India Trivia: How Well Do You Know the Land of Diversity?

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Quizzes Created: 2 | Total Attempts: 2,106
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1.

What was unique about Mohenjo-Daro in ancient India?

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Answer: Had A Drainage System
2.

Who were the newcomers to the Indus Valley between 2000 and 1500 B.C.?

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Answer: Aryans
3.

What are the two primary crops grown on the Indo-Gangetic plain in India?

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Answer: Rice & Wheat
4.

What type of forests are found all along the Indian coastline?

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Answer: Mangrove
5.

Who do Hindus believe preserved the world?

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Answer: Vishnu
6.

Which country borders India on the East?

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Answer: Bangladesh
7.

What is one of the three great river systems located in India?

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Answer: Brahmaputra
8.

Which body of water is located southwest of India?

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Answer: Arabian Sea
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Which desert is located in the west of India?

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Answer: Thar
10.

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

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Answer: Indian Ocean
11.

What is the southern tip of the mainland Indian peninsula called?

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Answer: Cape Comorin
12.

What type of winds drive climate changes into India?

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Answer: Monsoon
13.

Which mountains are the only ones in India to have snow-capped peaks?

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Answer: Himalayas
14.

Which of India's mountain ranges is the world's highest?

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Answer: Himalayas
15.

The Patkai mountains located in India are also known by what name?

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Answer: Purvanchal
16.

The Western Ghats mountain range in India is also called what?

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Answer: Sahyadri
17.

Which plains are large floodplains of the Indus and the Ganga-Brahmaputra river systems?

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Answer: Indo-Gangetic
18.

The Thar Desert in India is also known as what?

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Answer: Great Indian Desert
19.

Most of India's Thar Desert is situated in which state?

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Answer: Rajasthan
20.

What is the largest mangrove forest in the world, located in India, called?

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Answer: Sundarbans Delta
21.

What is the marshy region in Gujarat which borders the Sindh region of Pakistan called?

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Answer: Rann Of Kutch
22.

India is self-sufficient in which natural resource?

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Answer: Thorium
23.

What country borders India to the Northeast?

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Answer: China
24.

How long is the coastline of India?

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Answer: 4,350 Miles
25.

In 2000, where did India rank in the list of largest countries in the world?

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Answer: Seventh
26.

What is the southernmost part of India called?

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Answer: Indira Point
27.

India has how many major mountain ranges with peaks of over 3,281 ft?

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Answer: Nine
28.

The lower Himalayas located in India are also known by what name?

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Answer: Shiwalik
29.

What is the oldest mountain range in India?

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Answer: Aravali
30.

The desert called the Thar Desert in India is called what where it continues into Pakistan?

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Answer: Cholistan Desert
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