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Forming the edge of the Deccan Plateau parallel to the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the ___ play a key role in the monsoon weather pattern in India.
Western Ghats
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was an Indian singer who was the first musician to earn the Bharat Ratna award. She sang what type of music?
Carnatic
In the early 16th century, Emperor Babur established the ___, which ruled India for more than three centuries.
Mughal dynasty
Gandhi was granted the honorific title "Mahatma" meaning “____.”
Great Soul
The majority of the Maldives' population practices what branch of Islam?
Sunni
Led by Mahatma Gandhi in the Champaran district of Bihar, Champaran Satyagraha was an uprising in 1917 in which farmers objected to the forced growth of ____.
indigo
____ became the law minister of India's government in 1947 and helped frame the country's constitution. He was also a leader of the Dalits.
B.R. Ambedkar
The name Pakistan derives from a combination of Persian terms to mean “___.”
Land of the Pure
Emilie Schenkl, Subhas Chandra Bose's wife, was from what country?
Austria
The Vedas are considered the oldest Hindu texts. The Sanskrit term "veda" means “____.”
knowledge
Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan. It is written using ____ script.
Tibetan
Which of the following figures is described in the text below? 1. Advisor to Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. 2. First deputy prime minister of India from 1947 to 1950. 3. Convinced princely states to eventually join India
Vallabhbhai Patel
What were the two main ethnic groups involved in the Sri Lankan Civil War from 1983 to 2009?
Sinhalese and Tamil
Subhas Chandra Bose was the first among the front-ranking political leaders of India to advocate a policy of ___.
population control
Subhas Chandra Bose underwent what major surgery in Vienna, Austria, in 1935?
gallbladder surgery
What Indian state shares its borders with Bhutan, Tibet, and Myanmar?
Arunachal Pradesh
____ was a linguistics scholar and judge who established the Asiatic Society of Bengal and helped influence the widespread study of South Asian culture.
Williams Jones
The name Maldives may derive from the Sanskrit word "maladvipa" meaning “____.”
garland of islands
___ killed a junior officer after mistaking his identity for the police chief responsible for the death of Indian politician and writer Lala Lajpat Rai. He was executed in 1928.
Bhagat Singh
Paradesi Jews left Spain in the 15th century and migrated to India to escape persecution. Following India's independence, many of the Paradesi migrated to ___ over Israel.
Australia
Which of the following cities is described in the text below? 1. Capital of Himachal Pradesh state 2. Located on a ridge of the Himalayan foothills 3. Built by the British following the Gurkha War and used for resting troops
Shimla
Mother Teresa was the founder of a Roman Catholic congregation of women called the ___ in 1950, which aided the impoverished of India.
Order of the Missionaries of Charity
The ___ are the largest ethnic group found in India.
Indo-Aryans
After resigning as president of the Indian National Congress, Chittaranjan Das helped form the ___ in 1923.
Swaraj Party
Vishnu is one of the Hindu deities and is known as the ___.
preserver