Sri Lanka Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What year was Sri Lanka granted independence?
February 4, 1948.
2. What was the previous name of Sri Lanka?
Lanka
3. Which strait divides India and Sri Lanka?
Klein Strait
4. What is Sri Lanka's capital city?
Kotte, Sri Jayawardenepura
5. What is Sri Lanka's currency?
lk
6. Which Sri Lankan river is the longest?
Majewelia
7. What is Sri Lanka's highest point?
Lagala Piduruta
8. Who was the Portuguese sailor who arrived in 1505 in Colombo?
Leonardo da Almeida
9. Who was the initial Dutch administrator of Sri Lanka's Dutch territory?
Thijssen Jan
10. When did the British overthrow the Dutch in Sri Lanka?
1796.