The Tibetan national flag
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What stands in the centre of the Tibetan national flag?
- AA lotus flower
- BA snow mountain
- CA golden temple
- DA prayer wheel
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How many snow lions are on the Tibetan flag?
- AOne
- BTwo
- CThree
- DFour
- 3True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: a moon shines at the top of the snow mountain on the flag.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How many red bands are on the Tibetan flag?
- AThree
- BFour
- CFive
- DSix
- 5True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the dark blue bands on the flag stand for the sea.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Count the red and the dark blue bands together. How many bands are there in all?
- AEight
- BTen
- CTwelve
- DFourteen
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
According to the CTA, what does the snow mountain in the centre stand for?
- AThe great nation of Tibet
- BThe Potala Palace
- CMount Kailash
- DThe Buddha's throne
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What do the six red bands stand for?
- ASix great monasteries
- BSix Dalai Lamas
- CSix Dharma kings
- DThe six ancestral tribes
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
According to the CTA, what do the two snow lions stand for?
- ATibet's two great rivers
- BSummer and winter
- CA unified spiritual and secular life
- DTwo neighbouring kingdoms
- 10Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
According to the CTA, what does the sun on the flag stand for?
- AFreedom, happiness and prosperity for all in Tibet
- BThe start of the Tibetan new year
- CThe warmth of the summer months
- DThe east, where the sun rises
- 11True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: according to the CTA, the red and dark blue bands together stand for the protection of Tibet by its red and black guardian deities.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The three-coloured jewel held up high stands for reverence for what?
- AThe three provinces of Tibet
- BThe three Dharma kings
- CThe Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
- DThe three great monasteries
- 13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What does the swirling jewel held between the two lions stand for?
- ATibet's treasures of gold and silver
- BKeeping good ethical conduct
- CVictory over enemies
- DThe meeting of two great rivers
- 14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What does the yellow border of the flag stand for?
- AThe borders of Tibet
- BThe golden roofs of the Potala
- CTibet's rich gold mines
- DThe Buddha's teachings, like pure gold
- 15Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The yellow border runs along how many sides of the flag?
- AOne
- BTwo
- CThree
- DFour
- 16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who designed the present Tibetan national flag?
- AThe 13th Dalai Lama
- BKing Songtsen Gampo
- CThe 5th Dalai Lama
- DThe 14th Dalai Lama
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
According to the Tibet Museum, in which year was the flag designed?
- A1904
- B1916
- C1935
- D1959
- 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tibet's old army banners go back to the reign of which 7th-century king?
- ATrisong Detsen
- BRalpachen
- CNyatri Tsenpo
- DSongtsen Gampo
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What did the banner of the Ya-ru To regiment show?
- AA pair of snow lions facing each other
- BA golden sun over mountains
- CA tiger and a dragon
- DA white conch shell
- 20True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the banner of the U-ru To regiment showed a white flame against a red background.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
