QUES: In the beginning, the Quran did not have vocalization markings. The system of vocalization, as we know it today, seems to have been introduced towards the end of the ninth century. Since it would have been too costly for most Muslims to purchase a manuscript, copies of the Quran were held in mosques in order to make them accessible to people. These copies frequently took the form of a series of 30 parts or juz'. In terms of productivity, the Ottoman copyists provide the best example. This was in response to widespread demand, unpopularity of printing methods and for aesthetic reasons.

Which group of Quran copyists produced the most in-demand manuscripts?
What is the answer?
ANS: Ottoman
QUES: Most of the postwar's presidents of the Fifth Republic wanted to leave their own monuments in Paris; President Georges Pompidou started the Centre Georges Pompidou (1977), Valery Giscard d'Estaing began the Musee d'Orsay (1986); President Francois Mitterrand, in power for 14 years, built the Opera Bastille (1985-1989), the Bibliotheque nationale de France (1996), the Arche de la Defense (1985-1989), and the Louvre Pyramid with its underground courtyard (1983-1989); Jacques Chirac (2006), the Musee du quai Branly.

In what year was the Centre Georges Pompidou erected?
What is the answer?
ANS: 1977
QUES: In conformation shows, also referred to as breed shows, a judge familiar with the specific dog breed evaluates individual purebred dogs for conformity with their established breed type as described in the breed standard. As the breed standard only deals with the externally observable qualities of the dog (such as appearance, movement, and temperament), separately tested qualities (such as ability or health) are not part of the judging in conformation shows.

The breed standard only is about what?
What is the answer?
ANS:
externally observable qualities