Iran Quiz

Iran Quiz Questions

Map locating Iran. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. Which lake is to the north of Iran?
a) Lake Prespa
b) Lake Lucerne
c) Caspian Sea
d) Dead Sea

2. Which is the capital of Iran?
a) Tehran
b) Shiraj
c) Isfahan
d) Bandar Abbas

3. Which is the currency of Iran?
a) Dirham
b) Dinar
c) Lira
d) Rial

4. Which is the official language of Iran?
a) Arabic
b) Persian
c) Turkish
d) Urdu

5. How was Iran formerly known?
a) Mesopotamia
b) Phoenicia
c) Persia
d) Teutonia

6. Who was the last Zoroastrian ruler of Iran?
a) Yazdegerd III
b) Khosrow II
c) Darius III
d) Sargon II

7. When did Reza Shah Pahlavi rule Iran?
a) 1953-1979
b) 1779-1797
c) 1925-1941
d) 1826-1826

English: 1920s photo of Shah Reza Pahlavi. Assumed fair use (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. With which country was Iran in war in 1980-1988?
a) Afghanistan
b) Iraq
c) Pakistan
d) Turkey

9. When was Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani president of Iran?
a) 1984-1988
b) 1998-2002
c) 2001-2005
d) 1989-1997

10. With which country Iran has a dispute over Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb islands?
a) Bahrain
b) Oman
c) UAE
d) Syria

Iran Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Which lake is to the north of Iran?
c) Caspian Sea

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

2. Which is the capital of Iran?
a) Tehran

3. Which is the currency of Iran?
d) Rial

4. Which is the official language of Iran?
b) Persian

5. How was Iran formerly known?
c) Persia

6. Who was the last Zoroastrian ruler of Iran?
a) Yazdegerd III

7. When did Reza Shah Pahlavi rule Iran?
c) 1925-1941

8. With which country was Iran in war in 1980-1988?
b) Iraq

9. When was Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani president of Iran?
d) 1989-1997

10. With which country Iran has a dispute over Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb islands?
c) UAE