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Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions India Trivia This activity includes 30 trivia questions related to India with answers and additional information to present during the activity. There are several activity possibilities: For a group activity, read and discuss the trivia questions and answers. Also, print the picture page to pass around if desired. Check out any links for additional information to bring to the activity. For independent activities, print fill-in-the-blank copies of the questions without the answers to distribute. Also available are the questions with the answers for those who want to refer to them. Another possibility is to post one or more of the trivia questions on your bulletin board throughout the month. In that case, use this special sign. Trivia Questions and Answers 1. What animal is sacred to many in India? Answer: Cow. Most Hindus consider it to be sacred. The BBC reports, “The first organised Hindu cow protection movement was launched by a Sikh sect in Punjab in about 1870.” 2. What system in India ranks people in a socio-economic order? Answer: Caste. It’s part of the Hindu religious culture and is used to confine people of different castes to jobs allocated to that caste. 3. In a 2013 survey, did a majority or minority of young people prefer an arranged marriage? Answer: Majority. Seventy-four percent preferred an arranged marriage. 4. During what war did India provide the largest volunteer army? Answer: World War I or World War II. It provided the most volunteers for both wars. Its two million volunteers in World War II was the largest volunteer army in history. 5. What complex board game, played with only two players, was invented in India? Answer: Chess. It was invented in the first century. 6. Does the name India come from a mountain or a river? Answer: River. It comes from the River Indus. ©ActivityConnection.com – India Trivia – Page of 1 3
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Page 1: India Trivia - Activity Connection...Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions ... Answer: Bollywood. It launched feature films in the Hindi language in 1913. Did you know

Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions

India Trivia This activity includes 30 trivia questions related to India with answers and additional information to present during the activity.

There are several activity possibilities:

• For a group activity, read and discuss the trivia questions and answers. Also, print the picture page to pass around if desired. Check out any links for additional information to bring to the activity.

• For independent activities, print fill-in-the-blank copies of the questions without the answers to distribute. Also available are the questions with the answers for those who want to refer to them.

• Another possibility is to post one or more of the trivia questions on your bulletin board throughout the month. In that case, use this special sign.

Trivia Questions and Answers 1. What animal is sacred to many in India?

Answer: Cow. Most Hindus consider it to be sacred. The BBC reports, “The first organised Hindu cow protection movement was launched by a Sikh sect in Punjab in about 1870.”

2. What system in India ranks people in a socio-economic order?

Answer: Caste. It’s part of the Hindu religious culture and is used to confine people of different castes to jobs allocated to that caste.

3. In a 2013 survey, did a majority or minority of young people prefer an arranged marriage?

Answer: Majority. Seventy-four percent preferred an arranged marriage.

4. During what war did India provide the largest volunteer army?

Answer: World War I or World War II. It provided the most volunteers for both wars. Its two million volunteers in World War II was the largest volunteer army in history.

5. What complex board game, played with only two players, was invented in India?

Answer: Chess. It was invented in the first century.

6. Does the name India come from a mountain or a river?

Answer: River. It comes from the River Indus.

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7. How many seasons does the Hindu calendar have?

Answer: Six. In addition to the western seasons, the calendar has monsoon and pre-winter seasons.

8. What is the name of the Hindu season that is the rainy season?

Answer: Monsoon. The six seasons are spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, pre-winter, and winter.

9. What is India’s currency?

Answer: Rupee

10. Can foreigners take their leftover Indian currency home with them?

Answer: No. It is illegal to remove the currency from the country.

11. What animal must have a photo ID card in parts of India?

Answer: Cow. The measure is meant to stop the smuggling of cattle into Bangladesh.

12. What Indian city is the most polluted city in the world?

Answer: New Delhi

13. By 2050, India is projected to be the most populous country in the world, with more people than the combined population of what two large countries?

Answer: China and the United States

14. What was once the name for people born into society’s lowest rung?

Answer: Untouchables. Today, they are called Dalits.

15. What do Indian households own more of than the Federal Reserve owns?

Answer: Gold

16. What is the national animal of India?

Answer: (Bengal) tiger

17. What is a popular soft drink that Indian farmers use as pesticides?

Answer: Coke or Pepsi

18. What reptile do some southern Indians worship as gods?

Answer: Snakes. For those who worship snakes, killing one is a sin. Ironically, snakebites were once the most common cause of death among Indians.

19. True or false? India is the largest exporter of spices in the world.

Answer: True. India produces around 75 percent of the world’s spices. It is also the largest consumer of spices.

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20. What was Mumbai most recently called?

Answer: Bombay. The name change occurred in 1995 because Bombay was the name given to the city by the British.

21. India has the second-lowest consumption of what food source?

Answer: Meat. Bangladesh has the lowest meat consumption per capita.

22. What is the name of the Hindi movie industry?

Answer: Bollywood. It launched feature films in the Hindi language in 1913. Did you know Bollywood holds the Guinness World Record for the most films per year? They produce 800–1,000 films each year.

23. What is the popular seasoning blend made of spices such as turmeric, cumin, coriander, and cardamom?

Answer: Curry. There are many variations of curry blends, including hot, mild, and sweet.

24. What chicken dish is bright red and traditionally cooked in a brick oven?

Answer: Tandoori. The bright red color comes from chili powder or cayenne.

25. What is the base ingredient in the sauce found on satay chicken?

Answer: Peanut (or peanut butter). It’s often found on grilled chicken strips.

26. What is the earliest form of medicine, which originated in India?

Answer: Ayurveda. Ayur means “live,” and veda means “knowledge.”

27. What exiled Tibetan spiritual leader ran his government-in-exile from India for more than 50 years?

Answer: Dalai Lama. He stepped down from his political role in 2011.

28. Is India larger or smaller in landmass than the United States?

Answer: Smaller. India is only one-third the size of the United States, but it has more than 1.1 billion people.

29. What is one of the three colors of the Indian flag other than white?

Answer: Saffron (or orange) or green

30. What do Indian people do with zero-rupee notes?

Answer: They pay them in protest to corrupt authorities who demand bribes.

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New Delhi Bengal Tiger

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India Trivia (Questions Only)

1. What animal is sacred to many in India?

Answer: !

2. What system in India ranks people in a socio-economic order?

Answer: !

3. In a 2013 survey, did a majority or minority of young people prefer an arranged marriage?

Answer:!

4. During what war did India provide the largest volunteer army?

Answer: !

5. What complex board game, played with only two players, was invented in India?

Answer: !

6. Does the name India come from a mountain or a river?

Answer: !

7. How many seasons does the Hindu calendar have?

Answer: !

8. What is the name of the Hindu season that is the rainy season?

Answer: !

9. What is India’s currency?

Answer: !

10. Can foreigners take their leftover Indian currency home with them?

Answer: !

11. What animal must have a photo ID card in parts of India?

Answer: !

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12. What Indian city is the most polluted city in the world?

Answer: !

13. By 2050, India is projected to be the most populous country in the world, with more people than the combined population of what two large countries?

Answer: !

14. What was once the name for people born into society’s lowest rung?

Answer: !

15. What do Indian households own more of than the Federal Reserve owns?

Answer: !

16. What is the national animal of India?

Answer: !

17. What is a popular soft drink that Indian farmers use as pesticides?

Answer: !

18. What reptile do some southern Indians worship as gods?

Answer: !

19. True or false? India is the largest exporter of spices in the world.

Answer: !

20. What was Mumbai most recently called?

Answer: !

21. India has the second-lowest consumption of what food source?

Answer:!

22. What is the name of the Hindi movie industry?

Answer: !

23. What is the popular seasoning blend made of spices such as turmeric, cumin, coriander, and cardamom?

Answer: ! ©ActivityConnection.com – India Trivia (Questions Only) – Page ! of !2 3

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24. What chicken dish is bright red and traditionally cooked in a brick oven?

Answer: !

25. What is the base ingredient in the sauce found on satay chicken?

Answer: !

26. What is the earliest form of medicine, which originated in India?

Answer: !

27. What exiled Tibetan spiritual leader ran his government-in-exile from India for more than 50 years?

Answer: !

28. Is India larger or smaller in landmass than the United States?

Answer: !

29. What is one of the three colors of the Indian flag other than white?

Answer: !

30. What do Indian people do with zero-rupee notes?

Answer: !

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India Trivia (Questions with Answers)

1. What animal is sacred to many in India?

Answer: Cow. Most Hindus consider it to be sacred. The BBC reports, “The first organised Hindu cow protection movement was launched by a Sikh sect in Punjab in about 1870.”

2. What system in India ranks people in a socio-economic order?

Answer: Caste. It’s part of the Hindu religious culture and is used to confine people of different castes to jobs allocated to that caste.

3. In a 2013 survey, did a majority or minority of young people prefer an arranged marriage?

Answer: Majority. Seventy-four percent preferred an arranged marriage.

4. During what war did India provide the largest volunteer army?

Answer: World War I or World War II. It provided the most volunteers for both wars. Its two million volunteers in World War II was the largest volunteer army in history.

5. What complex board game, played with only two players, was invented in India?

Answer: Chess. It was invented in the first century.

6. Does the name India come from a mountain or a river?

Answer: River. It comes from the River Indus.

7. How many seasons does the Hindu calendar have?

Answer: Six. In addition to the western seasons, the calendar has monsoon and pre-winter seasons.

8. What is the name of the Hindu season that is the rainy season?

Answer: Monsoon. The six seasons are spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, pre-winter, and winter.

9. What is India’s currency?

Answer: Rupee

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Page 11: India Trivia - Activity Connection...Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions ... Answer: Bollywood. It launched feature films in the Hindi language in 1913. Did you know

10. Can foreigners take their leftover Indian currency home with them?

Answer: No. It is illegal to remove the currency from the country.

11. What animal must have a photo ID card in parts of India?

Answer: Cow. The measure is meant to stop the smuggling of cattle into Bangladesh.

12. What Indian city is the most polluted city in the world?

Answer: New Delhi

13. By 2050, India is projected to be the most populous country in the world, with more people than the combined population of what two large countries?

Answer: China and the United States

14. What was once the name for people born into society’s lowest rung?

Answer: Untouchables. Today, they are called Dalits.

15. What do Indian households own more of than the Federal Reserve owns?

Answer: Gold

16. What is the national animal of India?

Answer: (Bengal) tiger

17. What is a popular soft drink that Indian farmers use as pesticides?

Answer: Coke or Pepsi

18. What reptile do some southern Indians worship as gods?

Answer: Snakes. For those who worship snakes, killing one is a sin. Ironically, snakebites were once the most common cause of death among Indians.

19. True or false? India is the largest exporter of spices in the world.

Answer: True. India produces around 75 percent of the world’s spices. It is also the largest consumer of spices.

20. What was Mumbai most recently called?

Answer: Bombay. The name change occurred in 1995 because Bombay was the name given to the city by the British.

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Page 12: India Trivia - Activity Connection...Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions ... Answer: Bollywood. It launched feature films in the Hindi language in 1913. Did you know

21. India has the second-lowest consumption of what food source?

Answer: Meat. Bangladesh has the lowest meat consumption per capita.

22. What is the name of the Hindi movie industry?

Answer: Bollywood. It launched feature films in the Hindi language in 1913. Did you know Bollywood holds the Guinness World Record for the most films per year? They produce 800–1,000 films each year.

23. What is the popular seasoning blend made of spices such as turmeric, cumin, coriander, and cardamom?

Answer: Curry. There are many variations of curry blends, including hot, mild, and sweet.

24. What chicken dish is bright red and traditionally cooked in a brick oven?

Answer: Tandoori. The bright red color comes from chili powder or cayenne.

25. What is the base ingredient in the sauce found on satay chicken?

Answer: Peanut (or peanut butter). It’s often found on grilled chicken strips.

26. What is the earliest form of medicine, which originated in India?

Answer: Ayurveda. Ayur means “live,” and veda means “knowledge.”

27. What exiled Tibetan spiritual leader ran his government-in-exile from India for more than 50 years?

Answer: Dalai Lama. He stepped down from his political role in 2011.

28. Is India larger or smaller in landmass than the United States?

Answer: Smaller. India is only one-third the size of the United States, but it has more than 1.1 billion people.

29. What is one of the three colors of the Indian flag other than white?

Answer: Saffron (or orange) or green

30. What do Indian people do with zero-rupee notes?

Answer: They pay them in protest to corrupt authorities who demand bribes.

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