English X - Chapter No.19 - MCQs and Fill In the Blanks

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THE KHYBER PASS
MCQs and Fill In the Blanks

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Khyber Pass is a narrow mountain valley about ____ kilometres long.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 50

2. The ______ crossed this Pass nearly four thousand years ago.
a. Aryans
b. Mongols
c. Tartars
d. Afghan

3. Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi crossed the Khyber Pass ________ times to attack South Asia.
a. 10
b. 13
c. 15
d. 17

4. Formerly the trade was done by _______ through the Khyber Pass.
a. ponies
b. horses
c. camels
d. donkeys

5. Today the trade is carried on mostly by trains, lorries and ______.
a. trucks
b. trailers
c. carts
d. ships

6. About ______ kilometres from Peshawar is the Jamrod check-post.
a. 8
b. 3
c. 14
d. 16

7. _________ the highest place along the Khyber Pass.
a. Jamrod
b. Landikotal
c. Durand Line
d. Torkham

8. Landikotal is _____ km from Peshawar.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40

9. The railway line was laid here in _____.
a. 1925
b. 1926
c. 1927
d. 1928

10. The railway line runs through many ______ in the mountains.
a. underground passages
b. tunnels
c. passes
d. bridges

11. Torkham is ______ km from Peshawar.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40

12. Torkham is the border between Pakistan and ________.
a. Iran
b. China
c. Afghanistan
d. India

13. At ______ Km from Ladikotal is Torkham.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20

14. The road through the Pass is ________.
a. straight
b. winding
c. zigzag
d. bumpy

15. The brave tribesmen of the Frontier are the ____ of the north-western frontier province of Pakistan.
a. custodians
b. guards
c. defenders
d. soldiers

Fill In the Blanks:

1. Khyber Pass is a narrow mountain valley.
2. It is about fifty kilometres long.
3. We have to travel through the Khyber Pass to go to Afghanistan.
4. The Khyber Pass had been a famous trade route.
5. In the Khyber Pass each house has a tower which is used for firing at the enemies.
6. Torkham is the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
7. The Khyber Pass has been famous in history for thousands of years.
8. The Aryans crossed this Pass nearly four thousand years ago.
9. After the Aryans came the Mongols and the Tartars.
10. Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi crossed the Khyber Pass seventeen times.
11. The Jamrod check-post is about fourteen kilometres from Peshawar.
12. Landikotal is the highest place along the Pass.
13. The students ate TIkkas and Chapli Kababs at Landikotal .