Bhutan General Quiz - Round 1 to 5
BHUTAN Quiz
Bhutan General Quiz - Round
1
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central
School, Bhutan
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1.
What do you mean by Drukyul?
2.
What does Lhomon literally
mean?
3.
Who established duel system
of rule in Bhutan?
4.
From which year do Civil war waged in
Bhutan?
5.
When was the Treaty of Punakha
signed?
6. When was Chukha
Hydroelectric Project Agreement signed with India?
7. When was 10th Bhutan-China border talk held in Beijing?
8. What is the International dialing code of Bhutan?
9. Who is the Good will ambassador of Bhutan to UNFPA?
10. The Royal Bhutan Police are administratively under one of the 10
ministries. Which ministry does the RBP
belong to?
11. Who is the head of the state of Bhutan?
12. Who is the head of the royal government of Bhutan?
13. Under whose authority was Bhutan unified
during the 17th century?
14. When was a theocracy in Bhutan ended and hereditary monarchy established?
15. When did China invade Tibet lays claims on Bhutan?
16. When did Denmark
close its Liaison office in Bhutan?
17. When was the
Treaty of Punakha signed?
18. What Treaty was signed
between Bhutan and British India in 1865?
19. Which forces invaded Bhutan in 1772?
20. When was Chukha Hydroelectric Project Agreement signed with India?
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Answer
1.
Country of the Drukpa, the
Dragon People, or the Land of the Thunder Dragon
2.
Southern darkness
3.
Zhabdrung
Ngawang Namgyal
4.
1864
5.
1910
6.
1974
7.
November, 1996
8.
00975
9.
Her Majesty the Queen Ashi
Sangay Choden Wangchuck
10. The Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
11. The King
12. The Prime Minister
13. Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal
14. 1907
15. 1910
16. March, 2002
17. 1910
18. Treaty of Sinchula
19. British forces
20. 1974
Bhutan General Quiz – Round
2
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central
School, Bhutan
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1. When was New Chukha district established in Bhutan?
2. With which country did Bhutan sign a Basochhu Power Project Agreement in
1996?
3. In which war Indian troops
retreated through Bhutan in 1962?
4. Whose help secured Anglo-Tibetan Convention on behalf of Britain in 1904?
5. Which sub-sect emerged as a dominant religious force during the time of
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal?
6. In which year Bhutan signed a peace treaty with British India?
7. From which year do Civil war waged in Bhutan?
8. What was guaranteed in the Treaty of
Friendship by India to Bhutan?
9. When were Partial Test Ban Treaty, and Geneva Protocol of 1925 signed by
Bhutan?
10. What does Monyul literally mean?
11. What does Lhomon Tsendenjong literally mean?
12. When did Zhabdrung die?
13. When was an all-weather road between Thimphu and Phuntsholing completed?
14. When did King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck die?
15. When did Bhutan sign the Final Act and the Law of the Sea Conventions?
16. Who inaugurated Chukha Power Project in 1988?
17. From which year did the British take control of a Bhutanese portion of Assam Duars and begin
payment of annual compensation to Bhutan?
18. In which year Bhutan declared
Smallpox Free Zone?
19. By how many seats in the parliament the Druk
Phuensum Tshogpa won the elections in 2008?
20. Who wrote the National Anthem of Bhutan?
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Answer
1.
1987
2.
Austria
3.
Sino-India war
4.
King Ugyen
Wangchuck
5.
Drukpa Kagyupa
6.
1774
7.
1864
8.
Non-interference in Bhutan's
internal affairs, allowing Indian influence over foreign relations
9.
1978
10. Dark land, a reference to the Monpa aboriginal peoples of Bhutan
11. Southern Mon sandalwood country
12. 1651
13. 1962
14. July, 1972
15. 1982
16. Fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck and the Indian President R.
Venkatararnan
17. 1841
18. 1977
19. 45 out of 47 seats
20. Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji
Bhutan General Quiz – Round
3
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central
School, Bhutan
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1. What does Lhomon Khazhi literally mean?
2. What is the traditional name of Bhutan?
3. When did Royal Bhutan Army begin military operations against guerrilla
camps in southern Bhutan?
4. When was Pemagatshel district established?
5. In 1987, with which two countries did Bhutan establish diplomatic
relationship?
6. Under whose authority was Southern Bhutan, the habitat of
Nepali-speaking citizens, was accorded with a special administrative
status in 1898?
7. When did Bhutan sign an Agreement to Maintain Peace and Tranquillity on
the Bhutan- China border with China?
8. When did the Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer and Japanese
Prince visit Bhutan?
9. When did Bhutan and India sign a new treaty
that clarified that Bhutan was master of its own foreign relations, superseding
the treaty signed in 1949?
10. Why Bhutan is referred to as The Last Shangri-la?
11. Name the three organs of the Parliament of Bhutan.
12. How many members are there in the National Council?
13. How many members are there in the National Assembly?
14. Who is the head of the Dzongkhag administration?
15. Who is the head of the gewog administration?
16. What the important historical post does the crown prince of Bhutan
assume before becoming the King?
17. Who is the current Je-Khenpo?
18. When did Government of Bhutan introduce
Driglam- Namzha and One nation One People Policy?
19. When did Bhutan sign UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and
Convention on Biological Diversity?
20. When did Bhutan sign Postal Parcel Agreement & Universal Postal
Convention?
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Answer
1.
Southern Mon country of four
approaches
2.
Drukyul
3.
15th December,
2003
4. 1974
5.
South Korea and Sri Lanka
6.
Kazi from Dorji family
7.
1998
8.
1997
9.
2007
10. Because of its largely unspoiled natural
environment and cultural heritage
11. The King, the National Council, and the National Assembly
12. 25
13. 47
14. The Dzongda
15. The Gup
16. The post of Trongsa Penlop
17. His Holiness Trulku Jigme Choeda
18. 1989
19. 1995
20. 1980
Bhutan General Quiz – Round
4
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central
School, Bhutan
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1. When did Bhutan sign Kurichu Power Project Agreement with India?
2. In which year Bhutan opened its doors to the
world as a member of the international community and launched its first Five
Year Development Plan?
3. How many attacks did Tibet mount on Bhutan
between 1656 and 1730?
4. How many desis were assassinated or deposed
by rivals?
5. Name the type of Buddhism that Bhutanese
practice?
6. Who established Tango Goemba (monastery) on a
hill above the northern end of the Thimphu valley?
7. When did the Drukpa Kagyupa lineage
flourished in Bhutan and it adopt a separate religious identity?
8.
Which
river valley was used as a migration route from India to Tibet?
9. Which six countries are the major trade partners of Bhutan?
10. Who is the spiritual head of Bhutan?
11. Name all the four Queen mother?
12. In which year Bhutan joined the Colombo Plan?
13. When the first ‘five-year plan’ for
development was implemented in Bhutan?
14. What does Lhengyal Zhungtshog consists?
15. What does Duar Mean?
16. When did India first recognise Bhutan as an
independent country?
17. When did the British mount an attack on
Dewangiri (Deothang)?
18. Who is the only person besides the king who wears the saffron scarf?
19. When was the first 47-members of the National Assembly (lower house)
elected?
20. Name the seven European nations that Bhutan is enjoying diplomatic
relations with?
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Answer
1.
1994
2.
1961
3.
Seven
attacks
4.
22
5.
The
Tantric form of Mahayana Buddhism
6.
Lama
Gyalwa Lhanangpa
7.
Between
the 13th and 16th centuries
8.
Manas
River valley
9.
India, Hong Kong, Japan,
Germany, Singapore, and Thailand
10. Je Khenpo
11. Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Ashi Tshering
Pem Wangchuck, Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck, and Ashi Sangay Choedon
Wangchuck.
12. 1962
13. 1961
14. It consisted of Trongsa and Paro penlops,
several dzongpons and other officials.
15. Doors or gates
16.
The
new Indian government - after they gained independence from Britain on 15
August 1947.
17. 1836
18. Je Khenpo
19. March 2008
20. Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, and
Austria
Bhutan General Quiz – Round
5
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central
School, Bhutan
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1. When did the Buddhist master
Milarepa come to Bhutan?
2. By what length Bhutan is bordered by Tibet?
3. By what length Bhutan is bordered by India?
4. Who was the
Chairperson of the Drafting Committee of the constitution of the kingdom of
Bhutan?
5. Who presides over
the joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament?
6. When was Coin like stamps issued in Bhutan for the second time?
7. Who established a system of administration
throughout the country, formalising the position of penlop as that of
provincial governor?
8. Why British were attracted to the Duars?
9. Who is the Head of State of Bhutan?
10. Name the first Prime Minister of Bhutan after democracy?
11. Name the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan after democracy?
12. Name the first Minister for Economic Affairs of Bhutan after democracy?
13. Name the first Minister for Trade and Industry of Bhutan after
democracy?
14. Name the first Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs after democracy?
15. Name the first Minister for Finance of Bhutan after democracy?
16. Name the first Minister for Education of Bhutan after democracy?
17. Name the first Minister for Health after democracy?
18. Name the first Minister for Labour and Human Resources of Bhutan after
democracy?
19. Name the first Minister for Works and Human Settlements of Bhutan after
democracy?
20. Name the first Minister for Information and Communications of Bhutan
after democracy?
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Answer
1.
11th
Century
2.
470
kilometres
3.
605
Kilometres
4.
Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye
5.
The Speaker of the National Assembly
6.
1968
7.
The
first desi Tenzin Drugyey
8.
Because
they were excellent tea-growing country
9.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck
10. Lyonchen Jigme Y. Thinley
11. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering
12. Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk
13. Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba
14. Lyonpo Minjur Dorji
15. Lyonpo Wangdi Norbu
16. Lyonpo Thakur Singh Powdyel
17. Lyonpo Zangley Dukpa
18. Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi
19. Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba
20. Lyonpo Nandalal Rai
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