General Facts
What is the largest mountain range in India?
Himalayas
What year did India become independent? Who did they become independent from?
1947 & the British
What is Lakshmi the goddess of?
Wealth, fortune, prosperity,
What is the most famous river in India?
The Ganges (Ganga)
How is Holi celebrated?
By throwing colored powder and water at each other
What is the largest city in India by population?
Mumbai
This person was a leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Provide full name
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
What are Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu the lords of?
Brahma: creator of the whole universe
Vishnu: the maintainer or preserver
Shiva: the destroyer or transformer.
Name 2 of the 3 bodies of water that surround India.
The Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast
What are 3 languages of India? (Can not say Hindi, English, Urdu)
Kannada, Guharati, Marathi, Konkani, Bengali, Oriya Kashmiri, Assamese, Nissi & Manipuri ,Khasi & Garo, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telegu, Mizo.
Any three of these answers are ok
Who is the prime minister of India currently
Narendra Modi
Which empire was Ashoka from?
The Mauryan Empire
What is the total number of Lord Vishnu's avatars? Name one of them.
10 different avatars = Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Rama, Krishna, Balarama, or Kalki.
Any of these answers are ok
What is the name of the tallest mountain in India?
Kangchenjunga
This cricket team is called the Dindigul ______
Dragons
Roughly what percent of Indians work in agriculture?
About 50%
These were the nomads from the north who first settled in the area.
Aryans
The Vedas contain all the truth and was interpreted by...
India is the ___ biggest country in the world.
(By distance)
7th biggest country
What was the first Sanskrit film produced in India?
Adi Sankara
What do the colours of the flag mean?
Orange : courage & sacrifice White : peace, unity & truth Green : faith & fertility
The majority of Sri Lanka follows which religion?
What is the name of the auspicious jewel Lord Vishnu wears on a pendant around his neck?
Kaustubham
Which mountains form the western and eastern edges of the Deccan Plateau?
The Eastern and Western Ghats
Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas (verses) of the said song were adopted?
Only the first stanza