The Tibetan national anthem
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the Tibetan national anthem commonly called?
- AGyallu
- BLosar
- CTashi Delek
- DLhakar
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
When the Tibetan national anthem is sung, what do the 2026 rules ask people to do?
- ASit down and clap along
- BStand upright and keep still
- CHold hands and dance in a circle
- DBow down and touch the ground
- 3Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
At Tibetan events in India, which other anthem is often sung together with the Tibetan anthem?
- AThe Nepali national anthem
- BThe Bhutanese national anthem
- CThe Indian national anthem
- DThe Olympic anthem
- 4Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tibetans sing or play their anthem at events remembering the 1959 uprising. On which date is National Uprising Day?
- A6 July
- B2 September
- C10 December
- D10 March
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In Tibetan schools in exile, how often is the national anthem sung?
- AEvery day
- BOnce a week
- COnce a month
- DOnly at Losar
- 6True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: today the Tibetan national anthem can be sung freely in Tibet.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which of these is a main theme of the Tibetan national anthem?
- AA famous horse race
- BThe Buddha's teachings and their spread
- CThe founding of Lhasa city
- DThe life of a nomad family
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which of these does the anthem pray for?
- ARiches for traders and merchants
- BSuccess in sports matches
- CHappiness and prosperity for Tibet
- DRain for the summer crops
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The anthem's hopes reach beyond Tibet. For whom does it wish peace?
- AOnly the people of Lhasa
- BOnly monks and nuns
- COnly the Tibetan government
- DAll people across the world
- 10True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the Tibetan national anthem is sung at Democracy Day celebrations.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 11Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Democracy Day on 2 September remembers an event of 1960. What happened?
- AThe first elected representatives took their oath
- BHis Holiness the Dalai Lama was born
- CThe Tibetan flag was first designed
- DHis Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tibetans also sing the anthem on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday, 6 July. In which year was he born?
- A1933
- B1935
- C1940
- D1950
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who is widely credited with writing the words of the Tibetan national anthem?
- ALing Rinpoche
- BGendun Choephel
- CTrijang Rinpoche
- DMilarepa
- 14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What was Trijang Rinpoche to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama?
- AHis elder brother
- BHis father
- CHis personal doctor
- DHis junior tutor
- 15True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Trijang Rinpoche was known as one of the great poets of his generation.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 16True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the CTA's standardised anthem was released only as an instrumental, with no singing.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
New rules adopted in 2026 cover three Tibetan national symbols. Which three?
- AFlag, emblem and anthem
- BFlag, currency and stamps
- CAnthem, passport and seal
- DFlag, anthem and national dress
- 18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which body adopted these rules in March 2026?
- AThe Supreme Justice Commission
- BThe Tibetan Youth Congress
- CThe Tibetan Women's Association
- DThe Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 2025, a parliamentary committee was asked to standardise which part of the anthem?
- AIts title
- BIts language
- CIts length
- DIts dance steps
- 20Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
An older hymn, sometimes called Tibet's first anthem, praised which Dalai Lama?
- AThe 5th Dalai Lama
- BThe 7th Dalai Lama
- CThe 13th Dalai Lama
- DThe 14th Dalai Lama
