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100
This is the capital of India.
What is New Delhi.
100
The _____ river is an important symbol of Indian culture, considered sacred, and flows from the Himalayas to Bangladesh.
What is the Ganges river
100
This country was a major influence in India during the year 1914
What is Great Britain
100
The largest nation that shares a border with India
What is China?
100
This film industry has produced more films and sold more tickets than Hollywood.
What is Bollywood
200
India is predominantly located in this hemisphere.
What is the Eastern hemisphere.
200
What are the three major rivers of India?
What are the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra rivers
200
This is the year that British left India
What is 1947
200
Formerly known as East Pakistan after partitioning from the British Indian Empire in 1947, this country borders India from the North East
What is Bangladesh?
200
The air in this city is the most polluted in India.
What is New Delhi
300
What Indian currency is illegal to take out of the country?
What are rupees
300
The ________ acts as a northern border between India and China.
What is the Himalayan mountain range
300
This country was carved out of India in 1947
What is Pakistan
300
These 3 bodies of water surround India from the East, South, and West
What is Bay of Bengal, Luccadive Sea, and Arabian Sea? (Indian Ocean also acceptable)
300
These popular types of mathematics originated from India.
What is Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus
400
India has roughly 20% of all of Earth’s population, totaling over _____ people.
What is 1 Billion people.
400
This mountain is considered by Indians as where earth and heaven meet.
What is Mount Kailash
400
This company established plantations in India to grow commercially-attractive commodities such as tea and cotton for export
What is The East India Company
400
Formerly known as the Cease-Fire line, this border is not legally recognized, though it separates Pakistani and Indian controlled territories of Jummu and Kushmir
What is the Line of Control?
400
These 4 religions originated in India.
What is Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism
500
The Taj Mahal is located in this city, sounding similar to the city in Disney's movie Aladdin.
What is Agra.
500
India is surrounded by three major bodies of water, the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian Ocean to the south, and the Bay of _______ to the east.
What is Bengal
500
The Kashmir Conflict/Dispute is one of the oldest unresolved conflicts. Which two countries were involved?
What is India and Pakistan?
500
Also called the “International Border,” this line runs from the Line of Control in the north to Wagah in the East
What is the Indo-Pakistani Border?
500
Name one of the two additional seasons that India has?
What is monsoon/prevernal season?
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