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1
Q

When were first Palestinian elections held in which Yasir Arafat waselected President of the Palestinian Authority?

(a) 1993
(c) 1995
(b) 1994
(d) 1996

A

(d) 1996

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Mahmud Abbas, is also known as:

(a) Abu Ala
(b) Abu Mazen
(c) Abu Ahmed
(d) Abu Muhammud

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(b) Abu Mazen

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Which Palestinian leader was w w • * • • » — — awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1994?

(a) Ahmed Qurie
(b) Mahmud Abbas
(c) Yasir Arafat
(d) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin

A

(c) Yasir Arafat

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4
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The political faction of PLO is known

(a) Force 17
(b) Fatah
(c) Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade
(d) Intifada

A

(b) Fatah

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5
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The first Palestinian Intifada began in:

(a) August 1980
(b) August 1987
(c) August 1994
(d) August 2001

A

(b) August 1987

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second Palestinian Intifada started in

(a) 2000
(c) 2002
(b) 2001
(d) 2003

A

(a) 2000

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Whose visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in east Jerusalem sparked the Palestinian Intifada?

(a) Binyamin Nentanyahu
(b) Ariel Sharon
(c) Shimon Peres
(d) Yatizhak Rabin

A

(b) Ariel Sharon

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8
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Which Hamas leader was martyred
in an Israeli missile attack on 17 April
2004?
(a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
(b) Abudul Aziz al-Rantissi
(c) Ali Hassan Salameh
(d) Mahmud Abbas
A

(b) Abudul Aziz al-Rantissi

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9
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Who was the founder and spiritual
leader of Hamas?
(a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
(b) Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi
(c) Ali Hassan Salamah
(d) Mahmud Abbas
A

(a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin

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10
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Which is the largest Palestinian militant organization?

a) Hamas
(b) Islamic Jihad
(c) Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade
(d) Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO

A

(a)Hamas

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11
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The peace negotiations culminated
in the Oslo Accords of:
(a) September 1991
(b) September 1992
(c) September 1993
(d) September 1994
A

(c) September 1993

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Oslo Accords was approved by the PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat, Israel’s then PM Yitzhak Rabin, and endorsed by US President:

(a) George Herbert Walker Bush
(b) Ronald Wilson Ragon
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Jimmy Carter

A

(c) Bill Clinton

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13
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Which of the following is the Iranian- backed extremist Muslim faction
based in Lebanon?
(a) Hamas (Zeal) 
(b) Fatah (Victory)
(c) Hezbullah (Party of God)
(d) Islamic Jihad
A

(c) Hezbullah (Party of God)

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The second Intifada known as the Al- Aqsa Intifada started after the failure of US sponsored IsraeliPalestinian Summit in 2000 at:

(a) New York
(b) Washington DC
(c) Camp David
(d) Oslo

A

(c) Camp David

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15
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Yasir Arafat passed away at Paris on

(a) November 2004
(b) 15 November 2004
(c) 11 November 2004
(d) 19 November 2004

A

(c)11 November 2004

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16
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Hamas formed in

(a) 1980
(c) 1985
(b) 1983
(d) 1987

A

(d) 1987

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17
Q 
How many seats were secured by
Hamas in the house of 132 in 2006
Election?
(a) 65
(c) 71
(b) 76
(d) 56
A

(b) 76

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Hamas formed government under the Prime Ministership of

(a) Ahmed Ceorie
(b) Mahmood Abbas
(c) Ahmad yasin
(d) Ismail Haniya

A

(d) Ismail Haniya

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19
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President of Palestine

A

Mahmoud Abbas

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20
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As per UN, largest number of Palestinian refugees lives in

A

Jordan

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21
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The Gaza flotilla raid, code named________ by the Israel Defense forces was seizure of six ships on 31 May 2010 carrying 663 people from 37 countries to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

(a) Operation Sea Breeze
(b) Operation Sea Spark
(c) Operation Water Spark
(d) Operation Blue Water

A

(a)Operation Sea Breeze

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22
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Israel and Hamas began prisoner swap on 18 Oct 2011, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ was released by Hamas inexchange for 1,027 Palestinian
prisoners.
(a) Gilad Shalit
(b) Gabi Ashkenazi
(c) Jonathan Locker
(d) Rav Aluf Benny Gantz
A

(a) Gilad Shalit

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23
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When was Palestine upgraded to “non-member observer state” status in the United Nations in a 138-9
vote, General Assembly resolution 67/19 passed?

A

29th Nov 2012

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24
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How many out of the total 193
member states of the United Nations
recognized the State of Palestine on
14 September 2015?

A

136

CURRENT
(138 (71.5%) of the 193 United Nations (UN) member states and two non-member states have recognized it. … Palestine is not recognized as a state by Israel, the United States, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and most of the European Union, among others)

25
Q 
The Kurds are mainly Sunni Muslims
and their dialect is — .
(a) French 
(b) Iranian
(c) Arabic
(d) None of the above
A

(b) Iranian

26
Q

During Iran-Iraq War, Iraq destroyed
many Kurdish Villages in

(a) 1988
(d) 1992

A

1988

27
Q 
Iraqi troops invaded and captured
the Kurdish city of Irbil in \_\_\_\_-
(a)1990 
(b) 1989
(c)1996
(d)1980
A

(c)1996

(Erbil; and known in ancient history as Arbela and also spelled Arbil, Arbel and Irbil, is the largest most populated city in Iraqi Kurdistan and capital city of Kurdistan Region)

28
Q

The claimed area of Kurdistan claimed by Kurds is

74,000 sq.mi
30,000 sq.mi

A

74,000 sq.mi

29
Q

12th point out of 14 points, provided
an automonous development for
minorities by .

(a) Woodrow Wilson
(b) Churchill
(c) Quaid-e-Azam
(d) Gandhi

A

(a) Woodrow Wilson

30
Q

The treaty of severs contemplated
the possibility of independence of
Kurds in .

(a) 1911
(c) 1920
(b) 1916
(d) 1935

A

(c) 1920

31
Q

The greatest spokesman of Kurds
was .

(a) Mr Browne
(b) Saddam Hussain
(c) Mrs Bush
(d) Mulla Mustafa Barazani

A

(d) Mulla Mustafa Barazani

32
Q 
Kurdish Democratic party was
legalized in
(a) 1958
(c) 1970
(b) 1960
(d) 1945
A

(a) 1958

33
Q

The Baathist government presented
an autonomy plan for the Kurds in

(a) 1990 Feb
(b) 1970 April
(c) 1985 July
(d) 1974 March

A

(d) 1974 March

34
Q

Although during Khurds sided with Iran Iraq War
Joining Iran invited the wrath of Saddam Hussain but
afterward difference occured between Kurds and Iran
after intense fighting took over Kurd
areas in .

(a) 1980
(c) 1982
(b) 1981
(d) 1983

A

(d) 1983

35
Q

Iraqi Army attacked the Kurdish town with Poison gas 5000 of Halabja kurds died in

(a) 1986
(c) 1989
(b) 1988
(d) 1982

A

(b) 1988

36
Q

In 1980’s Kurds formed the Kurdistan
workers party in Turkey led by

(a) Abbas Ocalan
(b) Abdullah Badavi
(c) Abdullah Oclan
(d) None of these

A

(c) Abdullah Oclan

37
Q

1945, Kurds setup a republic at Mahabad in the
Soviet-occupied zone in -

(a) Iraq
(c) Syria
(b) Iran
(d) Turkey

A

(b) Iran

38
Q

total area of Cyprus is .

(a) 4000 sq km
(b) 6500 sq km
(c) 2071 sq km
(d) 9251 sq km

A

(d)9251 sq km

39
Q

The capital of Cyprus is .

(a) Nicosia
(d) Istingil
(c) Aerosia
(d) None of them

A

(a) Nicosia

40
Q

The Turks ruled over Cyprus from

(a) 1611-1719
(c) 1724-1840
(b) 1500-1600
(d) 1571-1878

A

(d) 1571-1878

41
Q 
The British acquired the rights over
Cyprus in .
(a) 1799
(c) 1878
(b) 1850
(d) 1890
A

(d) 1890

42
Q

Cyprus, being the part of Byzantine
Empire, was captured by King
Richard in _________

A

1911

43
Q

The British transferred the headquarter of
Middle East Land Forces from Egypt to Cyprus in

(a) 1950
(c) 1954
(b) 1926
(d) 1945

A

(c) 1954

44
Q

The civil war b/w Greek and Turkish communities broke out in

(a) 1955
(c) 1930
(b) 1944
(d) 1940

A

(a)1955

45
Q

The civil war in Cyprus resulted in the independence of Cyprus on

(a) 14 August, 1947
(b) 16 August, 1960
(c) 26 April, 1959
(d) 19 September, 1955

A

(b) 16 August, 1960

46
Q 
Cyprus joined the British
Commonwealth in
(a) 1961
(c) 1960
(b) 1955
(d) 1962
A

(c) 1960

47
Q

The word Takism as used in Turkish

Takism Organization means

A

(b) Partition

48
Q

In order to stop communal fighting in Cyprus and to avoid Erosis and Takism an accord was reached in
London and Zurich which introduced a system of •
(a) Bi-communal/Federal
(b) Unicameral
(c) Parliamentary
(d) None of these

A

(a) Bi-communal/Federal

49
Q

Archbishop Hakarios proclaimed the
presidency of Cyprus on .

(a) 14 April, 1960
(b) 14 Dec, 1959
(c) 4 August, 1955
(d) 26 Dec, 1950

A

(b) 14 Dec, 1959

50
Q

Which Organization was formed by
Turkish Cypriots to defend their
interest in Cyprus?

A

Turkish Takish Organization (TTO)

51
Q

The Civil War in Cyprus over the disagreement

in constitutional issues broke out in

A

1960

52
Q

United National Peace-Keeping Force (UNPFCYD) was established in Cyprus in

(b) 1940
(d) 1930
(b) 1946
(d) 1964

A

(d) 1964

53
Q 
War between Greece and Turkey
was narrowly averted by mutual
acceptance of peace plan in
(a) 1967
(c) 1867
(b) 1960
(d) 1970
A

(a) 1967

54
Q 
When Turkey interfered which
resulted in establishment of Turkish
Northern Cyprus in
(a) 1982
(c) 1983
(b) 1981
(d) 1984
A

(c) 1983

55
Q 
Turkish Northern Cyprus is
recognized only by
(a) UNO 
(b) Turkey
(c) USA 
(d) France
A

(b) Turkey

56
Q

Concerning ethnic groups, the Turks
are 19%, while Greek Cypriots are

(a) 85%
(c) 81%
(b) 70%
(d) 80%

A

(c) 81%

57
Q 
Greek Cypriot administration
recognized as legal government
whole Cyprus by
(a) UNO 
(b) Britain
(c) USA
(d) All of them
A

(d) All of them

58
Q

Current President of Cyprus

A

Nicos Anastasiades

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