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Asian Modern History
Do you know the most important events and figures in modern history of Asia?
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Last updated: September 11, 2022
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| First submitted | February 7, 2021 |
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1.
Who old was Puyi when he was crowned the last Emperor of China?
5
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18
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2
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12
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2.
Who is the founding father of the Republic of Turkey and its first president from 1923 to 1938?
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Enver Pasha
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Habib Bourguiba
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3.
Which Asian country was know as Siam until 1932, when it became a constitutional monarchy?
Thailand
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Pakistan
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Laos
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Cambodia
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4.
Who fought in the First Indochinese War?
USA and North Vietnam
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The Viet Minh and France
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The Viet Cong and Russia
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USA and South Vietnam
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5.
Burma got its independence from which country in 1948?
Belgium
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France
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Spain
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United Kingdom
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6.
Which Asian country in the west and from the beginning of British colonial rule was known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka
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Cambodia
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Malaysia
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Laos
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7.
Mahatma Gandhi fought for the independence of India from what empire?
British
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Chinese
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French
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Persian
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8.
What was relation between Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi?
Husband and wife
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Not related
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Brother and sister
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Father and daughter
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9.
How did Mahatma Gandhi die?
Committed suicide
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Heart attack
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Assassinated
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Died of cancer
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10.
Since 1975, what was the colonial name of East Timor?
British Timor
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French Timor
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Spanish Timor
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Portuguese Timor
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11.
In which year the founding father of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong was deceased?
1976
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1996
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1966
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1986
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12.
Which prime minister of India was assassinated in 1984?
Rajiv Gandhi
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Indira Gandhi
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Chandra Shekhar
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13.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that started in 1988 is an ethnic and territorial conflict between which two countries?
Turkey and Armenia
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Azerbaijan and Georgia
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Georgia and Turkey
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Armenia and Azerbaijan
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14.
Which Asian country was known as Burma since 1989?
Cambodia
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Vietnam
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Myanmar
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Laos
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15.
Which Asian country was known as Kampuchea since 1989?
Thailand
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Cambodia
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Nepal
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Singapore
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16.
Gulf war was fought between Iraq and the coalition forces after the Iraqi invasion of which country?
Yemen
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Kuwait
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Bahrain
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United Arab Emirates
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17.
East Timor got independence from which country in 1999?
Australia
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Indonesia
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Portugal
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France
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18.
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm were code names for which war?
Gulf War
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War in Afghanistan
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War in Syria
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Korean War
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19.
What was the name of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan that started in 2001?
Neptune
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Enduring Freedom
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Operation Desert Fox
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Project Overlord
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20.
What war started in October of 2001 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States?
War in Afghanistan
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War in Iraq
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War in Syria
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War in Israel
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21.
Benazir Bhutto was the first female Prime Minister in a Muslim-majority country. Where was she assassinated in 2007?
Pakistan
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India
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Iraq
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Indonesia
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22.
Where was the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden found and killed in 2011?
Iraq
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Afghanistan
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Pakistan
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Saudi Arabia
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23.
The plane of which airline disappeared on March 8, 2014 during a flight to Beijing?
Etihad Airways
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Malaysia Airlines
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Singapore Airlines
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Thai Airways
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24.
In which city in 2020 a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the port exploded?
Tel Aviv
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Damascus
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Aleppo
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Beirut
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Deru
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Level 37
Sep 13, 2022
This is a good quiz. There are some grammatical issues that need to be corrected before it can be featured. I nominate it.
Nenadbs
+1
Level 53
Sep 13, 2022
Thanks. Let me know what are the errors. English is not my native language.
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