Multiple Choice Quiz - India
India is the world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people. 100 million people come to India's Kumbh Mela Festival, the world's biggest gathering of humans.

​India's Hindu calendar has 6 seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and prevernal.

Q 1)  _________ is a Kasmiri multi-course banquet with up to 36 (or more) courses

   A)  Waza Palak
   B)  Aab gosh
​   C)  Wazwan​
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Option C:-  Wazwan
Q 2) _________ Located in Mumbai, is the world's largest outdoor laundry facility.


   A)  Dhobi Ghat
   B)  Dhobi Kalyan
   C)  Dhobin
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Option A:-  Dhobi Ghat
The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.
Q 3:-  A city in Rajasthan is known as 'sun city' because of the climate but perhaps is better known as 'The Blue City'?

   A)   Jodphur
   B)   Ajmer
   C)   Jaipur
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Option A:-  Jodphur
Jodhpur is a city in state of Rajasthan. Its 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort is a former palace that’s now a museum. Set on on a rocky outcrop, the fort overlooks the walled city, where many buildings are painted the city’s iconic shade of blue.
Q 4:-  While talking about colour, Which city is called the pink city?

   A)   Udaipur
   B)   Ajmer
​   C)   Jaipur
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Option C:-  Jaipur
Jaipur is the capital of India’s Rajasthan state. It evokes the royal family that once ruled the region and that, in 1727, founded what is now called the Old City, or “Pink City” for its trademark building color.
Q 5:-  I am an ivory-white marble mausoleum commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.  Where would you go to visit me?

   A)    Khandari 
   B)    Agra
   C)    Sikandra 
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Option B:-  Agra
I am the Taj Mahal
Q 6:-   ​There is a Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere.   It spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.

   A)   Holi
   B)   Diwali
   C)   Gangaur
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Option B:-  Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali
Q 7:- ​There is a term on the Indian sub-continent for dried, split pulses (that is lentils, peas, and beans)   The term is also used for various soups and stews made from these pulses

A)   Daal
B)   Masala
C)   Roti
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Option A:-  Daal
Q 8:- What is Kabaddi

A)   Food made with dried meat
B)   A lunar festival
C)   A team sport
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Option C:-  A team sport
Kabaddi is played between two teams of seven players; the object of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, tag out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders.​
Q9:- The board game, known by the name Mokshapat or Moksha Patamu was developed in India. Some  believe the game was played at a time as early as 2nd century BC.  The game was used where Buddha preached his first sermon after enlightenment.  What is it now known as?

​A)   Chess
B)   Snakes and Ladders
C)   Draughts
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Option B:-  Snakes and Ladders
The game had its origin in India and was called Moksha Patam or Parama Padam or Mokshapat. It was used to teach Hindu Dharma and Hindu values to children. The British renamed it as Snakes and Ladders.
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Q 10:- Golden Temple is situated in ________

A)   New Delhi
B)   Agra
C)   Amritsar 
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Option C:-  Amritsar
The Golden Temple, also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib ("abode of God") or Darbar Sahib,  "exalted holy court".
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Q 11:-  Red fort is present in Old Delhi. What was the old name of Old Delhi?

A)   Mughalabad
B)   Qila
C)   Shahjahanabad

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Option C:-  Shanjahanabad
Old Delhi or Purani Dilli was founded as a walled city of Delhi, India, founded as Shahjahanabad in 1638, when Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor at the time, decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra
Q 12:-  What are Momos?  

A)   A smoothie-like drink made with mangoes.
B)   A dumpling
C)   A burger made with yak meat 

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Option B:-  A dumpling
Momo is a type of South Asian dumpling; native to Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, and the Ladakh, Sikkim, Assam and Darjeeling. It is similar to Chinese baozi and jiaozi, Mongolian buuz, Japanese gyoza and Korean mandu
Q 13:-  Where is The highest cricket ground in the world?

​A)   Chail
B)   Rajkot
C)   Ranchi

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Option A:-  Chail
​7,500 ft above sea level.  Chail Cricket Ground is a cricket ground located in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. The ground was established in 1893 but Bhupinder Singh Maharaja of Patiala who made Chail as his summer capital that time the ground was developed
Q 14:-  What is the southernmost tip of India

​A)    Gandhi Point
B)    Indira Point
C)    Nehru Point
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Option B:-  Indira Point
INDIRA POINT is the southern tip of India . It is named after the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Located in Andaman and Nicobar islands. ​
Q 15:-  ​Many towns have been associated with Venice and this town in Kerala has been termed the Venice of the East.
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A)   Coimbatore
B)   Madurai
C)   Allappuzha
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Option C:-  Allappuzha
Alappuzha (or Alleppey) is a city on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It's best known for houseboat cruises along the rustic Kerala backwaters, a network of tranquil canals and lagoons

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