Glimpses of Tibetan history
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which Tibetan king married princesses from Nepal and from China?
- ASongtsen Gampo
- BNyatri Tsenpo
- CLang Dharma
- DTrisong Deutsen
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tibetans remember 10 March every year. What happened in Lhasa on 10 March 1959?
- AThe 17-Point Agreement was signed
- BChinese troops captured Chamdo
- CThe Tibetan National Uprising
- DThe Gaden Phodrang was founded
- 3True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Samye was the first monastery in Tibet.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tsongkhapa founded the first Gelugpa monastery in 1409. What is its name?
- ASamye
- BGanden
- CSakya
- DDrepung
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who is said to have founded the Bon religion of Tibet?
- AGuru Padmasambhava
- BTsongkhapa
- CSakya Pandita
- DShenrab Miwo
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Tibetan royal year counts from the enthronement of which king?
- ASongtsen Gampo
- BNyatri Tsenpo
- CTrisong Deutsen
- DRalpachen
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
At the time of King Nyatri Tsenpo, the kingdom of Bod began in which valley?
- AYarlung
- BChumbi
- CNyang
- DTolung
- 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen are two of the Three Great Dharma Kings. Who is the third?
- ANyatri Tsenpo
- BLang Dharma
- CMangsong Mangtsen
- DRalpachen
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which king declared Buddhism the state religion of Tibet?
- ANyatri Tsenpo
- BLang Dharma
- CTrisong Deutsen
- DDrigum Tsenpo
- 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who gave Sonam Gyatso the title "Dalai Lama" in 1578?
- AKublai Khan
- BAltan Khan
- CGodan Khan
- DGushri Khan
- 11True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Sonam Gyatso, the first person to receive the title Dalai Lama, is counted as the First Dalai Lama.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year did the Fifth Dalai Lama take spiritual and political authority over Tibet and set up the Gaden Phodrang government?
- A1358
- B1409
- C1578
- D1642
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which year did the 13th Dalai Lama issue the proclamation that Tibetans remember as Tibet's declaration of independence?
- A1904
- B1909
- C1913
- D1933
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Tibetan empire broke into many small princedoms after the assassination of which king in 842?
- ALang Dharma
- BSongtsen Gampo
- CTrisong Deutsen
- DNyatri Tsenpo
- 15True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: according to Bon sources, eighteen Shangshung kings ruled Tibet before King Nyatri Tsenpo.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 16Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
According to the CTA, Tibetan delegates in Beijing were forced to sign the "17-Point Agreement". In which year was it signed?
- A1951
- B1949
- C1950
- D1959
- 17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Zhol Doring stone pillar records a great Tibetan victory of 763. In which city does it stand?
- AShigatse
- BLhasa
- CChang'an (Xi'an)
- DTsethang
- 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which Sakya lama brought the Mongol prince Godan to Buddhism?
- ATsongkhapa
- BSonam Gyatso
- CSakya Pandita
- DJangchub Gyaltsen
- 19True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the Phagmo Drupa rulers, who took power after the Sakya lamas, belonged to the Gelug school.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 20Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The peace treaty of 821-822 was carved on stone pillars in three places. Which was one of them?
- AAt Samye Monastery
- BAt Sakya Monastery
- CAt Tsethang in Yarlung
- DBefore the Jokhang gate in Lhasa
