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Solved Kartarpur Corridor practice set — 49 MCQs with verified answers and explanations (9 November 2019 inauguration, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, 4.7 km corridor, 5,000 pilgrims a day, Dera Baba Nanak). A Sir Adnan practice set for PMS Screening preparation, not an official past paper.
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A Sir Adnan one-liner set headed 'Kartarpur Corridor (2019) -GK / ONE-LINER-100 (FPSC NEW TREND 2026-27)' from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack. The header claims 100 items but the booklet prints only 50 (4 pp, no options); 49 are published here in the standard MCQ format with verified answers and explanations, 1 dropped (Q37, no unique standard answer), 1 correction (Q23 Indian-side foundation stone: booklet's Narendra Modi corrected to Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, 26 November 2018, PIB record) and 6 NOTE flags (Q14 separate inauguration ceremonies, Q22 ETPB Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Q26 1522 founding vs later rebuilding, Q32 each side built its own section, Q44 roughly 200 km Wagah-route journey replaced, Q45 passport waiver on opening days only).
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Correct Answer: 2019
The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated on 9 November 2019, ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary.
Correct Answer: India
The corridor links Kartarpur in Pakistan's Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India's Punjab.
Correct Answer: Sikhism
The corridor gives visa-free access to Sikh pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
Correct Answer: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur is the shrine at the Pakistan end of the corridor.
Correct Answer: Punjab
Kartarpur lies in Narowal district of Punjab, Pakistan.
Correct Answer: Dera Baba Nanak
The Indian end of the corridor is at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, Punjab.
Correct Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, settled at Kartarpur and spent his final years there.
Correct Answer: 9 November 2019
Both sides held inauguration ceremonies on 9 November 2019, three days before the 550th birth anniversary on 12 November.
Correct Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The corridor opened in the year of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary (1469-2019).
Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
Pakistan and India signed the agreement on the modalities for operating the corridor on 24 October 2019.
Correct Answer: Ravi River
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur stands on the banks of the Ravi River.
Correct Answer: 4.7 kilometers
The corridor is about 4.7 km long in total, from Dera Baba Nanak to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
Correct Answer: Imran Khan
Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Pakistan side of the corridor at Kartarpur on 9 November 2019.
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.
Correct Answer: Religious diplomacy and peace
The corridor is widely described as a peace and religious-diplomacy initiative between Pakistan and India.
Correct Answer: Punjab (India)
The Indian side of the corridor is in Punjab, at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district.
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.
Correct Answer: 5,000
Under the corridor agreement, up to 5,000 Indian pilgrims per day may visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
Correct Answer: Peace Corridor
'Peace Corridor' is the corridor's popular nickname, reflecting its confidence-building purpose.
Correct Answer: Pakistan–India border
The corridor crosses the Pakistan-India international border between Narowal and Gurdaspur districts.
Correct Answer: 2018
Pakistan announced the corridor in 2018, after the August 2018 swearing-in discussions, with foundation stones laid that November.
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.
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.
Correct Answer: Sikh community
The corridor primarily serves Sikh pilgrims, although the agreement allows Indian pilgrims of all faiths and persons of Indian origin.
Correct Answer: Narowal District
Kartarpur is in Narowal district, Punjab, about 4 km from the international border.
Correct Answer: 16th century
Guru Nanak founded the Kartarpur settlement in 1522, in the 16th century, and the shrine dates to that founding.
Correct Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Nanak's hymns, including Japji Sahib, are enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture.
Correct Answer: Same day return
Pilgrims using the corridor must return the same day; no overnight stay in Pakistan is permitted under the agreement.
Correct Answer: Dera Baba Nanak Check Post
Indian pilgrims enter through the Integrated Check Post at Dera Baba Nanak.
Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor is cited as a rare confidence-building measure between Pakistan and India despite wider tensions.
Correct Answer: November
The first batch of pilgrims crossed on inauguration day, 9 November 2019.
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.
Correct Answer: General Qamar Javed Bajwa
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa attended the inauguration ceremony at Kartarpur on 9 November 2019.
Correct Answer: Religious harmony
The corridor's stated purpose is to promote religious harmony and people-to-people contact.
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.
Correct Answer: Daily
Under the agreement the corridor is operational through the year, seven days a week.
Correct Answer: Faith-based diplomacy
The corridor is a textbook case of faith-based diplomacy: a religious pilgrimage route used to ease bilateral relations.
Correct Answer: Narowal
Narowal, the district headquarters, is the nearest city to Kartarpur.
Correct Answer: International border
The corridor crosses the international border between Pakistan and India.
Correct Answer: Sikh diaspora
The Sikh diaspora worldwide welcomed the corridor, which reopened access to one of Sikhism's holiest shrines after seven decades.
Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor opened in November 2019 despite the sharp downturn in Pakistan-India relations that year.
Correct Answer: Sikhism
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, Guru Nanak's final resting place.
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.
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).
Correct Answer: Religious tourism
The corridor is a religious-tourism initiative, opening a Sikh pilgrimage route across the border.
Correct Answer: Indus River System
The Ravi is one of the five rivers of Punjab and a tributary of the Indus River system.
Correct Answer: Pakistan and India
The corridor's people-to-people purpose is direct contact between Pakistanis and Indians through pilgrimage.
Correct Answer: PTI Government
The corridor was inaugurated in November 2019 under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of Imran Khan.
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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No. It is a Sir Adnan one-liner practice set on the Kartarpur Corridor, prepared for PMS Screening 2026. It is published as paperType 'practice', never as a past paper, and the year 2026 is the booklet's label, not a claimed exam session.
On 9 November 2019, ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary on 12 November 2019. Imran Khan inaugurated the Pakistan side at Kartarpur and Narendra Modi led the Indian-side ceremony at Dera Baba Nanak.
The corridor is about 4.7 km long, from Dera Baba Nanak to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, and up to 5,000 Indian pilgrims per day may use it, returning the same day.
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, on 26 November 2018 at Mann village, Gurdaspur. The booklet prints Narendra Modi, which is corrected here to the Press Information Bureau record; Imran Khan laid the Pakistan-side stone on 28 November 2018.
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