What Do You Know About India?

India is the second most populated country in the world and a vast country of infinite philosophies, religions, commerce and culture. There is no place quite like it. What do you know about this colorful and fascinating place?
 
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What is the approximate population of India?
1.9 billion
800 Million
1.3 Billion
2.1 Billion
 
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In India, the ________ is considered a holy animal, not to be harmed.
Cat
Sheep
Cow
Horse
 
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India's largest city by population is...
Chennai
Mumbai
Pune
Delhi
 
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How do Indians celebrate the Hindu spring festival called Holi?
By setting doves free
By playing pranks
By leaving gifts from secret admirers
By throwing colored powders
 
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Hint
Traditionally, what do the Parsis people of India do with their dead?
Leave them to the vultures
Burn them
Mummify them
Set them afloat on the Ganges River
 
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India has the _____ largest Muslim population in the world.
5th
7th
10th
3rd
 
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In what year did India achieve independence from the United Kingdom?
1990
They did not, they took it by coup
1947
1919
 
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What is India’s system of government?
Parliamentary Democracy
Hindu Repblic
Military Government
Monarchy
 
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The oldest Sanskrit literature and Hindu scriptures are called what, meaning 'knowledge' in Sanskrit?
Varnas
Samsaras
Vedas
Dharmas
 
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In the last 5 years, the worth of the Indian Rupee, converted to US dollars, is about...
1 USD = 40-50 Indian Rupees
1 USD = 60-75 Indian Rupees
1 USD = 250-400 Indian Rupees
1 USD = 120-155 Indian Rupees
 
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True or False: India is the second-largest consumer of tobacco in the world
False
True
 
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In which city is the Bollywood film industry based?
Mumbai
Gwalior
Bangalore
Delhi
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