Quiz 10

Question 1

Name three rivers that flow from the Himalaya Mountains, across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, to the sea.

Answer 1

Pakistan- Indus
India- Ganges
Bangladesh- Brahmaputra

Question 2

What is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and in the area on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border?

Answer 2

Pashtun

Question 3

What group, translated as “Students of Islam” in English, seized power in Kabul in 1996 and dominated the government of Afghanistan until 2001?

Answer 3

Taliban

Question 4

What was destroyed on February 21 of this year, triggering demonstrations and violence in Afghanistan.

Answer 4

Koran

Question 5

What South Asian country was established in 1971?

Answer 5

Bangladesh

Question 6

What territory is in dispute between India and Pakistan?

Answer 6

Kashmir

Question 7

Who is president of Afghanistan

Answer 7

Ghani

Question 8

In 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan. In what year did they withdraw?

Answer 8

1989

Question 9

What two countries [1] and [2] went to war over a disputed border in South Asia in 1962?

Answer 9

China & India

Question 10

Which of the following figures was/were assassinated in 2007?

1) Asif Ali Zardari
2) Benazir Bhutto
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Mahatma Gandhi
5) Osama Bin Laden

Answer 10

Bhutto