Q.

1 Yasir Arafat became the chairman of the PLO

executive committee in:
a) 1964
b) 1967
c) 1969
d) 1972
Q.2 Which country expelled PLO in 1970?
a) Jordan
b) Syria
c) Egypt
d) Lebanon
Q.3 Mahmud Abbas, is also known as:
a) Abu Ala
b) Abu Mazen
c) Abu Ahmed
d) Abu Muhammad
Q.4 The first Palestinian Intifada began in August, ……….
a) 1980
b) 1987
c) 1994
d) 2001
Q.5 The second Palestinian Intifada started in ……..
a) 2000
b) 2001
c) 2002
d) 2003
Q.6 When Hamas was formed?
a) 1980
b) 1983
c) 1985
d) 1987
Q.7 How many seats were secured by Hamas in the
house of 132 in 2006 Election?
a) 65
b) 76
c) 71
d) 56
Q.8 Who is the president of Palestine?
a) Ismail Haniyya
b) Mahmoud Abbas
c) Ahmad Ceoric
d) Ahmed Yasin
Q.9 In which country the population of Kurds is living?
a) Turkey
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) All of above
Q.10 The Kurds are mainly Sunni Muslims and their
dialect is …………
a) French
b) Iranian
c) Arabic
d) None of the above
Q.11 During Iran-Iraq War, Iraq destroyed many Kurdish
Villages in …………
a) 1988
b) 1999
c) 1974
d) 1992
Q.12 Iraqi troops invaded and captured the Kurdish city
of Irbil in ……….
a) 1990
b) 1989
c) 1996
d) 1980
Q.13 The claimed area of Kurdistan by Kurds is
a) 50,000 sq. mi
b) 74,000 sq. mi
c) 40,000 sq. mi
d) 30,000 sq. mi
Q.14 14 points of Woodrow Wilson were presented at …
a) Severs
b) London
c) Tehran
d) Versailles
Q.15 The treaty of severs contemplated the possibility of
independence of Kurds in ……..
a) 1911
b) 1916
c) 1920
d) 1935
Q.16 Kurdish Democratic party was legalized in
a) 1958
b) 1960
c) 1970
d) 1945
Q.17 Barazani went into exile in Karaj Suburb of
a) Kabul
b) Colombo
c) Tehran
d) Grozny
Q.18 Total area of Cyprus is ……..
a) 4000 sq. km
b) 6500 sq. km
c) 2071 sq. km
d) 9251 sq. km
Q.19 The capital of Cyprus is ………..
a) Nicosia
b) Istingil
c) Aerosia
d) None of these
Q.20 The Turks ruled over Cyprus from
a) 1611-1719
b) 1500-1600
c) 1724-1840
d) 1571-1878
Q.21 The British acquired the rights over Cyprus in ……….
a) 1799
b) 1850
c) 1878
d) 1890
Q.22 Cyprus joined the British Commonwealth in ……….
a) 1961
b) 1955
c) 1960
d) 1962
Q.23 United National Peace-keeping Force (UNPFCYD)
was established in Cyprus in …………
a) 1954
b) 1946
c) 1964
d) 1950
Q.24 The president of Cyprus now is ………
a) Idris Debi
b) Ricardo Lagos
c) Alvaro Uribe
d) Dimitris Christofis
Q.25 Turkish Northern Cyprus is recognized only by ………
a) UNO
b) Turkey
c) USA
d) France