Quiz on India

1,000 Rupees

With more than 500 million native speakers, what is the most commonly spoken language in India?

• English
• Tamil
• Hindi
• Bengali

2,000 Rupees

What is the four-letter word for a women's garment from India made of an unstitched drape up to nine

meters in length that is typically wrapped around the waist with one end draped over the shoulder?

• Sahari

• Kilt
• Kimono
• Sari

5,000 Rupees

India’s capital, [ ..... ] , has innumerable charms — ruin-studded gardens,

a growing contemporary art scene and diverse regional cuisines.

• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• New Delhi

• Chennai

10,000 Rupees

Every day during non-pandemic times, about 25,000 tourists visit the [ ....... ] , a

17th-century mausoleum in Agra, built by the Muslim emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife.

• Qutub Minar
• Taj Mahal
• Red Fort
• Hawa Mahal

50,000 Rupees

The $600 million Zoji La tunnels project will connect the rest of India to its very

militarized Himalayan border with what other superpower?

• Bhutan
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• China

100,000 Rupees

In 1919, a massacre of protestors at a public garden in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar triggered the

beginning of the end of [ ..... ] colonial rule in India.

• French
• British
• Spanish
• Portuguese

200,000 Rupees

What is the strategic board game believed to have origins in India?

• Scrabble
• Checkers
• Monopoly
• Chess

500,000 Rupees

Which Indian festival is known as the festival of lights?

• Diwali
• Christmas
• Eid
• Holi

1,000,000 Rupees

What body of water is located directly to the south of India?

• Arabian Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Bay of Bengal
• Indian Ocean

10,000,000 Rupees

In 1819, Stamford Raffles’ trip to explore what is now Singapore was on behalf of which British

joint-stock company looking for trade opportunities?

• British West India Company
• British South India Company
• British East India Company
• British North India Company