India
The Himalayas separate the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 75 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
India trivia questions
What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi
Bonus fact: New Delhi is part of the larger Delhi metropolis.
Which mountain range forms much of India's northern boundary?
Answer: Himalayas
Bonus fact: The Himalayas separate the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
Which river is considered sacred by many Hindus?
Answer: Ganges
Bonus fact: The Ganges has immense religious and cultural importance.
Traditional India ink gets its deep black color mainly from what pigment?
Answer: Carbon black
Bonus fact: India ink traditionally contains fine carbon particles, often lampblack, in a liquid binder.
Cumin is especially common in cuisines of India, the Middle East, and what nearby region?
Answer: Mediterranean
Bonus fact: Cumin has been used around the Mediterranean for millennia.
What planned district within Delhi serves as India's capital?
Answer: New Delhi
Bonus fact: New Delhi contains major national government buildings.
The East India Company was closely associated with which country?
Answer: Britain
Bonus fact: The British East India Company became a powerful trading corporation.
What 1857 uprising helped lead Britain to end East India Company rule in India?
Answer: Indian Rebellion of 1857
Bonus fact: After the rebellion, the British Crown assumed direct rule.
The Ganges River flows mainly through India and which other country?
Answer: Bangladesh
Bonus fact: The Ganges enters Bangladesh and joins a vast delta system.
India celebrates Independence Day on what date?
Answer: August 15
Bonus fact: India became independent from British rule on August 15, 1947.
The Orlov is traditionally linked by legend to which type of object in India?
Answer: Temple idol
Bonus fact: Stories claim it once formed the eye of a temple statue.
India became independent from Britain in what year?
Answer: 1947
Bonus fact: Independence came on August 15.