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