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India general knowledge quiz
How well do you really know India general knowledge? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of India general knowledge questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Look south from India on a map: which ocean do you reach, and which island nation lies just southeast of India?
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- Indian Ocean
- Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka lies southeast of India
- Warm-up
At an Indian market, what currency do shoppers use, and what symbol or three-letter code identifies it?
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- India’s currency is the Indian rupee.
- Its symbol is ₹.
- Its three-letter code is INR.
- Easy
India’s capital has a famously grand name—what is the capital city, and which national capital territory is it in?
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- New Delhi
- National Capital Territory of Delhi
- New Delhi is distinct from the wider city of Delhi
- Easy
Who became independent India’s first prime minister, and in what year did he take office?
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- Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister
- He took office in 1947
- He served until 1964
- Easy
What kind of landmark is the Taj Mahal, which Indian city is it in, and who ordered it built?
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- The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum or tomb complex.
- It is in Agra.
- Mughal emperor Shah Jahan ordered it built.
- Medium
Which Indian lunar mission touched down in 2023, and what part of the Moon did it reach?
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- The mission was Chandrayaan-3.
- It landed in 2023 near the Moon’s south polar region.
- Medium
Which language has India’s largest native-speaker population, and what script is commonly used to write it?
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- Hindi has the largest native-speaker population in India
- Hindi is commonly written in Devanagari
- Hindi is often counted within a broader Hindi language group in Indian census data
- Boss
Which traditionally sacred river runs through Varanasi, and in which direction does it flow there?
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- The Ganga, also called the Ganges, runs through Varanasi
- It flows northward there
- Varanasi stands on its banks
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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