FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Inside Incredible India
Quiz about Inside Incredible India

Inside Incredible India Trivia Quiz


Other than the Taj Mahal, there are many interesting things to see in this Asian country. Let's go for a look!

A multiple-choice quiz by George95. Estimated time: 4 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Geography Trivia
  6. »
  7. Asia
  8. »
  9. India

Author
George95
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
343,760
Updated
Jan 15 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1023
- -
Question 1 of 10
1. Inside incredible India lies the birth city of famous Indian political figure Mahatma Gandhi. His hometown of Porbandar is located in what part of the country? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In Delhi, there lies an amazing castle, built on the banks of the Yamuna River. Every Independence Day (August 15th), the prime minister of India addresses his country from here. What colourful name does it have? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Located near the foothills of the Himalayas lies India's first national park. Named after a famous British hunter turned naturalist, what is its name? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Located in New Delhi is the India Gate. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to mimic the Arc de Triomphe. The India Gate was built to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in what war? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Located in the northeastern division, Kangchenjunga is the tallest point in India. Coming in at 8,586 m (28,169 ft), the point lies on the border with India and which other country? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The sacred Ganges River is a very important river to Hinduism. What is the name of the river in India, and what Hindus worship it as? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Inside incredible India lies the former National Highway 2, which was the longest highway in the country before it was decomissioned in 2010. It ran from New Delhi east to near what city? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Thousands of tourists flock to Goa each year on vacation. Located on the west coast of India, what is the state most famous for? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In India, there are many unique festivals. The International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad is a religious day where thousands of kites take to the sky, usually equipped with lanterns. What day of the year is this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Inside incredible India are people as well! A lot of them. In fact, in 2011 India and China combined was the home of 37% of the world's population.



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Inside incredible India lies the birth city of famous Indian political figure Mahatma Gandhi. His hometown of Porbandar is located in what part of the country?

Answer: Western

Porbandar is a coastal city, along the Arabian Sea, in the state of Gujarat. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, considered the "father of the nation", was born in Porbandar, then a part of British India, on October 2, 1869. His birthday is now a national holiday in India, Gandhi Jayanti.
2. In Delhi, there lies an amazing castle, built on the banks of the Yamuna River. Every Independence Day (August 15th), the prime minister of India addresses his country from here. What colourful name does it have?

Answer: Red Fort

Construction began on the Red Fort in 1638 by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, and it was completed in 1648. It is one of the oldest and largest monuments in Delhi, and has thick red sandstone walls. The castle is in the northeast corner of what is now called "Old Delhi".
3. Located near the foothills of the Himalayas lies India's first national park. Named after a famous British hunter turned naturalist, what is its name?

Answer: Corbett National Park

Jim Corbett was a colonel with the British-Indian army and killed many tigers and leopards that had eaten civilians in the United Provinces, now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In those villages, he was referred to as a "sadhu" (saint). Corbett died in 1955 at the age of 79.

In 1957, the Indian government renamed the Hailey National Park, the country's first designated park, in his memory.
4. Located in New Delhi is the India Gate. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to mimic the Arc de Triomphe. The India Gate was built to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in what war?

Answer: World War I

Originally called the All India War Memorial, the gate was built in 1931. It represents the 90,000 soldiers who fought for the Indian Army and British Raj in World War I. After the gate was built, a statue of King George V stood beneath it, but was replaced by India's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the country gained its independence.
5. Located in the northeastern division, Kangchenjunga is the tallest point in India. Coming in at 8,586 m (28,169 ft), the point lies on the border with India and which other country?

Answer: Nepal

Kangchenjunga is the third tallest mountain in the world. Britons Joe Brown and George Band were the first to climb the mountain, doing so in 1955. Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the tallest mountain in the world until calculations made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India proved Mount XV as the tallest (now known as Mount Everest).

The tallest point in Nepal isn't Kangchenjunga, rather the aforementioned Mount Everest.
6. The sacred Ganges River is a very important river to Hinduism. What is the name of the river in India, and what Hindus worship it as?

Answer: Ganga

The Ganges River is 1,560 mi (2,510 km) long and begins high in the Himalayas. The river flows through India before emptying in to the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. According to Hindu mythology, the Ganga River ran in the heavens until it was ordered to come down to Earth. Gods feared that Ganga falling down to Earth would wash the planet away. So they arranged for Shiva to catch the river, in which she did. By doing so, the river now rests on Shiva's back.
7. Inside incredible India lies the former National Highway 2, which was the longest highway in the country before it was decomissioned in 2010. It ran from New Delhi east to near what city?

Answer: Kolkata

National Highway 2 (also called NH 2) was 1,465 km (910 miles) long and ran from New Delhi to Dankuni, an industrial town east of Kolkata. The NH2 moniker was removed in 2010 during a goverment realigning of highways, and the NH2 was split in to two other highways, NH19 and NH44.

The newly created NH19 inherited the lion's share of the route between Agra and Kolkota, with the remaining portion between Delhi and Agra being incorporated into the north-south national route NH44. The road then and now (as NH19) serves as not only a national thoroughfare, but an important continental route as part of the regional Grand Trunk Road and the trans-continental Asian Highway Route 1. NH2 was associated for serving the two metropolises, and was even known explicitly as the "Delhi-Kolkota Road".
8. Thousands of tourists flock to Goa each year on vacation. Located on the west coast of India, what is the state most famous for?

Answer: Beaches

In terms of area, the state of Goa is the smallest in area. The state still has over 125 kilometres worth of beaches. Baga and Anjuna are the most popular beaches and are towards the centre of the strip. Towards the north and south ends of Goa, beaches become more scarce and less crowded.
9. In India, there are many unique festivals. The International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad is a religious day where thousands of kites take to the sky, usually equipped with lanterns. What day of the year is this?

Answer: January 14

January 14th is called the Makara Sankranti, the day of the equinox. Those who die on that day escape from the cycle or birth and rebirth, according to Hindus. The kites are in the air from dawn until dusk, flown by people of all-ages.
10. Inside incredible India are people as well! A lot of them. In fact, in 2011 India and China combined was the home of 37% of the world's population.

Answer: True

The estimated 1,210,193,422 people who were living in India at the end of 2011, ranked the country second in the world, behind China. India's population growth rate is 1.41%, ranking it the 93rd largest in the world. The 16.7 million who live in the Delhi metropolis, rank it the 8th largest metropolis in the world.
Source: Author George95

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor stedman before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
Related Quizzes
This quiz is part of series Commission #20:

A sense of place is all our authors needed in this twentieth Quiz Commission in the Author Lounge where they were given titles, all of which included places of some sort. This Commission was from November 2011.

  1. The Land of No Substance Average
  2. I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside Easier
  3. Planet of the Grapes Average
  4. Rome, Sweet Rome Average
  5. The Island of Misfit Toys Average
  6. In My Own Little Corner Average
  7. Atlantis Awaits! Average
  8. Where Angels Fear to Tread Tough
  9. Somewhere Over The... Average
  10. Paradise - Lost, Found, or Mislaid? Average
  11. There's No Place Like Home Very Easy
  12. A Fool's Paradise Easier

10/31/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us