Q 01/05

Sangetsar Tso, a lake in Arunachal Pradesh, is nicknamed after which Bollywood actress who danced there in Koyla?

A) Karisma Kapoor

B) Juhi Chawla

C) Madhuri Dixit

D) Raveena Tandon

Answer · why

C) Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit filmed a dance sequence for Koyla beside the lake, which was itself created when an earthquake dammed a river with fallen rocks, boulder...

Q 02/05

Which city, named after a medieval fort built of bricks, is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?

A) Itanagar

B) Guwahati

C) Kohima

D) Aizawl

Answer · why

A) Itanagar

Itanagar takes its name from Ita Fort, the 'fort of bricks' raised in the 14th or 15th century; 'ita' is the Assamese word for brick.

Q 03/05

Which tiny village in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district is famed for catching India's first rays of sunrise?

A) Mechuka

B) Dong

C) Anini

D) Kibithu

Answer · why

B) Dong

Dong was found in 1999 to see the country's earliest sunrise, and visitors now climb to a lookout above the village at about 3 am to watch it.

Q 04/05

Anshu Jamsenpa of Arunachal Pradesh made history in 2017 by climbing which mountain twice within five days?

A) Kangchenjunga

B) Annapurna

C) Nanda Devi

D) Everest

Answer · why

D) Everest

Everest fell to her on 16 May and again on 21 May 2017, the fastest double ascent by a woman; she comes from Bomdila and later received the Padma Shri...

Q 05/05

Which language is the only official language of Arunachal Pradesh, a state with dozens of tribal tongues?

A) Hindi

B) Assamese

C) English

D) Nepali

Answer · why

C) English

English is the sole official language, though a locally flavoured Hindi, spread by migrant schoolteachers, serves as the everyday lingua franca betwee...