Indepedence DAY!

When did the British conquer Sri Lanka from the Dutch?

• a) 1796

• b) 1815

• c) 1848

• d) 1776

Which is the highest point in Sri Lanka?

• a) Adam’s Peak

• b) Pidurutalagala

• c) Kirigalpotta

• d) Godwin Austin

Which is the longest river in Sri Lanka?

• a) Cauvery

• b) Padma

• c) Amban

• d) Mahaweli

Which strait separates Sri Lanka from India?

• a) Palk Strait

• b) Davis Strait

• c) Johore Strait

• d) Cook Strait

In which Sri Lankan city, also the capital of the last independent kingdom in 1592, is the Esala Perahera festival held?

• Colombo

• Kotikawatta

• Katunayake

• Kandy

Sri Lanka is known for exporting tea, coffee, rubber and cinnamon, but only one of them is native to the island. Which one?

• tea

• coffee

• cinnamon

• rubber

This waterfall, has a drop of 98 metres, is the eighteenth highest in Sri Lanka and runs off the Kehelgamuwa River. Sharing its name with an important city in Scotland it is called which of these?

• Dundee Falls

• Inverness Falls

• Aberdeen Falls

• Edinburgh Falls

Sri Lanka's original name of Ceylon comes from Ceilão, which was given to the island in 1505 by settlers from which European country?

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• Portugal

Name the first Executive President of Sri Lanka.

Which ocean surrounds Sri Lanka?

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean