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791
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.
792
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.
793
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.
794
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.
795
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.
796
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.
797
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.
798
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.
799
Which city became the first to host the modern Summer Olympics three times?
A. Paris
B. Los Angeles
C. London
D. Athens
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London became the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games three times, having hosted the event in 1908, 1948, and 2012.
800
Which player holds the record for the fastest serve recorded in ATP history (as of 2024)?
A. Andy Roddick
B. Milos Raonic
C. John Isner
D. John Isner (Unofficial) / Sam Groth (Challenger)
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Sam Groth hit a serve of 263 km/h (163.4 mph) at a Challenger event in 2012. On the main ATP tour, John Isner holds the official record at 253 km/h (157.2 mph).
