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In which direction is Urdu written?
Answer: Right to left
Why: Urdu adopted the Nastaliq style from Persian, flowing horizontally from right to left across the page.
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Which 19th-century Delhi poet wrote in both Urdu and Persian?
Answer: Mirza Ghalib
Why: Mirza Ghalib was appointed court poet to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the final Mughal ruler of Delhi.
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What is an Urdu poet's formal pen name called?
Answer: Takhallus
Why: Urdu poets weave their takhallus directly into the final lines so listeners immediately know who composed the piece.
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Which script style is mostly used to write Urdu?
Answer: Nastaliq
Why: Nastaliq words slope diagonally downward, which made early printing typesetting much harder than standard Naskh.
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Which poetic form of rhyming couplets is central to Urdu?
Answer: Ghazal
Why: Each couplet in an Urdu ghazal forms a self-contained idea that can be understood without the rest of the poem.
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Urdu is the national language of which country?
Answer: Pakistan
Why: Urdu serves as the national lingua franca of Pakistan even though Punjabi is the most common first language.
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