Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Indian State Quiz (Focus--Andhra Pradesh Part 1)

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Q 1:With total area of 3568 sq. kms, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserves is the only Tiger Reserve area in ............... and largest tiger reserve of India in terms of area.
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala



Q 2:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park which is located in ............... is also known as a jungle amidst the concrete jungle.

Secunderabad
Hyderabad
Guntur




Q 3:India's First Mobile Adalat will be in ?
Maharashtra
Delhi
Andhra Pradesh




Q 4:Largest city in AP?
Secundarabad
Hyderabad
Vijayawada




Q 5:.................Railway Station is the one of the most busiest junctions of India and is referred as "The City That Never Sleeps" w.r.t railways in AP
Vishakapatnam
Vijayawada
Secunderabad




Q 6:Most of Andhra Pradesh falls under South Central Railway which came into existence in 1966 with its headquarters at?
Vishakapatnam
Hyderabad
Secunderabad




Q 7:Hyderabad International Airport also known as ...............International Airport, is an international airport for the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It is the largest airport in the state and one of the busiest airports nationwide
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
YSR Reddy




Q 8:The Borra Caves are located in the Anatagiri Hills of Eastern Ghats, near .............., Andhra Pradesh
Guntur
Vishakapatnam
Madanapalle




Q 9:The .........are the second largest cave system in the Indian sub-continent.
Meghalaya Caves
Borra Caves
Belum Caves




Q 10:Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah , the 5th ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty built Charminar in 1591 shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golkonda to what is now known as Hyderabad.He built this famous structure to commemorate the elimination of?
Chalukyas
plague
small pox



Q 11:On December 9, 2009, the Government of India announced that the process for the formation of Telangana state would be considered upon introduction and passage of a separation statement by the state assembly of Andhra Pradesh.The Government of India has since constituted a five member committee headed by Justice ............to study the feasibility of a separate Telangana state within the Indian Union.
B. N. Srikrishna
K. G. Balakrishnan
V.R. Krishna Iyer



Q 12:Click wrong option.

The Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east.
The multipurpose Nagarjunasagar Project on the river Godavari near the then Nandikonda village (now Hill Colony), Peddavoora Mandal, Nalgonda District, is the pride of Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana has been the homeland to the Sathavahanas and Kakatiyas. Kotilingala in Karimnagar was the first capital of the Sathavahanas before Dharanikota. Excavations at Kotilingala revealed coinage of Simukha, the first Satavahana emperor.




Q 13:Click wrong option.
Nagarjuna Sagar was called Vijayapuri (city of victory) in ancient times.
NandiKonda was biggest Town on bank of Krishna river, it was completely submerged in the water.
Nagarjunasagar dam, which was completed in 1966, is 124 metres high and 1 km long, and has 26 crest gates. Located at a distance of 500 km from Hyderabad, Nagarjunasagar is an important irrigation dam on river Krishna which irrigates over 10 lakh acres of land.




Q 14:Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu speaking areas of Hyderabad State and the Telugu speaking part of the Madras Presidency on 1 November .....?
1956
1960
1950




Q 15:Click the wrong option
Andhra Pradesh is historically called the "Rice Bowl of India".
Geographically, Andhra Pradesh is composed of most of the eastern half of the Deccan plateau and the plains to the east of the Eastern Ghats. It is the 5th Largest state in India.
The climate of Andhra Pradesh varies considerably, depending on the geographical region. The major role in determining the climate of the state is played by monsoons. Summers last from March to June. In the coastal plain the summer temperatures are generally higher than the rest of the state, with temperature ranging between 20°C and 41°C.




Q 16:Jentikalu,Chakkilaalu,Ulava Chaaru are types of .......in Telugu?
literature
dress
food




Q 17:................designed the Indian National Flag.
Pingali Venkayya
Bahadur Yar Jung
Alluri Sita Rama Raju




Q 18:.............known as Andhra Kesari
N. G. Ranga
Tanguturi Prakasam
Potti Sreeramulu




Q 19:................was the first mayor of Hyderabad
Makhdoom Mohiuddin
Makineni Basavapunnaiah
Madapati Hanumantha Rao




Q 20:On March 3, 2002, Balayogi died in crash of a Bell 206 helicopter in Kaikalur, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium was named in his memory.He was suceeded by ................as the Lok Sabha Speaker of India.
Manohar Joshi
P.A. Sangma
Sh. Shivraj V Patil


Q 21:....................is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India from September,2008 - till date
Duvvuri Subbarao
Y. Venugopal Reddy
Tanguturi Anjaiah



Q 22:.................(March 13, 1899 – 1967) was the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State who led the struggle against the Nizam in the princely State.

Tanguturi Prakasam
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy




Q 23:Who is the founder of Satyam Computers?
Galla Ramachandra Naidu
K. V. K. Raju
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju




Q 24:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan won the Bharat Ratna in?
1954
1952
1956




Q 25:Koneru Humpy belongs to which game?
Cricket
Chess
Volley Ball