Explanation

Major Kharif Crops

1. Rice
2. Sugarcane
3. Cotton
4. Maize
5. Bajra
6. Jowar (Millet)

• Start: April – June
• End: September – October

• Sowing: October – December
• Harvesting: March – May

Last verified on 27-01-2026

Explanation

• Punjab covers an area of 205,344 sq km.
• It is located in the northeastern part of Pakistan.
• It covers about 26% (25.8%) of Pakistan’s total area.

Additional information:

• Balochistan: 347,190 sq km
• Sindh: 140,914 sq km
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 74,521 sq km
• Azad Kashmir: 13,297 sq km
• Total area of Pakistan: 881,913 sq km

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Explanation

• A canal usually originates from a headworks.
• Headworks are structures built across or near a river to divert and control water.
• They supply water to canals for irrigation and other purposes.
• Example: The Lower Chenab Canal originates from Khanki Headworks.

Last updated 27-07-2026 by NA

Explanation

The state of Kashmir has boundaries with:

• to the north and east by China (Xinjiang and Tibet),
• to the northwest by Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor),
• to the west by Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab) 
• to the south by India (Himachal Pradesh and Punjab). 

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory.

It has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947,

And between India and China since 1962.

Last updated 27-07-2026 by NA

Explanation

• The total area of pakistan 881,913 km².
• In old books area of Pakistan is 796096 sq km.
• Pakistan is a country in South Asia.
• Pakistan world's second-largest Muslim population.

Additional information:

• Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area.
• The total cultivated area in Pakistan is 25%.
• The total forest area of Pakistan is estimated at 6.20 million hectares.
• The forest cover of Pakistan is 5.7%.

Last verified on 02-05-2026