Geography
This Indian state is the only one where the official language is Sanskrit.
What is Karnataka?
This Hyderabadi dessert is made from apricots and traditionally served with cream or ice cream.
What is Qubani ka Meetha?
This language is the classical language most closely associated with the Sangam period.
Tamil
This Sikh scripture is treated as the eternal Guru of Sikhism.
What is the Guru Granth Sahib?
As of 2026, this country surpassed Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP.
What is India?
This city, once known as Lyallpur, is Pakistan's third-largest city and a major textile hub.
What is Faisalabad?
This Gujarati snack consists of steamed gram flour cakes and is often mistaken for dhokla.
What is Khaman?
The Perso-Arabic script used for Urdu is known by this name.
What is Nastaliq?
This Hindu philosopher consolidated Advaita Vedanta and established four major mathas.
Who is Adi Shankaracharya?
This political party, founded by Sharad Pawar in 1999, split in 2023 after a faction led by Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra government.
What is the NCP?
The world's highest motorable pass, Umling La, is located in this Indian union territory.
What is Ladakh?
This Sri Lankan Tamil dish consists of string hoppers served with coconut milk curry.
What are Idiyappam/String Hoppers?
This language spoken in northeastern India belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family and is the official language of Mizoram.
What is Mizo?
This Buddhist university in present-day Bihar was one of the world's largest centers of learning before its destruction.
What is Nalanda?
This regional party founded by M.G. Ramachandran has governed Tamil Nadu multiple times.
What is the AIADMK?
This district of Telangana shares a border with Maharashtra and is known for the Basar Saraswati Temple.
What is Nirmal District?
The Andhra delicacy "Gongura Pachadi" gets its sour taste from this leafy plant.
What is sorrel leaf (gongura)?
The word "bungalow" entered English through Hindi and ultimately derives from this Indian region.
What is Bengal?
This medieval Bhakti saint from Telangana composed thousands of songs dedicated to Venkateswara.
Who is Annamacharya?
This political strategist-turned-leader founded the Jan Suraaj Party after years of managing election campaigns across India.
Who is Prashant Kishor?
The tri-junction point of India, China, and Bhutan that sparked a 2017 military standoff is known by this name.
What is Doklam?
This rare Kashmiri spice, among the world's most expensive, is grown primarily in Pampore.
What is saffron?
Among major Indian languages, this language is written in a script that is almost perfectly phonetic and rounded due to historical palm-leaf manuscripts
What is Telugu?
The Jain concept of non-absolutism is known by this term.
What is Anekantavada?
The "Two Leaves" election symbol became the subject of a major legal battle following the death of this Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in 2016.
Who is J. Jayalalithaa?