His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year was His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama born?
- A1931
- B1935
- C1940
- D1949
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
His Holiness was born in a small village called Taktser. In which region of Tibet is it?
- AAmdo
- BKham
- CU-Tsang
- DNgari
- 3Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year was His Holiness forced to escape into exile in India?
- A1949
- B1950
- C1959
- D1962
- 4True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: His Holiness lives in Dharamsala, in northern India.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What name was His Holiness given at birth?
- AThubten Gyatso
- BGedun Drupa
- CSonam Gyatso
- DLhamo Dhondup
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
At what age was His Holiness recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama?
- ATwo years old
- BSix years old
- CNine years old
- DTwelve years old
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year was His Holiness awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
- A1979
- B1987
- C1989
- D1991
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year did His Holiness take on full political power in Tibet?
- A1945
- B1950
- C1954
- D1959
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1959, His Holiness took his final Geshe Lharampa exam during which festival?
- ALosar
- BSaga Dawa
- CShoton
- DMonlam Chenmo
- 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which Dalai Lama began building the Potala Palace in 1645?
- AThe 3rd Dalai Lama
- BThe 5th Dalai Lama
- CThe 7th Dalai Lama
- DThe 13th Dalai Lama
- 11Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1963, His Holiness presented a draft democratic constitution. What was it later called?
- AThe Charter of Tibetans in Exile
- BThe Five Point Peace Plan
- CThe Middle Way Approach
- DThe Strasbourg Proposal
- 12True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: In 2001, Tibetans in exile directly elected the Kalon Tripa for the first time.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year did His Holiness hand over his political power to the elected Tibetan leadership?
- A2001
- B2008
- C2011
- D2016
- 14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Five Point Peace Plan of 1987 asked for all of Tibet to become what?
- AA free trade zone
- BA national park
- CA military base
- DA zone of peace
- 15True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: His Holiness proposed the Five Point Peace Plan in a speech to the European Parliament.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 16Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Under the 1988 Strasbourg Proposal, who would stay responsible for Tibet's foreign policy and defence?
- AThe Tibetan government
- BThe People's Republic of China
- CThe United Nations
- DThe Government of India
- 17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
His Holiness promotes human values such as compassion, tolerance and contentment. What does he call this?
- AThe Middle Way
- BMind training
- CSecular ethics
- DReligious harmony
- 18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which Mongol ruler gave the 3rd Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, the title Dalai Lama?
- AGenghis Khan
- BKublai Khan
- CGushri Khan
- DAltan Khan
- 19True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: The 13th Dalai Lama built the Norbulingka park and summer palace.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 20Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which years did the UN General Assembly adopt resolutions on Tibet?
- A1959, 1961 and 1965
- B1950, 1954 and 1959
- C1959, 1963 and 1969
- D1961, 1965 and 1971
