- 1. What is the capital city of Iran?
A) Shiraz
B) Isfahan
C) Tehran
D) Tabriz
- 2. Which ocean borders Iran to the south?
A) Red Sea
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Persian Gulf
D) Arabian Sea
- 3. What is the official language of Iran?
A) Turkish
B) Arabic
C) Kurdish
D) Persian
- 4. Which ancient civilization is associated with Iran?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Persian Empire
D) Greek Empire
- 5. What percentage of Iran's population practices Islam?
A) 85%
B) 75%
C) 90%
D) 99%
- 6. What is the currency of Iran?
A) Dinar
B) Rupee
C) Rial
D) Pound
- 7. Iran shares its borders with which of the following countries?
A) Syria, Jordan, Lebanon
B) Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen
C) Egypt, Sudan, Libya
D) Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- 8. What type of government does Iran have?
A) Dictatorship
B) Democracy
C) Monarchy
D) Islamic Republic
- 9. Which famous ancient city is located in Iran and known for its Persepolis ruins?
A) Shiraz
B) Tehran
C) Isfahan
D) Tabriz
- 10. Which body of water lies to the north of Iran?
A) Red Sea
B) Black Sea
C) Caspian Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea
- 11. Iran is considered to be a major producer of which natural resource?
A) Gold
B) Silver
C) Oil
D) Copper
- 12. Who was the last Shah of Iran before the Iranian Revolution?
A) Reza Shah
B) Mirza Kuchak Khan
C) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
D) Ayatollah Khomeini
- 13. Which famous Iranian filmmaker won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
A) Majid Majidi
B) Asghar Farhadi
C) Abbas Kiarostami
D) Jafar Panahi
- 14. What is the name of the traditional Iranian New Year celebration?
A) Sizdah Bedar
B) Nowruz
C) Yalda
D) Mehregan
- 15. Which former US embassy in Iran is known for the hostage crisis in 1979?
A) Embassy in Kabul
B) Embassy in Tehran
C) Embassy in Baghdad
D) Embassy in Riyadh
- 16. Which famous Persian poet is known for his work 'Shahnameh'?
A) Rumi
B) Hafez
C) Saadi
D) Ferdowsi
- 17. Who is the supreme leader of Iran as of 2021?
A) Ali Khamenei
B) Hassan Rouhani
C) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
D) Mir-Hossein Mousavi
- 18. Which ancient Persian king is known for his conquests and establishment of the Achaemenid Empire?
A) Darius the Great
B) Artaxerxes I
C) Xerxes I
D) Cyrus the Great
- 19. Which historic city in Iran is famous for its ancient windcatchers and mud-brick architecture?
A) Shiraz
B) Isfahan
C) Kashan
D) Yazd
- 20. Which traditional Iranian musical instrument is a type of lute?
A) Daf
B) Santoor
C) Tar
D) Ney
- 21. What is the name of the famous ancient archeological site in Iran, known for its bas-relief carvings?
A) Pasargadae
B) Naqsh-e Rustam
C) Bisotun
D) Persepolis
- 22. Which Iranian city is famous for its hand-woven carpets and rugs?
A) Tabriz
B) Shiraz
C) Isfahan
D) Kerman
- 23. What is the name of the traditional Iranian musical scale used in Persian classical music?
A) Modi
B) Dastgah
C) Raga
D) Maqam
- 24. Which Iranian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work on the laser?
A) Ali Javan
B) Shirin Ebadi
C) Abbas Kiarostami
D) Ahmad Khorram
- 25. In which year did the Islamic Revolution take place in Iran?
A) 1979
B) 2005
C) 1985
D) 1995
- 26. What is the predominant religion in Iran?
A) Hinduism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Buddhism
- 27. Which famous 1979 hostage crisis involved Iran and the United States?
A) Iraq War
B) Gulf War
C) Iran hostage crisis
D) Syrian Civil War
- 28. What is the highest peak in Iran?
A) Mount Tochal
B) Mount Alam-Kuh
C) Mount Damavand
D) Mount Sabalan
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