Quiz on Sri Lanka 1

Quiz on Sri Lanka 1

Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean, south of India. Sri Lanka celebrates its National Day on 4 February. Here is a quiz to know more about Sri Lanka.

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1. How many rivers are there in Sri Lanka?

53
73
93
103

2. Which strait separates Sri Lanka from India?

Palk Strait
Lanka Strait
Cook Strait
Rama Strait

3. Sri Lanka has the record of having the world's first female prime minister. Who was she?

Adeline Molamure
Florence Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Naysum Saravanamuttu

4. Which is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka?

Colombo
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Jaffna
Negombo

5. Who was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon?

Srimavo Bandaranaike
D S Srenanayake
J. R. Jayawardene
Arunachalam Mahadeva

6. Which Primer Minister of Sri Lanka is known by the Sri Lankan people as "The Silver Bell of Asia"?

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
D S Srenanayake
J. R. Jayawardene
Arunachalam Mahadeva

7. The religion practiced by more than 70% of the Sri Lankan population is considered as an official religion of Sri Lanka.

Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam

8. In which year was Ceylon became a republic named Sri Lanka?

1948
1958
1968
1972

9. Which is the tallest mountain in Sri Lanka?

Pidurutalagala
Kirigalpotta
Totapolakanda
Adam's Peak

10. In which year did Sri Lanka get independence?

1948
1947
1946
1950

11. Which is the longest river in Sri Lanka?

Mahaweli River
Malvathu River
Kala Oya
Kelani River

12. Who was the founder and leader of the LTTE, a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil State in Sri Lanka?

Velupillai Prabhakaran
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranasinghe Premadasa
D. S. Senanayake

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