Geography
This small island nation is located directly south of India.
What is Sri Lanka?
This savory sponge-like dish is native to Gujarat but popular across India.
What is Dhokla?
This classical Indo-Aryan language is the sacred language of Hinduism.
What is Sanskrit (संस्कृत)?
This famous Bollywood playback singer sang "Main Hoon Don" for the movie "Don."
Who is Shantanu Mukherjee (Shaan)?
A Bollywood film producer married to Shah Rukh Khan.
This northern mountainous region of the subcontinent is the site of border disputes between India, Pakistan, and China.
Where is Kashmir?
This aromatic grain of rice is native to the Indian subcontinent. It is exported almost exclusively by India and Pakistan.
What is Basmati rice?
This Indic script is primarily used to write Punjabi.
What is Gurmukhi (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ)?
Daler Mehndi is the brother of this famous singer.
Who is Mika Singh?
The Maharaja of the Sikh Empire from 1801 to 1839.
Who is Maharaja Ranjit Singh?
The capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.
What is Chandigarh?
This well-known Himalayan dumpling traces its origins to Tibet and Nepal.
This eastern Indic language has over 250 million native speakers and over 50 million L2 speakers.
What is Bengali/Bangla (বাংলা)?
The national anthem of Pakistan.
What is Pak Sarzamin?
This famous Punjabi love story is about two lovers who died from eating food poisoned by the girl's uncle.
What is Heer Ranjha?
The site of the deadliest university attack in world history, perpetuated by the Pakistani Army.
Where is the University of Dhaka?
A savory rice cake made from fermented black lentils and rice believed to originate in Karnataka.
What is an idli?
The provincial language of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
What is Pashto (پښتو)?
This music composer from Tamil Nadu composed the soundtrack for the movie "Rang De Basanti."
Who is A.R. Rahman?
The official state religion of Sri Lanka.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
This is the least-densely populated state in India.
What is Arunachal Pradesh?
This Delhi-based Punjabi restaurant chain introduced tandoori chicken, paneer makhani, dal makhani, and butter chicken to the world.
What is Moti Mahal?
The second-most spoken language in the Indian state of Telangana after Telugu.
What is Hyderabadi Urdu (حیدرآبادی اردو)?
This Indian singer sang the song, "Eyy Bidda Idhi Naa Adda" from the Telugu movie "Pushpa: The Rise."
Who is Nakash Aziz?
The current Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Who is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Dasho Khesar)?