21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

This is the largest country of South Asia and the Seventh-largest country in the world by AREA.

• China

• India

• Russia

• USA

Answer explanation

India is the largest country of South Asia and seventh largest country in the world by Area.

Under the World Meter Population India is the top 2 largest population in the world wth the 1.393 billion (2021).

Demilitarized Zone that Straddles the border of the two countries.

• 38th Parallel Mark/Border

• 18th Parallel Mark/Border

• 35th Parallel Mark/Border

• 45th Parallel Mark/Border

Answer explanation

The 38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea. The line was chosen by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference (July 1945) near the end of World War II as an army boundary, north of which the U.S.S.R.

This is the Oldest surviving form of Japanese Drama, and it is a national theater of Japan.

• Kabuki

• Drama

• Noh

• Bunraku

Answer explanation

Noh drama is the oldest surviving form of Japanese theater. It combines music, dance, and acting to communicate Buddhist themes.

He is the father of the nations during Hindu Nationalist 1948 of India Revolutionary.

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Amrita Pritam

• Dean Mahomed

• Mohandas Gandhi

Answer explanation

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century's greatest political and spiritual leaders. Honored in India as the father of the nation, he pioneered and practiced the principle of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass nonviolent civil disobedience.

This flag, the term "tricolour" refers to the national flag. The National flag of ___ is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. So, based on the picture what is name of this country/flag?

• South Korea

• Nepal

• India

• Bangladesh

Answer explanation

The national flag of India, colloquially called the tricolour, is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre.

In Indian Literature, this is the Longest Epic in World Literature with 100,000 two lines.

• Mahabharata

• Ramayana

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

Answer explanation

The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura.

The Mahabharata is the longest epic poem known and has been described as "the longest poem ever written".

Which country is national dress hanbok?

• Korea

• North Korea

• Japan

• Mongolia

Answer explanation

Hanbok is the traditional attire of the Korean people. Nowadays, it is only worn on special occasions or anniversaries. It is a formal wear, and many Koreans keep a hanbok for such occasions. While the traditional hanbok was beautiful in its own right, the design has changed slowly but surely over the generations.

The first period of the Modern Korean Literature is often called _______.

• Dark Age

• Enlightenment

• Light Age

• Sphere of Influence

Answer explanation

Modern Korean literature developed against the background of the Joseon Dynasty's fall. This first period of modern Korean literature is often called the "Enlightenment". This period was to a large extent influenced by the 1894 Gabo Reforms which introduced Western-style schools and newspapers emerged.

It is a form of waka in Japanese song or verse, it is translating as “short song,” and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form.

• Haiku

• Hyangga

• Tanka

• Poetry

Answer explanation

The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as “short song,” and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form.

He was a Chinese poet-Historian and politician of the Tang dynasty. Along with his elder contemporary and friend Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.

• Du Fu

• Confucius

• Lao Tzu

• Du Zongwen

Answer explanation

Du Fu is often described as a poet-historian, and his works convey the emotional impact and import of political and social issues and register a range of private concerns, trials, and dramas. His poems are remarkable for their range of moods as well as contents.