Running through India's heavily populated north, this river is sacred to Hindus and India's longest.
What is the Ganges River (or Ganga)?
100
This mountain chain forms a border between India and China and is the world's tallest.
What are the Himalayas?
100
80% of Indians are adherents of this religion.
What is Hinduism?
100
This is an official language of India and the most widely spoken native language.
What is Hindi?
100
Built in Agra by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, this structure is India's most iconic building.
What is the Taj Mahal?
200
This body of water, bordered by India to the west and Thailand to the east, is the largest bay in the world.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
200
This is the most populous of India's 29 states.
What is Uttar Pradesh?
200
This is the term given to the violent separation of Pakistan from India shortly after independence in 1947.
What is Partition?
200
Although a single game can take several days, this is India's most popular sport.
What is cricket?
200
Located in the National Capital Territory, this is the capital of India.
What is New Delhi?
300
This annual weather pattern generates most of India's rainfall (usually in June and July).
What is the monsoon?
300
Forming part of the border with Pakistan, this is the most densely populated desert in the world and India's largest.
What is the Thar Desert?
300
Nearly 14% of Indians, or 176 million Indians, are adherents of this religion.
What is Islam?
300
Deriving from the Sanskrit word for “silver,” this is India's currency.
What is the rupee?
300
Situated on the Arabian Sea, this is India's financial center and biggest city (or 2nd biggest, depending on the measurement).
What is Mumbai? (formerly known as Bombay)
400
Mumbai is a major port on this body of water, bordered by Oman to the west and India to the east.
What is the Arabian Sea?
400
This dry highlands area in central India includes the cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
400
Lasting from 1858 to India's independence in 1947, this is term given to the period of British rule of the Indian subcontinent.
What is the Raj (or the British Raj)?
400
Known for films featuring colorful song and dance numbers, this is the nickname given to India's film industry.
What is Bollywood?
400
This city, now one of India's largest, was established by the British East India Company at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal.
What is Kolkata? (formerly Calcutta)
500
Originating at a glacier in Tibet, this river only cuts through India's northeastern states but carries more water than any other river in India.
What is the Brahmaputra River?
500
These volcanic islands are roughly 780 miles off the southeastern coast of India.
What are the Andaman or Nicobar Islands? (only one needed to score)
500
This highly contested Muslim-majority region within India is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
What is the Kashmir Valley (or Kashmir)?
500
This Muslim empire, established in northern India in the early 16th century, later ruled over all but the southernmost tip of India and created some of India's most celebrated architecture.
What is the Mughal Empire?
500
This city in south-central India is the hub of India's high-tech industry.