- 1. What is the capital city of Iran?
A) Tehran
B) Shiraz
C) Isfahan
D) Tabriz
- 2. Which ocean borders Iran to the south?
A) Arabian Sea
B) Persian Gulf
C) Red Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea
- 3. What is the official language of Iran?
A) Turkish
B) Kurdish
C) Persian
D) Arabic
- 4. Which ancient civilization is associated with Iran?
A) Roman Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Persian Empire
D) Greek Empire
- 5. What percentage of Iran's population practices Islam?
A) 75%
B) 85%
C) 99%
D) 90%
- 6. What is the currency of Iran?
A) Rial
B) Pound
C) Rupee
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) Islamic Republic
B) Monarchy
C) Dictatorship
D) Democracy
- 9. Which famous ancient city is located in Iran and known for its Persepolis ruins?
A) Tabriz
B) Tehran
C) Shiraz
D) Isfahan
- 10. Which body of water lies to the north of Iran?
A) Red Sea
B) Caspian Sea
C) Black Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea
- 11. Iran is considered to be a major producer of which natural resource?
A) Gold
B) Copper
C) Silver
D) Oil
- 12. Who was the last Shah of Iran before the Iranian Revolution?
A) Mirza Kuchak Khan
B) Reza Shah
C) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
D) Ayatollah Khomeini
- 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) Mehregan
B) Nowruz
C) Sizdah Bedar
D) Yalda
- 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) Saadi
C) Ferdowsi
D) Rumi
- 17. Who is the supreme leader of Iran as of 2021?
A) Ali Khamenei
B) Mir-Hossein Mousavi
C) Hassan Rouhani
D) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- 18. Which ancient Persian king is known for his conquests and establishment of the Achaemenid Empire?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Xerxes I
C) Artaxerxes I
D) Darius the Great
- 19. Which historic city in Iran is famous for its ancient windcatchers and mud-brick architecture?
A) Shiraz
B) Kashan
C) Yazd
D) Isfahan
- 20. Which traditional Iranian musical instrument is a type of lute?
A) Daf
B) Ney
C) Santoor
D) Tar
- 21. What is the name of the famous ancient archeological site in Iran, known for its bas-relief carvings?
A) Persepolis
B) Bisotun
C) Pasargadae
D) Naqsh-e Rustam
- 22. Which Iranian city is famous for its hand-woven carpets and rugs?
A) Kerman
B) Tabriz
C) Isfahan
D) Shiraz
- 23. What is the name of the traditional Iranian musical scale used in Persian classical music?
A) Modi
B) Raga
C) Dastgah
D) Maqam
- 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) 1985
B) 1979
C) 2005
D) 1995
- 26. What is the predominant religion in Iran?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Hinduism
D) Buddhism
- 27. Which famous 1979 hostage crisis involved Iran and the United States?
A) Iran hostage crisis
B) Gulf War
C) Syrian Civil War
D) Iraq War
- 28. What is the highest peak in Iran?
A) Mount Alam-Kuh
B) Mount Tochal
C) Mount Damavand
D) Mount Sabalan
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