GK Corner

Flags

1. Study of flags is called.................
Ans: Vexillology

2. The flag of Britain is known as ............
Ans:  Union Jack/Union Flag

                 

3. The flag of which country is not rectangular
Ans:  Nepal

                             

4. Which country's flag has an AK-47 rifle on it?
Ans: Mozambique

                           

5. Which two countries have square shaped flags?
Ans: Switzerland & Vatican City 
                                                            Flag of Switzerland

Flag of Vatican City

6. Which Country's flag is different on each side? 
Ans:  The flag of Paraguay has two different sides.

(Both sides have red, white and blue horizontal stripes but the middle of the white stripe differs. On the front of the flag is the national seal and on the reverse is the treasury seal of Paraguay.)

                                                                

                                                                
7. What is the oldest national flag in the world?
Ans:  Flag of Denmark

                                                                  

8. What is the colour of the flag of United Nations?
Ans:  The background of the flag of United Nation is light blue in color with a white colored map of the world within a wreath of olive leaves on it. This emblem is located right at the heart of the flag .

                                                                

9. Who designed the national flag of India?
Pingali Venkayya

(The Indian national flag was designed in 1916 by Pingali Venkayya from Machilipatnam, Andra Pradesh. The tricolour flag designed by him, with a charkha in the centre was adopted by the Congress committee in 1931 at Karachi. 

On July 22, 1947, during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly, it was approved as the National Flag of India with suitable modifications, wherein the Ashok Chakra was adopted in place of the charkha.)



10. Which country has its map on its flag?
There are two countries having their maps on their flags, Cyprus and Kosovo

                                                               Flag of Kosovo

                                   

                                                               Flag of Cyprus

                                   

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