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5121
Punjabi is written in the Gurmukhi script in India, but in Pakistan it is written in:
A. Devanagari
B. Shahmukhi
C. Latin
D. Cyrillic
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Shahmukhi is a Perso-Arabic script used to write Punjabi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
5122
Which language is the 'liturgical' language of Islam?
A. Persian
B. Turkish
C. Urdu
D. Arabic
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The Quran is written in Classical Arabic, and prayers (Salah) are recited in Arabic by Muslims worldwide.
5123
Malay and Indonesian are standardized varieties of the same language. Which alphabet do they use?
A. Jawi
B. Latin (Rumi)
C. Thai
D. Devanagari
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While historically written in Jawi (Arabic script), modern Malay and Indonesian officially use the Latin alphabet.
5124
Urdu and Hindi are considered mutually intelligible in their spoken forms but differ primarily in:
A. Grammar
B. Script and vocabulary source
C. Pronouns
D. Verb conjugation
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Hindi uses Devanagari script and Sanskrit vocabulary; Urdu uses Perso-Arabic script and Persian/Arabic vocabulary.
5125
Which language family does Arabic belong to?
A. Indo-European
B. Afroasiatic
C. Turkic
D. Sino-Tibetan
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Arabic is a Semitic language, which is a branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family.
5126
Which of the following is NOT one of the six official languages of the United Nations?
A. Arabic
B. German
C. Russian
D. Spanish
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The six official UN languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
5127
Words like 'algebra', 'algorithm', 'lemon', and 'sugar' entered English via:
A. Greek
B. Arabic
C. Persian
D. Turkish
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During the Middle Ages, Arabic scholarship in math and science, as well as trade, brought these terms into European languages and eventually English.
5128
The word 'assassin' entered English from which language during the Crusades?
A. Arabic
B. Turkish
C. Persian
D. Greek
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The word is derived from the Arabic 'hashishin', referring to a sect in the Levant encountered by Crusaders.
5129
Who broke the 400m hurdles world record at the 1992 Olympics, having it stand for 29 years?
A. Edwin Moses
B. Kevin Young
C. Karsten Warholm
D. Michael Johnson
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Kevin Young broke the world record in the 400m hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with a time of 46.78 seconds. This record stood until Karsten Warholm broke it in 2021.
5130
What is the meaning of the three Latin words in the Olympic motto: 'Citius, Altius, Fortius'?
A. Brave, Strong, Fast
B. Faster, Higher, Stronger
C. Skill, Speed, Strength
D. Honor, Courage, Glory
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The Olympic motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' is Latin for 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'. In 2021, the IOC added the word 'Communiter' (Together) to the motto.
