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1. Which was the first state in India to ban bandh's in 1997?
a. West Bengal
b. Kerala
c. Rajasthan
d. Jharkhand
2. Which city in Kerala is also called the 'Granary of Kerala'?
a. Kollam
b. Malappuram
c. Idukki
d. Palakkad
3. Which city gets its name because of the forest that covered this place with the sweet-scented flowers of the pala tree?
a. Palakkad
b. Palaqui
c. Pallakkal
d. Simpala
4. In which capital city is the Veer Savarkar airport located?
a. Aizawl
b. Port Blair
c. Dehradun
d. Bhopal
5. The name of which state in the Gond language means 'south'?
a. Goa
b. Karnataka
c. Telangana
d. Kerala
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Answers
1. Which was the first state in India to ban bandh's in 1997?
a. West Bengal
b. Kerala
c. Rajasthan
d. Jharkhand
Did You Know?
Ironically, Kerala observes the most number of bandhs in a calendar year sometimes observing as many as 223 bandhs.
Read more about it in this link.
2. Which city in Kerala is also called the 'Granary of Kerala'?
a. Kollam
b. Malappuram
c. Idukki
d. Palakkad
Did You Know?
Palakkad is situated on the foot of Western Ghats. The Palakkad Gap situated here acts as a corridor of trade between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Which city gets its name because of the forest that covered this place with the sweet-scented flowers of the pala tree?
a. Palakkad
b. Palaqui
c. Pallakkal
d. Simpala
Did You Know?
The Pala refers to the pala tree and the kad refers to the forest. Hence, the place is called Palakkad.
Read more about it in this link.
4. In which capital city is the Veer Savarkar airport located?
a. Aizawl
b. Port Blair
c. Dehradun
d. Bhopal
Did You Know?
The Veer Savarkar Airport in Port Blair is the main airport of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is named after the freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar who had been detained in the Cellular Jail in the islands for 10 years.
Read more about it in this link.
5. The name of which state in the Gond language means 'south'?
a. Goa
b. Karnataka
c. Telangana
d. Kerala
Did You Know?
In the Gond language, the word 'Telangadh' means 'south'. Surprisingly, the earliest reference of the word Telangana is not in Telugu.
Read more about it in this link.
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