Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Many yoga instructors consider the Paramahansa Yogananda to be among the most challenging yoga poses for novices."
no
Paramahansa Yogananda is a person, not a yoga pose.
**Q**
"The Exorcist stars Tom Hanks."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
Tom Hanks does not star in The Exorcist, and was not even a famous actor at the time of its release.
Is the following sentence factually correct?
"Enver Hoxha ruled over Albania during the 20th century."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Enver Hoxha was the Prime Minister and First Secretary of Albania during the Cold War.
**Q**
Is the following a factual statement?
"Karachi collects more than a third of Pakistan's tax revenue, and generates approximately 20% of Pakistan's entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP)."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre.
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"If one travels to Billings, Montana from South America, one heads south."
no
Montana is north not south of South America.
Is the following a factual statement?
"The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four coined the term doublethink, which means to simultaneously believe an idea and its contradiction."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
The dystopian government in Nineteen Eighty-Four requires its citizens to believe many constantly-changing untruths, and among the citizens, doublethink is the practice of believing both the truth and that which one is told.