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49 MCQs on Pakistan Studies — Kartarpur Corridor (2019) sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 49 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: 2019
The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated on 9 November 2019, ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary.
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Correct Answer: India
The corridor links Kartarpur in Pakistan's Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India's Punjab.
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Correct Answer: Sikhism
The corridor gives visa-free access to Sikh pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
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Correct Answer: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur is the shrine at the Pakistan end of the corridor.
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Correct Answer: Punjab
Kartarpur lies in Narowal district of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Dera Baba Nanak
The Indian end of the corridor is at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, Punjab.
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Correct Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, settled at Kartarpur and spent his final years there.
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Correct Answer: 9 November 2019
Both sides held inauguration ceremonies on 9 November 2019, three days before the 550th birth anniversary on 12 November.
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Correct Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The corridor opened in the year of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary (1469-2019).
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Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
Pakistan and India signed the agreement on the modalities for operating the corridor on 24 October 2019.
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Correct Answer: Ravi River
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur stands on the banks of the Ravi River.
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Correct Answer: 4.7 kilometers
The corridor is about 4.7 km long in total, from Dera Baba Nanak to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
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Correct Answer: Imran Khan
Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Pakistan side of the corridor at Kartarpur on 9 November 2019.
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Correct Answer: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Indian-side ceremony at Dera Baba Nanak, flagging off the first batch of pilgrims and inaugurating the Integrated Check Post.
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Correct Answer: Religious diplomacy and peace
The corridor is widely described as a peace and religious-diplomacy initiative between Pakistan and India.
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Correct Answer: Punjab (India)
The Indian side of the corridor is in Punjab, at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district.
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Correct Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Nanak spent his last years at Kartarpur and died there in 1539; the shrine marks his final resting place.
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Correct Answer: 5,000
Under the corridor agreement, up to 5,000 Indian pilgrims per day may visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
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Correct Answer: Peace Corridor
'Peace Corridor' is the corridor's popular nickname, reflecting its confidence-building purpose.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan–India border
The corridor crosses the Pakistan-India international border between Narowal and Gurdaspur districts.
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Correct Answer: 2018
Pakistan announced the corridor in 2018, after the August 2018 swearing-in discussions, with foundation stones laid that November.
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Correct Answer: Ministry of Religious Affairs
The corridor's Project Management Unit works under the administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board and the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.
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Correct Answer: M. Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Indian side of the corridor at Mann village, Gurdaspur, on 26 November 2018.
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Correct Answer: Sikh community
The corridor primarily serves Sikh pilgrims, although the agreement allows Indian pilgrims of all faiths and persons of Indian origin.
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Correct Answer: Narowal District
Kartarpur is in Narowal district, Punjab, about 4 km from the international border.
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Correct Answer: 16th century
Guru Nanak founded the Kartarpur settlement in 1522, in the 16th century, and the shrine dates to that founding.
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Correct Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Nanak's hymns, including Japji Sahib, are enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture.
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Correct Answer: Same day return
Pilgrims using the corridor must return the same day; no overnight stay in Pakistan is permitted under the agreement.
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Correct Answer: Dera Baba Nanak Check Post
Indian pilgrims enter through the Integrated Check Post at Dera Baba Nanak.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor is cited as a rare confidence-building measure between Pakistan and India despite wider tensions.
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Correct Answer: November
The first batch of pilgrims crossed on inauguration day, 9 November 2019.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan built and funded its side of the corridor, including the terminal and gurdwara complex, reported at about Rs 17 billion for phase one.
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Correct Answer: General Qamar Javed Bajwa
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa attended the inauguration ceremony at Kartarpur on 9 November 2019.
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Correct Answer: Religious harmony
The corridor's stated purpose is to promote religious harmony and people-to-people contact.
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Correct Answer: Guru Nanak's final years
Kartarpur commemorates Guru Nanak's final years: he settled there in 1522 and preached there for the last 18 years of his life.
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Correct Answer: Daily
Under the agreement the corridor is operational through the year, seven days a week.
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Correct Answer: Faith-based diplomacy
The corridor is a textbook case of faith-based diplomacy: a religious pilgrimage route used to ease bilateral relations.
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Correct Answer: Narowal
Narowal, the district headquarters, is the nearest city to Kartarpur.
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Correct Answer: International border
The corridor crosses the international border between Pakistan and India.
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Correct Answer: Sikh diaspora
The Sikh diaspora worldwide welcomed the corridor, which reopened access to one of Sikhism's holiest shrines after seven decades.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor opened in November 2019 despite the sharp downturn in Pakistan-India relations that year.
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Correct Answer: Sikhism
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, Guru Nanak's final resting place.
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Correct Answer: Hundreds of kilometers
Before the corridor, pilgrims from Dera Baba Nanak had to travel via the Wagah/Attari crossing, a journey of roughly 200 km, against the 4.7 km corridor.
From: Kartarpur Corridor (2019) — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Valid passport
Under the agreement, Indian pilgrims travel visa-free but must carry a valid passport (persons of Indian origin also carry an OCI card).
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Correct Answer: Religious tourism
The corridor is a religious-tourism initiative, opening a Sikh pilgrimage route across the border.
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Correct Answer: Indus River System
The Ravi is one of the five rivers of Punjab and a tributary of the Indus River system.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor's people-to-people purpose is direct contact between Pakistanis and Indians through pilgrimage.
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Correct Answer: PTI Government
The corridor was inaugurated in November 2019 under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of Imran Khan.
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Correct Answer: Interfaith harmony and regional peace
The corridor is regarded as a historic step for interfaith harmony and regional peace.
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