FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CURRENT AFFAIRS – 2014
1) Largest landlocked country is?
(a) Mongolia
(b).Azerbaijan
(c).Kazakhstan
(d).None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country by land area and the ninth largest country in the world; its territory of 2,727,300 square kilometres (1,053,000 sq mi) is larger than Western Europe
2). Length of Khyber Pass?
(a).53-kilometer
(b).50-kilometer
(c).63-kilometer
(e).None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: The Khyber Pass is a 53-kilometer (33-miles) passage through the Hindu Kush mountain range. It connects the northern frontier of Pakistan with Afghanistan.
A number of locations around the world have been named after the Khyber Pass.
Khyber Pass road is a major road in the suburb of Newmarket Auckland, New Zealand
A Suburb of Delhi, India is named after this pass
Steep and twisting road up the West Cliff at Whitby, UK.
