Gold
16. The smallest of the seven continents by land area is:
- A) Europe
- B) Australia (Oceania) ✅
- C) Antarctica
- D) South America
How This Section Fits Your Prep
Geography questions in PPSC papers stay close to the physical-geography and civics facts taught at secondary-school level — the challenge is coverage across both Pakistan and world geography, not depth on any one topic.
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