Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
For Climate Change, which option correctly gives the "glaciers"?
A. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
B. Mangrove forests
C. Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush
D. Greenhouse-gas emissions
Correct Answer: C
Glaciers: Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush. Pakistan's upper Indus depends strongly on snow and glacier melt from these ranges.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
For Climate Change, which option correctly gives the "major vulnerability"?
A. High exposure to floods, heat, drought and glacial risks
B. Solar and wind power
C. Nationally Determined Contribution
D. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
Correct Answer: A
Major vulnerability: High exposure to floods, heat, drought and glacial risks. Pakistan faces severe climate hazards despite contributing a small share of cumulative global emissions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
How can climate change threaten Pakistan's food security?
A. Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush
B. Nationally Determined Contribution
C. Mangrove forests
D. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
Correct Answer: D
Heat, drought, floods and shifting growing seasons can damage agricultural production.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which energy sources can reduce dependence on fossil fuels in Pakistan?
A. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
B. Mangrove forests
C. Solar and wind power
D. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
Correct Answer: C
Pakistan has strong solar resources and wind corridors, especially in Sindh and Balochistan.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Why are forests important in climate policy?
A. Nationally Determined Contribution
B. They store carbon and reduce erosion and flood risks
C. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
D. Solar and wind power
Correct Answer: B
Forests act as carbon sinks and support watershed resilience.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
What does NDC stand for in climate policy?
A. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
B. Nationally Determined Contribution
C. High exposure to floods, heat, drought and glacial risks
D. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
Correct Answer: B
NDCs describe each country's climate targets and actions under the Paris Agreement.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Pakistan is a party to which 2015 global climate accord?
A. Paris Agreement
B. Fourteenth Amendment
C. Government of India Act 1919
D. Companies Act 2017
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan ratified the Paris Agreement and submits nationally determined contributions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
What does climate adaptation focus on?
A. Greenhouse-gas emissions
B. Reducing vulnerability to climate impacts
C. Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush
D. Mangrove forests
Correct Answer: B
Adaptation includes flood protection, resilient agriculture, water management and heat planning.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
What does climate-change mitigation primarily aim to reduce?
A. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
B. They store carbon and reduce erosion and flood risks
C. Greenhouse-gas emissions
D. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
Correct Answer: C
Mitigation seeks to limit the causes of climate change.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which ecosystem helps protect Pakistan's coast from storm surges and erosion?
A. Greenhouse-gas emissions
B. Mangrove forests
C. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
D. Nationally Determined Contribution
Correct Answer: B
Mangroves in the Indus Delta provide natural coastal protection.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which coastal region is especially vulnerable to sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion?
A. Indus Basin
B. New Gwadar International Airport
C. Indus Delta
D. Kabul
Correct Answer: C
The Indus Delta faces coastal erosion, seawater intrusion and changing river flows.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which type of extreme event increasingly affects cities such as Jacobabad and Karachi?
A. Both resigned
B. Heatwaves
C. Operation Fair Play
D. Floods
Correct Answer: B
Rising temperatures increase the frequency and severity of dangerous heat conditions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which river basin is most critical to Pakistan's climate-sensitive agriculture and water security?
A. Faisalabad
B. Indus Basin
C. Skardu
D. Indus Delta
Correct Answer: B
The Indus system supports most irrigated agriculture and major cities.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which climate-linked disaster caused catastrophic nationwide losses in 2022?
A. He died in Tashkent
B. Heatwaves
C. 1965 presidential election
D. Floods
Correct Answer: D
Extreme monsoon rainfall and flooding affected tens of millions of people.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
What does GLOF stand for in Pakistan's climate-risk context?
A. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
B. They store carbon and reduce erosion and flood risks
C. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
D. Reducing vulnerability to climate impacts
Correct Answer: A
GLOFs threaten mountain communities as glacial lakes expand or destabilize.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Which northern mountain systems contain large glacier concentrations affecting Pakistan's water supply?
A. Greenhouse-gas emissions
B. Solar and wind power
C. Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush
D. Nationally Determined Contribution
Correct Answer: C
Pakistan's upper Indus depends strongly on snow and glacier melt from these ranges.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Climate Change
Why is Pakistan considered highly vulnerable to climate change despite relatively low historical emissions?
A. By reducing crop yields and disrupting water availability
B. High exposure to floods, heat, drought and glacial risks
C. They store carbon and reduce erosion and flood risks
D. Mangrove forests
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan faces severe climate hazards despite contributing a small share of cumulative global emissions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ch Rehmat Ali
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Ch Rehmat Ali: "profession intellectual setting" corresponds to ______.
A. Khaki uniform
B. Bangistan
C. No
D. Muslim nationalist thinker
Correct Answer: D
Muslim nationalist thinker is the correct completion. He was an advocate of separate Muslim homelands in the subcontinent.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ch Rehmat Ali
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Ch Rehmat Ali: "organization" corresponds to ______.
A. Council of State
B. Pakistan National Movement
C. Simon Commission
D. Legislative Assembly
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan National Movement is the correct completion. Rahmat Ali founded the Pakistan National Movement in Britain.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Ch Rehmat Ali
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Ch Rehmat Ali: "tan component" corresponds to ______.
A. Kashmir
B. Balochistan
C. Cambridge
D. Sindh
Correct Answer: B
Balochistan is the correct completion. The ending was associated with Balochistan and also formed the Persian suffix meaning land.