India 1
What is the name of the Indian cinema industry?
Bollywood
Give the name of a specifically Indian music instrument
the sitar
What is a Raja in India?
A prince
What is the name of the mountain chain in the North of India?
The Himalaya
What is the sacred river in India?
The river Ganges (or Ganga)
What is the economic capital of India?
Mumbai (Bombay)
What is Sanskrit?
Indian writing
What is the political capital of India?
New Delhi
What are monsoons?
Seasonal winds and heavy rains
What are the 3 main colours you can see on the Indian flag?
orange, white, green (+ blue)
Which great power India used to be a colony of?
England
How many Indian people are there in India?
1 billion 408 million
What is a caste?
A social group you are born in
Who are the Untouchables?
People from the lowest caste.
They are not in the standard social system. They are outcasts and do the jobs that nobody would do like collecting trash, skinning animals, and collecting dead bodies.
What is the country North-West to India?
Pakistan
How many religions are there in India?
more than 200
Who were the Aryans in India's history?
A group of people from Central Asia that migrated to India 3,000 years ago.
What is a subcontinent?
A subcontinent is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
Gandhi (1869-1948) was a peaceful leader who supported "Civil ...."
Disobedience
What is the name of Indian medicine?
Ayurveda.
What are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras (socially speaking)?
The 4 castes of the Indian social system
When did India become independent?
1947
Which country is East-North to India?
Bangladesh
What are the Varnas?
India's social classes (composed of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras)
What is the name of the island South to India formerly known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka