A Quiz on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Q1. When was the region given the status of province?
Ans: On 1 July 1970
Q2. Which is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Peshawar
Q3. Which regions are bordered by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad.
Q4. What is the meaning of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: "Khyber part of the land of the Pashtuns (or Pakhtuns)"
Q5. Which is thr provincial language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Pashto
Q6. What is the number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa among four provinces in terms of area?
Ans: 4th
KPK is the smallest province of Pakistan
Q7. What is the number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa among four provinces in terms of population?
Ans: 3rd (after Punjab and Sindh)
Q8. How many administrative divisions are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: 7 Divisions
Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Mardan, Malakand, Peshawar
Q9. Into how many administrative units Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is divided?
Ans: 2 administrative units
1. Settled Areas (SA)
It comprises 6 Divisions: Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Divisions.
2. Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA):
It comprises 1 Division: Malakand Division.
Q10. How many Districts are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: 34 Districts
Q11. How many Districts are in Malakand Division?
Ans: 8 Districts
Malakand, Chitral, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Buner, Swat, Shangla, Bajaur
Q12. How many Districts are in Hazara Division?
Ans: 8 Districts
Haripur, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, Kolai Pallas, Mansehra, Battagram, Abbottabad, Torghar
Q13. How many Districts are in Peshawar Division?
Ans: 5 Districts
Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Khyber, Mohmand
Q14. How many Districts are in Kohat Division?
Ans: 5 Districts
Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Orakzai, Kurram
Q15. How many Districts are in Bannu Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Bannu, Lakki Marwat, North Waziristan
Q16. How many Districts are in Dera Ismail Khan Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, South Waziristan
Q17. How many Districts are in Mardan Division?
Ans: 2 Districts
Mardan, Swabi
Q18. How many Union Councils are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: 986 UCs
Q19. Which is the most populous city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Peshawar
Q20. Which is the largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in terms of area?
Ans: Peshawar
Q21. Who is the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Shah Farman (PTI)
Q22. Who is the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Mahmood Khan (PTI)
Q23. How many seats are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly?
Ans: 124 seats
Q24. How many National Assembly constituencies are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: 51 seats
Q25. What is the old name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: North West Frontier Province (NWFP)
Q26. When the Senate of Pakistan named the province as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: On 15 April 2010
Q27. When the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly approved the FATA-KP merger bill making FATA officially part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: On 28 May 2018
Q28. Which province of Pakistan has no desert?
Ans: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Q29. Through which pass Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is connected to Afghanistan?
Ans: Khyber Pass
Q30. What is called the border between Pakistan and Afganistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Durand Line
Q31. Which are the border crossings in FATA to Afghanistan?
Ans: Torkham and Angoor Adda
Q32. A narrow strip of Wakhan Corridor separates Chitral from which country?
Ans: Tajikistan
Q33. What is the old name of Peshawar?
Ans: Pershapur
Q34. What is the old name of Swat?
Ans: Rowdayana
Q35. What are the nicknames of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Frontier, Sarhad
Q36. Which District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the smallest district of Pakistan?
Ans: Torghar District
Q37. Which city is called Switzerland of the East?
Ans: Swat
Q38. Which are the top 12 most populous cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Peshawar, Mardan, Mingora, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan, Turbat, Abbotabad, Mansehra, Swabi, Nowshera, Kabal, Charsadda
Q39. Which rivers pass through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Kabul, Swat, Chitral, Kunar, Siran, Panjkora, Bara, Kurram, Dor, Haroo, Gomal and Zhob
Q40. Which are the famous tourist sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Ayubia National Park in Abbottabad District
Chitral Gol National Park and Baroghil Valley National Park, Ayubia, Batkhela, Chakdara, Saidu Sharif, Kalam Valley and Hindu Kush mountain range in Chitral District
Sheikh Buddin National Park, Hindu ruins at Kafir Kot in DI Khan District
Kaghan Valley, Balakot, Naran, Shogran, Saif-ul-Muluk National Park, Lalusar-Dodipatsar National Park, Babusar Top in Mansehra District
Khyber Pass, Peshawar Museum, Qissa Khawani Bazar, Mohbat Khan Masjid, Bala Hissar Fort, Jamrud Fort, archaeological site of Gor Khuttree, old city of Sethi Mohalla, the Sphola Stupa in Peshawar District
Swat valley, Marghazar, Miandam, Malam Jabba, Gabina Jabba, Jarogo Waterfall, Kalam sub valley in Swat District
Buddhist ruins at Shahbaz Garhi, Takht-e-Bahi in Mardan District
Q41. Which are the famous mountain passes and peaks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Khyber Pass (connects Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud)
Babusar Pass (connects KP with Gilgit-Baltistan)
Baroghil Pass (connects Wakhan District of Afghanistan with Chitral)
Gomal Pass (connects Ghazni in Afghanistan with Tank and DI Khan)
Lowari Pass (connects Chitral with Dir)
Tirich Mir (the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush range) in Chitral District
Takht-e-Sulaiman in DI Khan District
Shandur Pass (connects Chitral District to Ghizer District of Gilgit-Baltistan) often called the 'Roof of the World'
Q42. Which are the famous forts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Ans: Kohat Fort and Handyside Fort in Kohat District
Bala Hissar Fort in Peshawar District
Nagar Fort in Chitral District
Chakdara Fort in Lower Dir District
Malakand Fort in Malakand District
Jamrud Fort and Ali Masjid Fort in Khyber District