GANDHI 1
CLASSICAL INDIAN MUSIC
GEOGRAPHY 1
GANDHI 2
GEOGRAPHY 2
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WHICH STATE WAS GANDHI BORN IN?
GUJARAT
100
WHAT TYPE OF INSTRUMENT IS THE SITAR?
A PLUCKED STRINGED INSTRUMENT
100
HOW MANY STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE THERE IN INDIA?
35 (28 STATES AND 7 TERRITORIES)
100
HOW DID GANDHI EARN THE NAME "MAHATMA" AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
WHEN HE TOOK UP THE CAUSE OF THE TREATMENT OF "UNTOUCHABLES". MAHATMA MEANS "GREAT SOUL".
100
WHY DO HINDU'S MAKE PILGRIMAGES TO THE VARNASI GHATS?
TO RECIEVE DARSHAN AND TO BATHE IN THE WATER OF THE HOLY RIVER GANGES
200
WHAT OCCUPATION DID GANDHI GO TO LONDON TO BECOME?
A LAWYER
200
WHAT TYPE OF INSTRUMENT ARE THE TABLAS?
DRUMS / PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
200
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST CITY IN INDIA?
MUMBAI
200
WHAT MAJOR EVENT CAUSED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO JOIN GANDHI'S MOVEMENT?
THE BRITISH SOLDIERS FIRING ON THE CROWD IN AMRITSAR KILLING HUNDREDS.
200
NAME ONE REGION OF INDIA THAT IS FAMOUS FOR CULTIVATING TEA
ASSAM / NILGIRI HILLS / DARJILING
300
NAME ONE INSTANCE OF RACISM THAT GANDHI FACED IN SOUTH AFRICA:
HE WAS BEATEN, THROWN OF A TRAIN, AND WAS KICKED OUT OF HOTELS
300
WHEN WAS THE SITAR INVENTED?
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
300
NAME AT LEAST THREE COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA
AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, BHUTAN, MYANMAR (BURMA), BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, THE MALDIVES, CHINA, NEPAL
300
WHAT DID GANDHI DO TO PROTEST THE TAX ON SALT?
HE MARCHED TO THE OCEAN AND STARTED SALT MAKING OPERATIONS.
300
WHO INTRODUCED TEA TO INDIA AND WHERE DID THEY GET THE SEEDS FROM TO START THE TEA FARMS?
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY / CHINA
400
WHAT WOULD GANDHI NOT DO FOR ANY CAUSE?
HE WAS NOT WILLING TO KILL FOR ANY CAUSE
400
WHEN WERE THE TABLAS INVENTED?
IN THE 13TH CENTURY
400
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THE TAJ MAHAL?
22 YEARS
400
WHAT DID THE BRITISH ASK GANDHI TO DO IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS?
STOP HIS CAMPAIGN OF NON-VIOLENCE AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
400
WHAT CAUSES TEA PRODUCTION TO DOUBLE EACH YEAR IN THE NILGIRI HILLS REGION?
THE MONSOON SEASON
500
WHAT INJUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA STOPPED GANDHI FROM RETURNING TO INDIA?
THEY WERE TRYING TO PASS A LAW THAT TOOK INDIAN VOTING RIGHTS AWAY.
500
WHAT TYPE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC ARE THE SITAR AND TABLA PLAYED IN?
HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC
500
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GATEWAY TO INDIA?
IT WAS THE SITE WHERE ALL BRITISH TROOPS LEFT INDIA ONCE INDIA WON INDEPENDENCE
500
WHAT WAS GANDHI'S FAMOUS QUOTE ABOUT CHANGE?
"BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD"
500
NAME AT LEAST TWO SPICES THAT ARE PRODUCED ON INDIA'S SPICE COAST.
CARDAMOM / GINGER / CINNAMON / VANILLA / NUTMEG
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