Category - General Knowledge
Part - Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Question No. - 25
Time - 25 Minuts
1. What is the area of North Sentinel Island?
a) 53 km²
b) 58 km²
c) 60 km²
d) 68 km²
Ans- c) 60 km².
2. What is the total area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 8,249 km²
b) 8,649 km²
c) 9,249 km²
d) 9,649 km²
Ans- a) 8,249 km².
3. How many total Islands/Islets/Rocky Outcrops are in Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands?
a) 536
b) 636
c) 736
d) 836
Ans- d) 836.
4. How many Inhabited Islands are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 31
b) 33
c) 35
d) 37
Ans- a) 31.
5. How many districts are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Ans- c) 3.
6. How many tehsils are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 7
b) 9
c) 11
d) 12
Ans- b) 9.
7. When Andaman and Nicobar Islands officially became a Union Territory of India?
a) 01/11/54
b) 01/11/55
c) 01/11/56
d) 01/11/57
Ans- c) 01/11/56.
8. Which channel separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands ?
a) 10 Degree Channel
b) 12 Degree Channel
c) 14 Degree Channel
d) 16 Degree Channel
Ans- a) 10 Degree Channel.
9. How many total islands are in smaller Nicobars?
a) 18
b) 20
c) 22
d) 26
Ans- c) 22.
10. What is the total area of Andaman Islands?
a) 6,108 km²
b) 6,208 km²
c) 6,308 km²
d) 6,408 km²
Ans- d) 6,408 km².
11. What is the total area of Nicobar Islands?
a) 1,741 km²
b) 1,841 km²
c) 1,941 km²
d) 1,891 km²
Ans- c) 1,841 km².
12. What is the literacy rate of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 86.27%.
b) 87.27%.
c) 88.27%.
d) 89.27%.
Ans- a) 86.27%.
13. When Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was officially renamed Sri Vijaya Puram?
a) September 2022
b) September 2023
c) September 2024
d) September 2025
Ans- c) September 2024.
14. When cellular jail construction started?
a) 1894
b) 1896
c) 1899
d) 1900
Ans- b) 1896. It is located in Port Blair & completed in 1906.
15. What is the name of state animal of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Gaur
b) Dugong
c) Indian Giant Squirrel
d) Sangai
Ans- b) Dugong.
16. What is the name of state bird of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Blue Parrot
b) Nongyeen
c) Andaman Wood Pigeon
d) Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Ans- c) Andaman Wood Pigeon.
17. What is the name of state tree of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Oak Tree
b) Jammi Chettu
c) Ashoka tree
d) Andaman Padauk
Ans- d) Andaman Padauk.
18. How many national parks in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) 5
b) 7
c) 9
d) 11
Ans- c) 9.
19. Whcih is the largest island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Left Andaman Island
b) Middle Andaman Island
c) Right Andaman Island
d) North Andaman Island
Ans- b) Middle Andaman Island, approx 1536 square kilometers.
20. Whcih is the highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Saddle Peak
b) Mount Thullier
c) Mount Harriet
d) Mount Diavolo
Ans- a) Saddle Peak, 732 meters.
21. Whcih counry is established the first European colony in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Portugal
b) France
c) Spain
d) Denmark
Ans- d) Denmark, On December 12, 1755 in the Nicobar Islands.
22. Which jurisdiction court does Andaman and Nicobar Islands come under?
a) Telangana High Court
b) Tamil Nadu High Court
c) Calcutta High Court
d) Kerala High Court
Ans- c) Calcutta High Court.
23. Which jurisdiction court does Andaman and Nicobar Islands come under?
a) Telangana High Court
b) Tamil Nadu High Court
c) Calcutta High Court
d) Kerala High Court
Ans- c) Calcutta High Court.
24. How many Wildlife Sanctuaries are in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,?
a) 86
b) 96
c) 99
d) 103
Ans- b) 96.
25. Whcih nation established military academy at port blair in andaman and nicobar islands in 1942 for 3 years?
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Japan
d) China
Ans- c) Japan.