INDIA TRIVIA QUIZ - 30 Indian General Knowledge Questions and Answers Pub Quiz

INDIA TRIVIA QUIZ - Indian General Knowledge Questions and Answers Pub Quiz
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** India Trivia Questions and Answers:
1. What is India’s national animal?
The Bengal Tiger
2. What are the 2 official languages of India? Approximately how many distinct languages/dialects are there in India.
Hindi and English
Over 2000 distinct languages
3. Who produces more movies per year: Hollywood or Bollywood?
Bollywood makes over 1000 movies per year (double of Hollywood)
4. Diwali or Deepavali is known as the festival of lights. What is the celebration about?
Triumph of light over dark or good over evil.
5. What is the smallest Indian state by area?
Goa (3702 km2)
6. True or false? India has the largest population of tigers in the world. What percentage of tigers can be found in India?
True. India has ~75% of the world’s tigers.
7. What was the earliest civilization in the north western regions of South Asia called?
Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization (3300-1700 BCE)
8. Name at least 3 of the Indian spices below!
1: Bay leaves, 2: Cumin, 3: Mustard seeds, 4: Cardamom, 5: Chile powder, 6: Cinnamon, 7: Cloves, 8: Garam Masala, 9: Asafoetida, 10: Turmeric
9. Name the most arid desert in India.
Thar Desert or Great Indian Desert
10. Name the Hindu deities below.
Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha
11. Name the palace (located in Karnataka) below.
The Mysore Palace
12. Name the longest river in India.
(Bonus: Which river is second place?)
Ganga or Ganges River (2525 km)
Godavari River (1464 km)
13. Name at least 3 countries that share a land border with India.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh
14. Which breakthrough invention is attributed to mathematicians Aryabhatta and Brahmagupta?
Zero
15. What type of service is found floating on Dal Lake in Srinagar?
Post Office
16. Which Indian state produces most (52%) of its tea?
Assam
17. Which fruit is known as the “King of Fruits” in India?
Mango
18. Holi is the Festival of Colors that celebrates the victory over which demoness?
Holika
19. Who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal? Who did he build it for?
Emperor Shah Jahan
In memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal
20. What is the traditional outfit below called? What is it made of?
Sari or Saree
Silk, cotton, more recently synthetic cloth
21. The Rann of Kutch is a special type of marsh that spans between India & Pakistan located mostly in Kutch, Gujarat (Indian state). What type of marsh is it?
A salt marsh
22. Which city is known as the “Silicon Valley of India” because of its numerous IT companies and startups?
Bengaluru
23. What is the symbol found on the Indian flag called? How many spokes does it have?
Ashoka Chakra; 24 spokes
24. What do you call the service workers that run an efficient home cooked food delivery system in Mumbai?
Dabbawala
25. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is the 4th space agency in the world to reach Mars. What is the unofficial name for MOM?
Mangalyaan
26. This is a picture of “The Bharat Ratna”. What purpose does it serve?
Highest Civilian award for exceptional service to the nation.
27. What colloquial word refers to a creative, non-convenient, frugal innovation (or a quick fix / hack)?
Jugaad or Jugaar
28. This is a “gravity hill” found in Ladakh, India. It is an optical illusion where the road makes cars appear to roll uphill. What is this hill called?
Magnetic Hill
29. What is Kalaripayattu or Kalari?
Ancient Indian Martial art from Kerala
30. The Mawlynnong village in Meghalaya boasts a pristine environment and community-led cleanliness efforts. What are its nickname(s)?
The Cleanest Village in Asia or God’s Own Garden
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30/30....if more about our temples were included it would have been more fun....earlier is Yana the cleanest village in asia now its in the second place....

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28.5 because i thought the 2nd one is brahmaputra

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24/30

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