India: All about Gujarat Trivia Quiz

Answer: Porbandar

Mahatma Gandhi led the campaign for India's independence. The city of Porbandar is located on the coast of India. Porbandar is also said to be the birthplace of Sudama, the childhood friend of Hindu deity, Krishna.

Porbandar is one of the last known coastlines where the threatened dugong, a marine mammal and one of the four extant members of the Sirenia (sea-cow) family, can be found in the wild.

Answer: Fifth-largest

Gujarat is about the same size of the country of Senegal, Africa. Gujarat is 196,024 square km (4,843,8585.3 acres) in size. Gujarat possesses the longest coastline of India, at 990 miles (1,600 km).

Answer: Sindh

Gujarat borders the Tharparkar, Badin and Thatta districts of Sindh, south-east Pakistan. Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by area.

The India-Pakistan border is approximately 2,065 miles (3,320 km) long. Gujarat accounts for about 310 (500 km) of the border length.

The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has the longest border with Pakistan, at 760 miles (1,220 km).

Answer: Ahmedabad

King Karandev, the last king of the Vaghela dynasty, founded Ahmedabad in around the 11th century. He named it "Karnavati" and it remained named so, until 1411 (around 400 years later) Sultan Ahmed Shah conquered Gujarat and renamed the city after himself.

Ahmedabad is also the headquarters of the largest producer of denim in India, Arvind Limited.

Gujrat High Court has been in operation since 1960, established as part of the Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960, after the state of Gujarat separated from Bombay State (a former state of India, roughly composed of the modern day Indian state of Maharashtra).

Answer: Chobari

Chobari is a village located near the city of Bhachau, Gujarat. The earthquake measured 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale.

Gujarat is situated between 190-250 miles (300-400 km) from where the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate meet. Much of the city of Bhuj (located around 12 miles (20 km) away from the epicentre) was destroyed, around 40% of its buildings were devastated, including the Swaminarayan Mandir Temple, which had been standing since the 1800s. The Prag Mahal and Aina Mahal palaces of Bhuj were also damaged. The Kutch region suffered around a 12,300 person death toll, exacerbated by 60% of the region's food and water supplies being destroyed in the quake.

Answer: Junagadh

Junagadh is the administrative capital of the Junagadh district, Gujarat. It is located around 220 miles (355 km) south-west of the city of the city of Ahmedabad.

In Jainism, Girnar is where the 22nd Tirthankar (savior and spiritual teacher of the righteous path) Lord Neminath achieved nirvana. There are also many Hindu temples located on this hill, and the surrounding hills. The Jain temples are situated from two thirds of the way up, the 12th-century Temple of Neminath being both the oldest and largest.

Answer: Narmada

The Narmada is the fifth-longest river in India. It forms the traditional boundary between the south and north of India. The Satpura range run east through Gujarat and along the borders with Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, ending in Chhattisgarh. This mountain range forms the watershed for Narmada and Tapti rivers. The Narmada originates around the town of Amarkantak in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Being so close to so many industrial estates, Bharuch is sometimes coined "the Chemical Capital of India."

Answer: Salt marsh

The Great Rann of Kutch salt marsh is located in the Thar Desert. It is around 2900 square miles (7500 km squared) in area.

The Great Rann of Kutch was once part of the Arabian Sea, until tectonic uplift separated the area from the sea, causing a vast lake, which was sailable during the times of Alexander the Great. Over time, the area has dried out and became a salt marsh.

Answer: Cotton

If the state of Gujarat was instead a country, it would rank as the fourth largest producer of cotton worldwide. Only China, the U.S.A and the rest of India's states combined produce more cotton than Gujarat.

Answer: Diamonds

Lying on the Tapti river, Surat is the second largest city of Gujarat. Around 90% of diamond cutting and polishing takes place in Surat, hence its nickname "the Diamond City of India."

The first diamond polishers appeared in Surat around the 1950s. Since then trade has increased steadily, mainly operating in the Varachha suburb of Surat. However, due to a lack of demand of diamonds trade in Surat declined by 18% in 2019. This decline worsened by 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answer: Kalika Mata

Pavagadh Hill is located in the east of Gujarat.

The Kalika Mata Temple is a Hindu goddess pilgrimage site and temple complex, and has been standing since around the 10th-11th century. The temples celebrates three goddesses, the central image being that of Kalika Mata, a version of Kali, flanked by Kali on the right, the master of both of death and time in Hinduism, and Bahuchara Mata on the left, the Hindu goddess of both fertility and chastity.

Local faith based tradition asserts that the Pavagadh Hill was formed when the right foot of Sati (goddess of power and longevity) fell and caused a deep valley there, with Sati later erecting a hill there to stop sacred cows from falling into the valley. Because of this, the Kalika Mata Temple at the summit of Pavagadh Hill is one of the most scared sites of Shaktism (the Hindu religion focusing on goddesses) on the Indian subcontinent.

Answer: Cricket

Owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association, Narendra Modi Stadium has a 132,000 seat capacity. The stadium was first constructed in 1983, and heavily renovated in 2006. First known as the Gujarat Stadium, was then called the "Sardar Patel Stadium" after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.

In 2021, the stadium was renamed "Narendra Modi Stadium" after 2021's President of India, Narendra Modi, who had been India's president since 2014.

Between the 24th-25th February 2020 then American president, Donald Trump, attended his inaugural visit to India at this stadium. The event was called "Namaste Trump."

Answer: Anand

Anand is loacted around (60 miles (100 km) away from Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. Anand is known for its Amul dairy cooperative, which was established in 1946.

Banana and tobacco are important crops of Anand.

Answer: Tithal Beach

Tithal is a town which is an outgrowth of the city of Valsad. The International Kite Festival is held on this beach annually, as well as a yearly beach festival.

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Temple is located on this beach, dedicated to Swaminarayan, a yogi who the Hindu tradition of Swaminarayan Sampradaya was founded around. He is believed to be, by his followers, a manifestation of God. His teachings during his lifetime revived the traditional Hindu beliefs of dharma,(merit and moral duties) ahimsa (non-violence to all living creatures) and brahmacarya (sexual continence or sometimes abstinence).

Answer: Wankaner

Wankaner is located in the Morbi district of Gujarat.

"Wankaner" translates as "riverbend" in Gujarati, the official and most widely spoken language of Gujarat, with "Wanka" meaning "bend" and "ner" meaning "river."