Sankranthi

Freiburg

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STEM

Einbürgerungstest

100

In traditional Telugu households, why is Bhogi celebrated before Makara Sankranthi?

A) To worship Surya before Uttarayana begins

B) To symbolically discard old possessions and negative traits

C) To welcome new crops into storage

D) To honour ancestral spirits

B) To symbolically discard old possessions and negative traits

100

Who is the founder of the University of Freiburg?

A) Albrecht VI

B) Ludowic III

C) Ludwig XVI

D) Albertino III

A) Albrecht VI

100

Which country flag is this?

A) Lithuania

B) Latvia

C) Luxembourg

D) Slovenia

C) Luxembourg

100

The 'SIM' card in your mobile phone is an abbreviation for which of the following terms?

A) Synchronized Interface Module

B) Satellite Interface Mobile

C) Subscriber Identity Module

D) Secure Integrated Mobile

C) Subscriber Identity Module

100

Which is a district in Baden-Württemberg?

A) Mecklenburg Lake District

B) Neckar-Odenwald District

C) North Frisia

D) Altötting

B) Neckar-Odenwald District

200

Who directed the Telugu movie "Sankranthi (2005)"?

A) Ravi Raja Pinisetty

B) Muthyala Subbaiah

C) E.V.V. Satyanarayana

D) Muppalaneni Shiva

200

Which local specialty is famously subject to the 'Mit oder ohne?' (With or without) debate at the Münsterplatz and is traditionally never broken in half despite being twice the length of its bun?

A) Badische Bratwurst

B) Schwarzwälder Schinken

C) Lange Rote

D) Landjäger

C) Lange Rote

200

Which country has the most islands?

A) Sweden

B) Philippines

C) Indonesia

D) Canada

A) Sweden

200

nums = [1, 2, 3]

nums.append([4, 5])

print(len(nums))

A) 5

B) 4

C) 2

D) 3

B) 4

200

How many years ago did the first Jewish community appear in what is now Germany?

A) About 300 years ago

B) About 700 years ago

C) About 1150 years ago

D) About 1700 years ago

300

Which historic 12th-century event is credited with popularizing the tradition of high-stakes cockfighting (kodi pandem) during Sankranti?

A) Battle of Tallikota

B) Battle of Bobbili

C) Battle of Palnadu

D) Battle of Raichur

C) Battle of Palnadu

300

Freiburg is considered to be the sunniest city in Germany. How many hours of sunshine does it have annually?

A) around 1300 hours

B) around 2300 hours

C) around 3100 hours

D) around 1800 hours

300

What is the currency of South Africa?

A) Rand

B) Shilling

C) Kwacha

D) Naira

A) Rand

300

If you extracted the DNA from every single cell in an adult human body and stretched it out end-to-end, what is the approximate total length it would reach?

A) Approximately 40,000 kilometers (the circumference of the Earth).

B) Roughly 2 meters (the height of a tall human).

C) Over 60 billion kilometers (enough to reach the Sun and back dozens of times).

D) About 384,400 kilometers (the distance from the Earth to the Moon).

C) Over 60 billion kilometers (enough to reach the Sun and back dozens of times).

300

Who can't you directly elect as a citizen in Germany?

A) Members of the European Parliament

B) The Federal President

C) State parliament representatives

D) Federal parliament representatives

B) The Federal President

400

Which ancient Indian astronomical text most directly influences the traditional calculation of Makara Sankranthi?

A) Arthashastra

B) Surya Siddhanta

C) Natya Shastra

D) Brahma Sutras

B) Surya Siddhanta

400

What was the significance of the abstract bronze equestrian statue in the old city when it was inaugurated in 1965?

A) Trading hub for the infamous Schauinsländer silver

B) The monument celebrates the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War

C) Meeting spot due to its central location and convergence of tram lines

D) Represents faith in Catholicism by the House of Habsburg

C) Meeting spot due to its central location and convergence of tram lines

400

Which of the following countries celebrates the New Year earliest?

A) Fuji

B) New Zealand

C) New Caledonia

D) Kiribati

400

Identify the missing wave type with the question mark (?).

A) Gamma rays

B) Ultraviolet

C) Microwaves

D) Magnetic waves

C) Microwaves

400

Which body is not one of Germany's constitutional bodies?

A) the Federal Council

B) the Federal President

C) the citizens' assembly

D) the government

C) the citizens' assembly

500

Which statement best explains why Makara Sankranthi is astronomically not identical to the Winter Solstice, despite popular belief?

A) The solstice is calculated using the lunar zodiac

B) The solstice marks Earth’s perihelion

C) Sankranthi is based on sidereal zodiac movement, not tropical zodiac

D) The solstice depends on local latitude

C) Sankranthi is based on sidereal zodiac movement, not tropical zodiac

500

Which famous cartographer studied at the University of Freiburg created the first map to name the "New World" as "America" in 1507?

A) August Heinrich Petermann

B) Martin Waldseemüller

C) Sebastian Münster

D) Joseph Fischer

B) Martin Waldseemüller

500

Which specific island in the Andaman chain is home to one of the world's last uncontacted tribes and is legally protected by an exclusion zone to prevent outside interference?

A) Barren Island

B) North Sentinel Island

C) North Brother Island

D) Easter Island

B) North Sentinel Island

500

What is the next number in the following series?

10, 11, 24, 75, 304, ?

A) 1525

B) 1225

C) 1520

D) 1220

A) 1525

500

It is not one of the tasks of the German Bundestag to ...

A) draft laws.

B) control the federal government.

C) elect the federal chancellor.

D) form the federal cabinet.