General Knowledge and Myanmar Studies Lecture Notes

Comprehensive practice flashcards in fill-in-the-blank style covering general knowledge, Myanmar history, geography, civics, culture, and science questions from the lecture notes.

The pass rate for the 2025 university entrance (matriculation) examination was __________.

$$48.06\%$$

The United Nations was established in the year __________.

$$1945$$

The official motto of Sarpay Beikman is __________.

Dispel darkness, bring light (အမှောင်ခွင်း၍အလင်းဆောင်အံ့)

The height of the Shwemawdaw Pagoda is __________.

$373\,\text{feet } 9\,\text{inches}$ ($249\,\text{taung } 1\,\text{maik}$)

The nation cited as having the highest per capita income is __________.

Luxembourg (လူစင်ဘက်နိုင်ငံ)

The Myanmar monarch with the longest reign in history was __________.

Alaungsithu (အလောင်းစည်သူ)

The Rector of Yangon University is __________.

U Tin Maung Tun (ဦးတင်မောင်ထွန်း)

The seasonal flower representing the Burmese month of Wagaung is the __________.

Khatta flower (ခတ္တာပန်း)

The traditional ten Myanmar arts and crafts are collectively referred to as __________.

Pan Sel Myo (ပန်းဆယ်မျိုး)

The acronym NGO stands for __________.

Non-Governmental Organization

The Amazon rainforest is located on the continent of South America in the country of __________.

Brazil

King Mindon founded the royal capital of Mandalay in the Burmese calendar year of __________.

$$1221$$

The first female president in the world listed in the lecture notes is __________.

Mrs. Pin Bogadomita (မစ္စပင်ဘိုဂါဒိုမီတာ)

The capital city and official currency of Malaysia are __________ and __________.

Kuala Lumpur and Ringgit

The birthplace of former UN Secretary-General U Thant is __________.

Pantanaw (ပန်းတနော်မြို့)

World Meteorological Day is commemorated every year on __________.

March 23

The capital city of Sweden is __________.

Stockholm

The only ASEAN member country included in the G20 is __________.

Indonesia

The location on the surface of the Earth directly above the earthquake focus is termed the __________.

Epicenter (ငလျင်ဗဟိုထိပ်)

The full expansion of UNICEF is __________.

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

The three Lokapala principles (လောကပါလသုံးပါး) are __________.

Liberty, Equality, and Justice (လွတ်လပ်ခြင်း၊ ညီမျှခြင်းနှင့် တရားမျှတခြင်း)

The diameter of the Moon is approximately __________.

$$3476\,\text{km}$$

The classical Myanmar treatise 'Puttowada Pyo' was authored by __________.

Sartaung Sayadaw (ဆားတုံဆရာတော်)

The mountain situated south of the confluence of the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers is __________.

Mount Popa (ပုပ္ပားတောင်)

A 9th anniversary or jubilee milestone is traditionally known as the __________.

Topaz Jubilee (ဥဿဖရားရတု)

The Let Ya-Freeman Agreement was officially signed on __________.

August 27, 1947

The Aung San Thuriya medal recipient who received the award while still alive was __________.

Bo Tike Chon (ဗိုလ်တိုက်ချွန်း)

The volume of $1\,\text{cubic foot}$ contains exactly __________.

$$1728\,\text{cubic inches}$$

The pioneer who invented the first sidecar (trishaw) in Myanmar was __________.

Saya Nyo (ဆရာညို)

The prominent figure who actively prevented the demolition of Sule Pagoda was __________.

U Chan Htoon (ဦးချန်ထွန်း)

The pagoda in Bagan bearing an English name/title is __________.

Scovell Paw Daw Mu (စကိုဗယ်လ်ပေါ်တော်မူ)

Myanmar's very first female aviator/pilot was __________.

Ma Hnin Oo Wai (မနှင်းဦးဝေ)

The Siamese princess who became a consort of King Bayinnaung was __________.

Princess Myo Yone (အမျိုးရုံမင်းသမီး)

The Yangon Zoological Gardens was first established in the year __________.

$$1906$$

The territory of India that lies closest to Myanmar's coastline is the __________.

Andaman Island (အက်ဒမန်ကျွန်း)

The official formal title of an Oscar award is the __________.

Academy Award of Merit

The travel distance between Naypyidaw and Yangon is __________.

$$202\,\text{miles}$$

The historic Yangon locality referenced by an ancient name is __________.

Thaketa (သာကေတ)

The world's shortest river listed in the notes is the Roe River, measuring a total length of __________.

$$61\,\text{meters}$$

The specific skeletal bone not present in newborn babies at birth is the __________.

Kneecap (ဒူးခေါင်းရိုး)

The Japanese admiral who orchestrated the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was __________.

Yamamoto (ယာမာမိုတို)

The number of signatories who took part in endorsing the Panglong Agreement was __________.

$$23$$

The heights of Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw and Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon are __________ and __________ respectively.

$325\,\text{feet}$ and $326\,\text{feet}$

The largest hydroelectric energy project in Myanmar is __________.

Yeywa (ရဲရွာ)

The historical classical names of Bago and Taungoo are __________ and __________ respectively.

Ussa and Ketumati (ဥဿာ နှင့် ကေတုမတီ)

The first English-Myanmar dictionary was compiled by __________ and __________.

Prince Mekkhaya and Mr. Edward Lane (မက္ခရာမင်းသားကြီးနှင့် မစ္စတာအက်ဒဝပ်လိန်း)

The world's largest woven bamboo Buddha image is enshrined in Panlinhsai town, located in __________.

Namhsan Township (နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်)

The seismic shock wave recorded on March 28, 2025 measured __________.

$7.7\,\text{magnitude}$ on the Richter scale

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Myanmar for 2019 was won by __________.

Khin Wint Wah (ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ)

The capitals of Bangladesh and Laos are __________ and __________.

Dhaka and Vientiane

The United Nations operates using __________ official languages.

$$6$$

Earth's dynamic weather phenomena predominantly occur in the atmospheric layer named the __________.

Troposphere

The architectural span length of the Gokteik Viaduct is __________.

$$2260\,\text{feet}$$

The national flower of Vietnam is the __________.

Lotus (ကြာပန်း)

The previous publication name of 'The Global New Light of Myanmar' was __________.

The New Light of Myanmar

The revised official international name adopted for Turkey is __________.

Türkiye (တူရကီယဲ)

The official designation was changed from Burma to Myanmar on the date __________.

18.6.1989

The nation holding the world's most powerful passport is __________.

Singapore

The invention of paper first originated in the country of __________.

China

The total height of the Laykyun Sekkya standing Buddha image, including its pedestal base, is __________.

$$424\,\text{feet}$$

The shortest skeletal muscle found in the human anatomy is the __________.

Stapedius muscle (ear drum controlling muscle / နားစည်ထိန်းကြွက်သား)

The standard resting heart rate noted is approximately __________.

$$72\,\text{beats/min}$$

In the expanded acronym STEAMS, the trailing 'S' stands for __________.

Sports

The total physical height of the Statue of Liberty is __________.

$$305\,\text{feet}$$

The current state flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar was inaugurated on __________.

October 21, 2010

The total area of Shan State covers __________.

$$60155\,\text{square miles}$$

Myanmar's largest proven offshore natural gas reserves are situated in the __________.

Rakhine Offshore area (ရခိုင်ကမ်းလွန်ဒေသ)

The first woman in Myanmar conferred with the Thura title was __________ from Pyin Oo Lwin Township.

Thura Ma Chit Po (သူရမချစ်ပို)

A 40th anniversary celebration is classically known as the __________.

Ruby Jubilee (ပတ္တမြားရတု)

The Naypyidaw Highway/Expressway was opened for public transportation in the year __________.

$$2009$$

The official headquarters of ASEAN is situated in __________.

Jakarta, Indonesia

The first officially designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Myanmar is __________.

Inle Lake (အင်းလေးကန်)

Construction of the historical Death Railway commenced in the year __________.

$$1942$$

The Naypyidaw Union Territory consists of __________ administrative townships.

$$8$$

The total count of townships comprising the Yangon Region is __________.

$$45$$

The official insignia of Bago Region showcases a __________ and a __________.

Granary and paddy ear (စပါးကျီနှင့် စပါးနှံ)

The historic stone pillar inscribed in four distinct scripts (Pyu, Mon, Myanmar, and Pali) is the __________.

Yazakumar / Myazedi Stone Inscription (ရာဇကုမာရ်ကျောက်စာ)

The ancient territorial moniker traditionally designating Mon State is __________.

Ramanya (ရာမည)

Myanmar's longest forest canopy walkway bridge spans nearly $1\,\text{mile}$ and is supported by __________ teak wood pillars.

$$925$$

The three towns in Myanmar that lie along the path of the Tropic of Cancer are Tedim, Tagaung, and __________.

Kutkai (ကွတ်ခိုင်)