MCQ

ASIAN STUDIES
1. The Central Asia is formerly known as?
a. Moscow
b. Turkestan
c. Uzbekistan
d. Yenisei
2. The Garden of Eden is believed to be located in?
a. Iran
b. Botswana
c. Iraq
d. Israel
3. True or False. Istanbul is the Capital City of Afghanistan.
a. True
b. False
4. The boy with striped pajamas was a book written by John Boyne and later on adapted as a
movie produced by David Heyman. Where the writer does based this book?
a. Holocaust
b. World War I
c. Afghan War
d. Diaspora
5. Which of the following best describes Uighur script?
a. A Turkic language with 25 million speakers (in 2016) mainly in the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region in the north west of China, where it is an official
language.
b. The modern Russian Language, which was based on the Taranchi dialect spoken in
Russia before the Russian Revolution of 1917, is classified with Uzbek in the
southeastern branch of the Turkic languages.
c. Written in English, but a modified Latin alphabet was officially adopted in 1930, and
in 1947 a modified Cyrillic alphabet was adopted within the Soviet Union.
d. All of the above
6. The following are true about the reason for the Soviet defeat. Except
a. Guerrilla, also spelled guerrilla, member of an irregular military force fighting small-scale,
limited actions, in concert with an overall political-military strategy, against conventional
military forces. Guerrilla tactics involve constantly shifting attack operations and include
the use of sabotage and terrorism.
b. The desire for peace by Soviet leaders because the Afghan war had cost the lives of
30,000 Soviet troops and $2 billion a year.
c. To secure their main goal to open Afghanistan to the world, US and NATO powers
have been positioned including sovereign Henry, second beneficiary to the British
seat.
d. All of the above
7. Where Muhammad did converted his wife and relatives into Islam?
a. Iran
b. Jerusalem
c. Mecca
d. Saudi Arabia
8. They invented the polio vaccine and vaccination necessitated leukemia therapy and Insulin.
a. Muslims
b. Jews
c. German
d. Mongol
9. The following are true about Iran, except;
a. Iran lies between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf and is bounded on the north by
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia; on the east by Afghanistan
and Pakistan, the south by the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, and on the west by Iraq
and Turkey.
b. Iran is the world center of the minority Shiite, Islam.
c. Iran has the world’s sixth-biggest oil reserves, which were found in 2007.
d. Iran’s main language is Farsi.
10.
i polygamy is permitted, but the wife must treat all unfairly.
ii eating of pork, drinking of alcoholic drinks, gambling, and religious images are
prohibited.
iii respect for parents and old folks.
iv protection of widows and children

Considering the following above, which of the statement below is true.

a. I and II are true
b. II and IV are true but III and I are false
c. II, III, and IV are true
d. I, II, III, and IV are true
11. Turkey is known as;
a. The Cradle of turkeys
b. The state capital of Thanksgiving
c. Home of the Turks
d. The state capital of Islam
12. The city of Troy is locatec in
a. Troia
b. Instanbul
c. Ankara
d. Anakara
13. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Anakara is the capital city of Turkey
b. Istanbul is the largest city and financial center
c. Iraq is a peaceful country
d. All of the above
14. Largest country of the oil-rich Persian/Arabian Gulf and has the largest oil and gas reserves
in the world.
a. Saudi arabia
b. Afghanistan
c. Iran
d. Iraq
15. It is used to be an “island of nomads.” Today, it is the land of billion-dollar oil sheiks. It owns
one-fourth of world’s oil reserves. It earns more than a hundred billion dollars a year from crude
oil alone.
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Afghanistan
c. Iran
d. Iraq
16. President Ataturk adopted the new constitution on April 20, 1924 which establish a
republican democracy for the Turkey. President introduce these modern terms EXCEPT:
a. Freedom of religion
b. Introduction of Christian
c. Modernization and Industrialization
d. Abolition of Muslim custom
17. The fierce Ottoman Turks originally came from Turkmenistan where they were welded into
one nation by Osman
a. Ottoman Empire
b. Sassanian Empire
c. Islamic empire
d. Byzantine Empire
18. It is the forerunners of the Iron Age, and were known for their chariot, iron tools, and
perhaps the first limited monarchy in the world.
a. The Hittites
b. Persia
c. Canaan tribe
d. Croesus
19. Who founded the first Greek colony on the Bosporus coast of turkey?
a. Byzas
b. Abdul Aziz
c. Muhammad ibn
d. Muhamad Kemal
20. Was a great Persian religion and competed with that of the Roman Empire gods.
a. Bahaism
b. Zoroastrianism
c. Sunni Islam
d. Shiite Islam
21. Who established the first world empire and founded the Persian or Achaemenid Dynasty
which lasted two centuries?
a. Cyrus the great
b. Alexander the great
c. Ardashir
d. None of the above
22. In ancient time Syria was a vast, the following are the powerful and proud empire EXCEPT:
a. Lebanon
b. Jordan
c. Iran
d. Iraq
23. What is the other term for chick pea. One of the Lebanese cuisine together with pita and
other bean dishes
a. Fool
b. Kibbe
c. Hummus
d. Burghul
24. Silk route through Syria became less important because of
a. Discovery of the sea route between east and west.
b. Syria went through a saga of coups and countercoups alignment and realignment.
c. Syria resent the secular bias of the Assad government and some have tried to take over.
d. None of the above
25. True or False. Iran is bordered by Iran, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in a
triangle of mountains, desert, and rich river basins.
a. True
b. False
26. It is the powerhouse for a militant Islamic policy in the world.
a. Iraq
b. Turkmenistan
c. Iran
d. Afghanistan
27. A Hungarian lawyer-writer who wrote a pamphlet and was the founder of Zionism?
a. Theodor Herzl
b. James Balfour
c. David Ben-Gurion
d. None of the above
28. It is the largest minority in Bulgaria, the second largest in Iraq, Libya, North Macedonia and
Syria, and the third largest in Kosovo.
a. Iran
b. Turkey
c. Afghanistan
d. Saudi Arabia
29. Who was liberator save the nation in their darkest time in 1830-1838?
a. Muhamad Kemal
b. Muhammad ibn
c. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
d. Mohammed Doud Khan
30. The two powerful Greek settlements in western turkey were
a. Jona and Lydia
b. Ali and Ahim
c. Acestes and Lasonas
d. Phaedra and Nefeli