121+ India Trivia Questions with Answers

The land of ancient wonders and rich culture, India is a vast country of many mysteries. However, there’s much more to this captivating nation than what first meets the eye. Take the India trivia quiz below to find out how well you know your Indian geography!

A popular vacation spot,the Maldives is an island nation off the coast of which of these countries?

INDIA

Also known as the “Indian Date,” which of these exotic fruits grow inside large,but brittle brown pods?

TAMARIND

American indians used beads as currency. What was it called

Wampum

At one time, 6 white beads of this Indian currency were worth one penny

Wampum

BA British Airways AA American Airways what is AI

Air India

Baseball: the cleveland ______

Indians

Costing about $2,500 as of 2010,the Tata Nano is a car built and targeted for sale chiefly in what country?

INDIA

Famous book divided into three parts Mosques Caves Temples

Passage to India

Formally called Kiritimati, ____________________ in the Indian Ocean is 52 square miles.

Christmas island

In Globe Arizona it’s illegal to play cards in the street with who

American Indian

In Village People, there was an American Indian a cowboy, a consrtuction worker, a biker and who else?

A Policeman

In what country did “Sepoy Mutiny” occur?

India

In what country would you buy Kingfisher lager

India

In what Indian city is the Taj Mahal located

Agra

In whatLanguage was the first complete bible in US printed

Algonquin Indian

In which Commonwealth country is Cobra beer brewed

India

In which country was Rudyard Kipling born

India

In which country would you find the Asiatic lion living in the wild

India

In Which Indian City Is The Taj Mahal

Agra

In Which Indian City Is The Taj Mahal

Agra

In which Kent town is the Indian princess, Pocahontas, buried

Gravesend

In which ocean is mauritius

Indian ocean

In which ocean or sea are the Seychelles?

Indian Ocean

In which ocean or sea are the Seychelles?

Indian Ocean

In which ocean or sea are the seychelles

Indian

India became independent in what year

1947

India has the largest Hindu population what country has second

Nepal

Indian dish of of fried vegetables

Bhaji

Indiana is known as ______

Hoosier state

Indiana jones: how many shankara stones did indy deliver

Only one one

Indiana jones: name the second challenge

Word of god

Indiana jones: who was known to get lost in his own museum

Marcus brody

Indians where is sand creek

Colorado

Into what ocean does the zambezi river empty

Indian ocean

Into what ocean does the Zambezi River empty?

Indian Ocean

Into what ocean does the Zambezi river flow

Indian

Located in the Indian Ocean just north of the equator, __________ had a highly developed civilization as early as the fifth century B.C.

Sri lanka

Meaning person who overcomes name the ancient Indian religion

Jainism

Name Indian chief who rode in Roosevelt’s inaugural procession

Geronimo

Name Li’l Abner’s favorite Indian drink.

Kickapoo joy juice

Name the Indian version of Barbie

Monica

Ncaa: what team won the men’s basketball championship game in 1976

Indiana

New delhi is the capital of ______

India

New Delhi is the capital of ______?

India

On Which Side Of The Road Do They Drive In India

The Left

Panchaguni is the Indian God of what art

Palmistry

Port Louis is the capital of which island state in the Indian Ocean

Mauritius

Space indiana jones: what did drinking from the grail “grant”

Immortality

The Coromandel Coast is an area which can be found in which two countries?

India or New Zealand

The Indian name Singh translates as what

Lion

The name of which Indian city means Village of Boiled Beans

Bangalore

The national bird of India is the?

Peacock

There are more statues of ________, Lewis & Clarks female indian guide, in the U.S. than any other person

Sacajewa

This Indian group ruled in early Peru

Incas

This Moslem republic in asia was formerly part of India.

Pakistan

This Sioux Indian toured with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Sitting bull

To the Apache Indians what were God Dogs

Horses

What animals teeth were used as knife blades by the Indians

Beaver

What are the worlds four oceans – alphabetically?

Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific

What are the worlds four oceans _ alphabetically

Arctic, atlantic, indian and pacific

What are you forbidden to fly an airplane over in india

Taj mahal

What can you do after eating a garlic doused Indian meal in order to prevent your breath smelling of garlic the day after?

Drink a Lassie (yoghurt drink) to coat your throat

What city provided the setting for One day at a time?

Indianapolis

What colour are the properties kentucky, illinois, and indiana in monopoly

Red

What comes in types Rock Ball Greentree Indian Reticulated

Pythons

What countries official name is Bharat

India – in Hindi

What did Iroquois Indians mix with willow bark and call “kinickinick”

Tobacco

What did north american indians eat to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder

Watercress

What Does IPA Stand For

India Pale Ale

What fictional archaeologist trained under Prof Abner Ravenwood

Indiana Jones

What Film Won The Oscar For Best Visual Effects Back In 1984

Indiana Jones (Temple Of Doom)

What god were the Thugees worshipping in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”?

Kali

What happened on screen for the first time in India in 1977?

Screen kiss

What healthful practice is chewing an acacia twig a substitute for in India

Brushing teeth

What is Indiana’s state bird

Cardinal

What is the 15′ by 18′ cell that 146 captured british officers were forced into by indian troops in the 19th century called?

Black Hole of Calcutta

What is the basic unit of currency for India ?

Rupee

What is the basis of the Indian dish ‘Riata’

Yoghurt

What is the capital of indiana

Indianapolis

What is the largest city in India?

MUMBAI

What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?

Madagascar

What is the most famous 500 mile car race in the U.S.

Indianapolis 500

What is the most sacred river in India?

Ganges

What is the name given to Indian food cooked over charcoal in a clay oven

Tandoori

What is the name given to Indian food cooked over charcoal in a clay oven

Tandoori

What is the name given to the type of West Indian music made famous by artists such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh?

Reggae

What is the name of the Indians who signed a peace treaty with the Pilgrims?

WAMPANOAGS

What is the National Bird of India

Peacock

What is the National Bird of India

Peacock

What is the national symbol for india

Lotus flower

What is the nickname for Indianapolis, Indiana

Railroad city

What Is The Principle Ingredient Of The Indian Dish Biryani

Rice

What meets the Atlantic Ocean at the Cape of Good Hope

Indian ocean

What name did the indians give the black soldiers that were fighting against them in the late 1800’s

Buffalo soldiers

What shape are playing cards in india

Round

What state is ‘the hoosier state’

Indiana

What US states name means long river in Indian

Connecticut

What was theLanguage of ancient india

Sanskrit

What’s the triangular Indian pasty containing spiced meat

Samosa

When the choctaw indians were moved to oklahoma,they brought their crack police force with them. what were they called

Lighthorsemen

Where did over 300 defiant Indians head off to, after Sitting Bull was killed

Wounded knee

Where in the US by law do you not have to pay taxes

An Indian Reservation

Where in the world would you find Cumbum

India

Where is the wabash river

Indiana

Where was the last major american indian resistance to white settlement

Wounded knee

Where were arabic numerals first used

India

Which American Indians modern name in Spanish means village

Pueblo

Which country in the world produces the most mangos

India

Which Country Was The First To Produce Steel?

India

Which countrys does one associate with the following foods or drinks ‘Dum Aloo’

India

Which elephant cant be domesticated the african or indian

African

Which Has The Larger Ears: The African Or The Indian Elephant?

The African

Which Infamous Figure Was Executed Whilst In Prison In Indiana On The 11 th June 2001?

Timothy McVee (The Oklahoma Bomber)

Which Race Over 200 Laps Is Started With The Words, ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, Start Your Engines”?

The Indianapolis 500

Which sport is derived from the Indian game of Poona?

Badminton

Which West Indian Fast Bowler Died In 1999 Aged Just 41

Malcolm Marshall

Who Employed Henry Hudson To Search For The North West Passage

The Dutch East India Company

Who invented popcorn

American Indians

Who was proclaimed empress of India in 1877

Queen victoria

Who was the English born Surveyor-General of India who completed the first trigonometrical survey of the Sub-Continent

Sir george everest

Who was the first female prime minister of india

Indira gandhi