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  • A. Lebanon
  • B. Syria
  • C. Jordan
  • D. Egypt

Explanation: Jordan hosts the largest population of registered Palestinian refugees, including large communities in and outside refugee camps.

Correct answer: Jordan
  • A. West Bank
  • B. Gaza strip
  • C. Tunis
  • D. Jordan

Explanation: Ramallah is the de facto administrative headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in the central West Bank.

Correct answer: West Bank
  • A. November 20, 2005
  • B. October 20, 2006
  • C. May 20, 2008
  • D. October 20, 2007Pakistan Current Affairs

Explanation: Egyptian mediation produced a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation understanding in May 2008, aimed at ending factional violence and restoring…

Correct answer: May 20, 2008
  • A. 1980
  • B. 1983
  • C. 1985
  • D. 1987

Explanation: Hamas emerged during the First Intifada in December 1987 as an Islamist Palestinian resistance movement.

Correct answer: 1987
  • A. September 1991
  • B. September 1992
  • C. September 1993
  • D. September 1994

Explanation: The Oslo Accords were signed in September 1993 after secret Israeli-PLO negotiations, beginning the Oslo peace process.

Correct answer: September 1993
  • A. Germens
  • B. Greeks
  • C. Jews
  • D. Turks

Explanation: Britain made wartime commitments to Arab leaders while issuing the Balfour Declaration in 1917, supporting a national home for the Jewish…

Correct answer: Jews
  • A. 1922 to 1930
  • B. 1922 to 1935
  • C. 1922 to 1940
  • D. 1922 to 1948Compare Local Schools

Explanation: The British Mandate for Palestine is generally dated from 1922 until the termination of the mandate and the end of British rule in 1948.

Correct answer: 1922 to 1948Compare Local Schools
  • A. 1930
  • B. 1935
  • C. 1940
  • D. 1945Pakistan Current Affairs

Explanation: More than 60,000 Jewish immigrants entered Palestine in 1935, amid the rise of Nazi persecution in Europe.

Correct answer: 1935
  • A. He refused to accept the existence of Jewish state
  • B. He accepted the partition of Palestine
  • C. He accepted the existence of a Jewish state
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The question refers to Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who opposed the creation of a Jewish state and rejected the…

Correct answer: He refused to accept the existence of Jewish state
  • A. War
  • B. Uprising
  • C. Peace
  • D. Negotiations

Explanation: Intifada is an Arabic term meaning uprising or resistance, especially associated with Palestinian uprisings against Israeli occupation.

Correct answer: Uprising
  • A. 1956
  • B. 1959
  • C. 1964
  • D. 1968

Explanation: The Palestine Liberation Organization was established in 1964 at the Arab League summit in Cairo.

Correct answer: 1964
  • A. 1987
  • B. 1988
  • C. 1989
  • D. 1990

Explanation: The First Intifada began in December 1987 in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Correct answer: 1987
  • A. U.S.A
  • B. Britain
  • C. France
  • D. UNO

Explanation: The United Nations proposed partitioning Palestine through General Assembly Resolution 181 in 1947, creating separate Arab and Jewish…

Correct answer: UNO
  • A. 14 May 1941
  • B. 14 May 1945
  • C. 14 May 1948
  • D. 14 May 1950

Explanation: David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of Israel on 14 May 1948, shortly before the end of the British Mandate.

Correct answer: 14 May 1948
  • A. Jordan got west Bank
  • B. Egypt got Gaza Strip
  • C. Both of these
  • D. None of theseGet Study Guides

Explanation: After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Israel gained additional territory, while Jordan controlled the West Bank and East Jerusalem and Egypt…

Correct answer: Both of these
  • A. West Bank
  • B. Gaza Strip
  • C. Both of these
  • D. None of these

Explanation: During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, along with other territories.

Correct answer: Both of these
  • A. A Town of Jordan
  • B. A radical Palestinian Group
  • C. President of Lebanon
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Hamas, sometimes misspelled as “Hammas,” is a Palestinian Islamist political and armed movement founded during the First Intifada.

Correct answer: A radical Palestinian Group
  • A. Morocco's city Robat
  • B. Saudi Arab's City Riyadh
  • C. Kuwait's city
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The relevant Arab summit was held in Rabat, Morocco, in 1974, where Arab states recognized the PLO as the sole legitimate representative…

Correct answer: Morocco's city Robat
  • A. 1981
  • B. 1983
  • C. 1985
  • D. 1988

Explanation: The United States agreed to open direct dialogue with the PLO in December 1988, after Arafat renounced terrorism and accepted Israel’s…

Correct answer: 1988
  • A. Meeting of Palestinian National Council in Algiers
  • B. Meeting of Palestinian National Council in Palestine
  • C. Meeting of Palestinian National Council in Kuwait
  • D. Meeting of Palestinian National Council in Nigeria

Explanation: At the Palestinian National Council meeting in Algiers in November 1988, Arafat proclaimed Palestinian statehood with Jerusalem as its…

Correct answer: Meeting of Palestinian National Council in Algiers