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Ans: Pakistan Ports: Pakistan has 6 seaports on its southern coastline, 2 seaports in Sindh and 4 seaports in Balochistan. (a) Seaports in Sindh: Sindh seaports are; Karachi and Muhammad bin Qasim. i. Karachi Seaport: The oldest and the most important seaport of the country is Karachi. Sixty percent of Pakistan’s foreign trade is carried … Read more
Ans: Important energy resources in Pakistan: (i) Electricity: On the basis of its generation source, electricity has following kinds: hydel, thermal, nuclear, wind, and solar. Wind and solar sources are also called renewable resources of energy. . In 1947 our total electricity production was 68.8 MW (one megawatt is equal to one million watts), we … Read more
Ans: Importance of Energy Resources: There are two most common resources of energy: (i) Electricity: On the basis of its generation source, electricity has following kinds: hydel, thermal, nuclear, wind, and solar. Wind and solar sources are also called renewable resources of energy. (ii) Gas, Petroleum and Coal: Gas, petroleum and coal, taken together are … Read more
Ans: Small industries are those enterprises in which manufacturing and production are carried out on small or micro scale. According to a latest definition one time investment on a small industrial unit does not exceed Rs 100 million. Cottage industry is a business or manufacturing activity carried out in homes, with the help of simple … Read more
Ans: Industry is that sector of economy which consists of enterprises that produce goods (as opposed to services). Industry also produces raw materials used in the production of machines and processed material. Industry has many kinds, for example small industry and heavy industry which manufactures smaller machine units or machine parts. Related Questions: Who was … Read more
Ans: Economic base of Pakistan and India: . At the time of independence (1947) Pakistan had an extremely poor economic base. The British government had established industry in india but it was all concentrated in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. All these industrial centres went to Indian share as a result of partition. . Cotton textile, … Read more
Ans: Dairy farming: Rearing cattle in farms for the production of meat minds b called dairy farming. This is the major opcupation do a wee countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada In Pakaja far not been able to develop dairy farming as a big onespos Farmers rear few buffaloes and cows on their farms, … Read more
Ans: Sheep and Goats: . Sheep and goats are reared in fertile as well semi-arid areas of the country like Thai, Thar Potwar Plateau and Balochistan Plateau. . Cold climate of our western mountainous region is ideal for rearing of high- quality sheep breeds. Fat rump (tail) rams are common in these areas. . Sheep … Read more
Ans: Livestock: The term livestock includes sheep, cows, bulls, buffaloes, goats, camels, horses and donkeys. In a wider sense this term is also applied to hens, turkeys, chicks, ostriches and fish. Animals are an integral part of our economy. Animals affect our life in many ways i.e. i. Livestock sector provides employment to 30 million … Read more