AFGHANISTAN QUIZ - 9

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. “Nawroz” is a pre-Islamic festival which is celebrated by a gathering of thousands of travelers from across the Afghanistan to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

A. True

B. False

2. Alexander the Great captured the city of Herat in 330 BC and built its ancient citadel.

A. True

B. False

3. Alexander had a son with a beautiful woman from the province of Balkh in Afghanistan.

A. True

B. False

4. World’s largest Buddhas (two of these) were first built in Afghanistan.

A. True

B. False

5. The world’s first oil paintings were drawn in the caves of “Bamiyan” around 650 BC.

A. True

B. False

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A