Choose first, then check both the answer and the reason.

11. Who is associated with design proposals that preceded the national tricolour?

A. Gurajada Apparao B. Kshetrayya C. Pingali Venkayya D. Gadicherla Rao

Answer C. Venkayya's flag designs were influential precursors, not identical to every feature of today's flag.

12. Which central symbol distinguishes the present national flag from earlier charkha designs?

A. Lotus B. Ashoka Chakra C. Nandi D. Stupa

Answer B. The present national flag carries the Ashoka Chakra.

13. Which city is connected in the Ministry account to Pingali Venkayya's 1921 meeting with Gandhi?

A. Nellore B. Araku C. Ongole D. Vijayawada

Answer D. Venkayya presented flag ideas at the Vijayawada meeting.

14. Andhra Ratna is an honorific for whom?

A. Duggirala Gopala Krishnaiah B. Prakasam C. Alluri D. Nannaya

Answer A. Duggirala is associated with the Chirala-Perala movement and Andhra Ratna.

15. Which volunteer corps was organised by Duggirala?

A. Vanara Sena B. National Cadet Corps C. Rama Dandu D. Seva Dal

Answer C. Rama Dandu supported Duggirala's civic movement.

16. Chirala-Perala was primarily a protest over which issue?

A. GI registration B. Colonial municipal and tax decision C. Flag emblem D. Temple sculpture

Answer B. The movement resisted municipal taxation and administration.

17. Which current region is associated with Chirala-Perala?

A. Alluri hills B. Tirupati district C. Srikakulam coast D. Prakasam coast

Answer D. The twin settlements are in the present Prakasam-region coast; old sources may say Guntur.

18. Who appears in the 1907 Rajahmundry Vande Mataram student-action account?

A. Gadicherla Hari Sarvottama Rao B. Annamacharya C. Tenali Ramakrishna D. Ghantasala

Answer A. The official account describes Gadicherla and the badge protest.

19. What was one visible sign of the Rajahmundry student action?

A. Carving toys B. Spinning Jamdani C. Wearing Vande Mataram badges D. Building a reservoir

Answer C. Students wore badges and defied restrictions on nationalist expression.

20. The 1905 Bengal partition helped prompt which movement in Telugu areas?

A. Rampa rebellion B. Swadeshi/Vande Mataram C. Andhra State ministry D. 2014 bifurcation

Answer B. The partition stimulated Swadeshi and Vande Mataram activity in Andhra.