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GK about Old Names of Coutries:
What was India known as during the ancient times?
Answer: Bharat or Hindustan.
Which country was previously known as Persia?
Answer: Iran.
What was Thailand previously called?
Answer: Siam.
Which country was once known as Ceylon?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
What was Myanmar previously called?
Answer: Burma.
Which country was previously known as Abyssinia?
Answer: Ethiopia.
What was Zimbabwe previously called?
Answer: Rhodesia.
Which country was once known as Dutch East Indies?
Answer: Indonesia.
What was Vietnam previously called?
Answer: French Indochina.
What was Ghana previously called?
Answer: Gold Coast.
Which country was known as Czechoslovakia before it split?
Answer: The Czech Republic and Slovakia.
What was Bangladesh previously called?
Answer: East Pakistan.
Which country was once known as Siam?
Answer: Thailand.
What was Tanzania previously called?
Answer: Tanganyika.
Which country was known as Upper Volta before changing its name?
Answer: Burkina Faso.
What was Sri Lanka previously called?
Answer: Ceylon.
Which country was once known as British Honduras?
Answer: Belize.
What was Zimbabwe known as before it gained independence?
Answer: Southern Rhodesia.
Which country was previously known as East Pakistan?
Answer: Bangladesh.
What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo previously called?
Answer: Zaire.
Which country was once known as Nyasaland?
Answer: Malawi.
What was Benin previously called?
Answer: Dahomey.
Which country was known as Persia before 1935?
Answer: Iran.
What was the Central African Republic previously called?
Answer: Ubangi-Shari.
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