ANDHRA PRADESH

 
* Formed on - November 1,1956
* Capital - Hyderabad
* Proposed capital - Amaravathi
* Major Language - Telugu
* High Court - Hyderabad
* Official animal - Black Buck
* Official bird - Indian Roller
* State flower - Lotus
* Official dance - Kuchupudi, Ottam
* Major Festival - Dasara, Deepavali
* Major rivers - Godavari, Krishna
* Major lake - Kolleru
* Airport - Visakhapatnam Airport, Sri Satyasai Airport at Puttaparthi 
*First State formed on linguistic basis 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*The State known as Egg bowl of India 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*South Indian state having the largest coastal area
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*State having the second largest coastal area in India
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*South Indian state which leads in the production of rice
Ans : Andhra Pradesh 
*The state which leads in the production of tobacco
Ans : Andhra Pradesh 
*First Indian state to constitute e-Cabinet 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh 
*The State to form e-Cops as a special team to prevent cyber crimes .
Ans : Andhra Pradesh 
*Cyber state of India
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*The state known as Kohinoor of India 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*The headquarters of Hindustan Petroleum is in
Ans : Vishakapatnam 
*The headquarters of Indian Oil Corporation is in 
Ans : New Delhi 
*The headquarters of Bharat Petroleum is in
Ans : Mumbai

NATIONAL PARKS INS ANDHRA PRADESH

*Nelapattu bird sanctuary 
*Sri Venkateswara National Park 
*Papikonda National Park
*The State which produces large amount of Hydro electricity
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Kuchipudi is the classical dance form of
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*First South Indian state to implement Panchayat Raj System
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Kolleru, the fresh water lake is situated in
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Pulicat lake is situated in the state of Andhra Pradesh
*The famous Belum and Borra caves are situated in
Ans : Andhra Pradesh 
*Horsley Hills is located in 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*India's first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) came up in
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Agnigundala Coppermine, Tummalapalle uranium mine are in
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Nagarjuna Buddhist Palace and Tirupati Venkateswara Temple are in
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*First Indian state to recognise the dwarfs as differently abled /disabled
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*The state which leads in the production of cement
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*First Indian state to build an underwater tunnel
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*Indian state which leads to the production cryolite asbestos
Ans : Andhra Pradesh

FROM RAJAHMUNDRY TO 

ARAK VALLEY

*The cultural capital of Andhra Pradesh
Ans : Rajahmundry
*Central Tobacco Research Station is situated at
Ans : Rajahmundry
*Telugu Ganga project is an irrigation project for Chennai using drinking water from the river
Ans : Krishna
*Nagarjuna Sagar dam is situated on the river
Ans : Krishna
*Vijayawada town is situated on the banks of the river
Ans : Krishna
*Amaravathi is located on the banks of the river
Ans : Krishna
*Biggest Tiger Reserve in India
Ans : Nagarjuna Srisailam
*The Tiger Reserve which extends to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Ans : Nagarjuna Srisailam
*The headquarters of Kakatiya dynasty which ruled Andhra Pradesh earlier
Ans : Warangal


*Major gold field of Andhra Pradesh
Ans : Ramgiri (Anantapur)
*First Cyber Grameen Centre in India was set up at
Ans : Venkatachallam Village (Nellore district)
*First Medical University in India
Ans : NTR University of Health Science
*NTR University of Health Science is situated in
Ans : Vijayawada
*The river known as life line of Andhra Pradesh
Ans : Godavari
*The longest river in Andhra Pradesh
Ans : Godavari
*The river known as Vridha Ganga
Ans : Godavari
*The canal which links Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Ans : Buckingham canal
*The place known as city of fertilizers
Ans : Kakinada
*First biodiesel plant in India
Ans : Kakinada
*National Palm Oil Research Centre is at
Ans : Pedavegi

MAJOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

 *Nagarjuna Sagar * Sri Sailam
*Nizam Sagar        * Alamatty

VISAKHAPATNAM JEWEL OF EAST COAST

*Deepest land locked port in India 
Ans : Visakhapatnam sea port 
*Hindustan Shipyard, India's first ship building yard is at
Ans : Visakhapatnam
*INS Kurusura submarine museum was set up at
Ans : Visakhapatnam
*National Ship Design and Research Centre is situated at
Ans : Visakhapatnam
*First ship constructed fully in India after Independence was built at
Ans : Scindia shipyard
*First ship constructed fully in India after Independence
Ans : Jal Usha
*Indira Gandhi Zoological park is located
Ans : Visakhapatnam
*The remains of the Pak Submarine PNS Ghazi after sinking in the 1971 Indo Pak War is kept in
Ans : Visakhapatnam
*Central sanskrit Insitute is situated at
Ans : Tirupati
*The temple which leads in terms of income
Ans : Tirupati Venkateswara Temple
*The place from where the large amount of hair is exported
Ans : Tirupati
* Temple of seven hills 
Ans : Tirupati
*The only satellite launching station of India
Ans : Sriharikota
*Sriharikota is situated at
Ans : Potti Sreeramalu (Nellur)district
*First Rubber dam in India was built in 
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
*India's first rubber dam is installed across 
Ans : Janjavathi
*The Dravidian language which is used as mother tongue by most number of people 
Ans : Telugu
*Second longest cave in India 
Ans : Belum Cave
*Longest Indian cave on plain area 
Ans : Belum Cave
*Largest agricultural market yard in India 
Ans : Guntur
*The jewel mine from which the Kohinbor was discovered
Ans : Golkonda
*National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was started at
Ans : Bandlapalli
*First Regional Party in India which became the opposition in Parliament
Ans : Telugu Desam Party
*First place Ip India to start Bhoodan movement
Ans : Pochampalli (1951)
*First Chief Minister of Hyderabad State 
Ans : M.K.Vellodi
*First Chief Minister of Andhra State 
Ans : T. Prakasam
*First Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh 
Ans : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
*The search for former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Nallamala forest ranges named as
Ans : Operation Nallamala by Indian Airforce
*The district formed on the name of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 
Ans : Kadappa
*Former Chief Minister of Kerala to become the governor of Andhra Pradesh later
Ans : Pattom Thanupillai 
*Prajarajyam is the political party founded by Telugu Actor 
Ans : Chiranjeevi
*During ancient time, the people of Andhra were known as
*When Andhra state was formed in 1953, its capital was
Ans : Kurnool
*Capital of Eastern Chalukyas was
Ans : Vengi
*In 1611, the British started their Trading post at
Ans : Machilipatnam
*Largest masonry dam in the world
Ans : Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
*The Tribe which is seen in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
Ans : Chench
*Vajrayana Budhism was originated in 
Ans : Amaravati
*After bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh has
Ans : 25 Loksabha seats and 11 Rajya Sabha seats
*Joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the next ten years (since bifurcation)
Ans : Hyderabad
*The place in Andhra Pradesh which was under the rule of Portuguese
Ans : Yanam
*India's first open University
Ans : Andhra Open University 
*Andhra Open University is now known as 
Ans : B.R. Ambedkar Open University 
*The military group which was formed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to suppress the Naxalites
Ans : Grey Hunt
*The famous hill station located in Visakhapatnam
Ans : Arak Valley

KNOWN BY

*Andhra kesari - T.Prakasam
*Andhra Bhojan - Krishna Devaraya
*Amarajeevi - Potti Sriramalu
*Founder of Modern Andhra - 
*Vireshalingam
*Pitamaba of Telugu - Krishna Devaraya
*Second Madras Commercial Capital of 
*Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada
*NTR - N.T. Ramarao
*Eastern Goa - Visakhapatnamm
*Bhagadeyathinte - Visakhapatnamm
*Italian of the East - Telugu