Cities
Languages
Food
"History"
Miscellaneous
100

The capital of India

What is New Delhi?

100

The most-spoken language in India

What is Hindi?

100

A popular South Asian mixed rice dish

What is biryani?

100

A European country that initially colonized India

What is Britain?

100

A popular strategy board game that originated in India

What is chess?

200

The largest city in India by population (depending on your source, so we're ignoring Delhi for this)

What is Mumbai?

200

An often-parodied word that originates from Sanskrit but is also used in Hindi and Nepali as a greeting meaning "I bow to you"

What is "namaste"?

200

A type of Indian bread

What is naan?

200

I hate him because he was racist, but he performed peaceful protests and you put him on your money

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

200

20%-39% of Indians are this

What is vegetarian?

300

This city shares a name with one of Rochester's Indian restaurants

What is Hyderabad?

300

The most-spoken language in Chhattisgarh

What is Chhattisgarhi?

300

A savory South Indian rice cake

What is idli?

300

The month of the year that India gained its independence in 1947

What is August?

300

The Indian state home to the wettest inhabited place on Earth

What is Meghalaya?

400

The former capital of Gujarat and the largest city in the state

What is Ahmedabad?

400

The least-spoken language in India

What is Sanskrit?

400

A spicy curry dish from Goa based on a Portuguese dish

What is Vindaloo?

400

India's first female president

Who is Pratibha Patil?
400

The first-ever Bollywood movie and a silent film

What is Raja Harishchandra?

500

The state that Yanam is in

What is Andhra Pradesh?

500

A European language spoken in Mahé, a city on the southwest coast

What is French?

500

Also known as sabji, this potato-eggplant dish made the top 100 worst foods list

What is aloo baingan?

500

The year India's men's cricket team made its international debut (and lost to England)

What is 1932?

500

The Indian mammal with the scientific name "herpestes javanicus"

What is the small Indian mongoose?