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