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Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To avoid strife in his vast empire, Genghis Khan implemented which of these policies?

a)

Linguistic freedom

b)

Secularism

c)

Provincial autonomy

d)

Freedom for each region to have their own laws on sensitive topics such as marriage

2.

The migration of a certain people from Taiwan through the Asia-Pacific and further resulted in the spread of which family of languages?

a)

Austroasiatic

b)

Kra-Dai

c)

Austronesian

d)

Japonic-Ryukyu

3.

Which among these are not considered as one of the Celtic nations?

a)

Brittany

b)

Cornwall

c)

The Isle of Man

d)

None of these

4.

Which region of Canada threatened to assert independence if French was not added as an official language?

a)

Quebec

b)

Newfoundland

c)

Ontario

d)

Nova Scotia

5.

Which among these countries did not have trading companies who came to India?

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Denmark

d)

Portugal

6.

Which is the world's largest city proper by population (including only the area governed by a single local government)?

a)

London, United Kingdom

b)

Jakarta, Indonesia

c)

Chongqing, China

d)

Singapore, Singapore

7.

Which mountain range in Europe gives a tiny Catalan-speaking country the status of the country with the highest average elevation in Europe?

a)

Apennines

b)

Alps

c)

Cantabrian

d)

Pyrenees

8.

Which among these is not one of the 3 main branches of Buddhism?

a)

Nichiren

b)

Vajrayana

c)

Mahayana

d)

Theravada

9.

Which term is used for the total electromagnetic radiation emitted by a star?

a)

Fusional quotient

b)

Luminosity

c)

Light intensity

d)

Pulsar

10.

What is the highest achievable rank in Sumo wrestling?

a)

Ozeki

b)

Sekiwake

c)

Yokozuna

d)

Komusubi

11.

What is the metal most resistant to chemical attack, also one that is much more rare and precious than gold?

a)

Tungsten

b)

Molybdenum

c)

Technetium

d)

Platinum

12.

What is the oldest known written language ever used in the world?

a)

Sumerian

b)

Aramaic

c)

Egyptian

d)

Old Chinese

13.

What is the demonym used for a person from Cyprus?

(a)  

14.

Name any country that has its map on its flag.

(a)  

15.

Also known as the Hardy-Ramanujan no., what is the smallest no. that can be expressed as a sum of 2 cubes 2 ways?

(a)  

16.

Today we use the decimal no. system, based on 10. The Babylonians used a (a)   no. system with base 60.

17.

After the civil war fought with his brother, Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, established which dynasty in China ending centralized Mongol rule?

(a)  

18.

Which was the largest empire excluding the British in the Indian subcontinent?

(a)  

19.

What is the North-west Frontier Province in Pakistan now called?

Hint: The name is based on a certain pass into Afghanistan.

(a)  

20.

What is the capital of Kazakhstan called?

(a)  

21.

In which country did the Hutus ethnic-cleanse the Tutsis from 1994?

(a)  

22.

To which scientist could one have written a letter to with the address entirely in elements?

(a)  

23.

Which country has the largest population of Zoroastrians because several of them fled from Iran?

(a)  

24.

Which country of today did a particular group of Nordic people sail to and call Vinland?

(a)