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India is in every kind of quiz we make and in 30 Explorer photos. Both the flag and the outline are shown beside three neighbours, and Bangladesh is on both lists.

8 quizzes·Capital New Delhi·30 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about India only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

India at a glance

CapitalNew Delhi
ContinentAsia
Population1,430 million
Area3,287 thousand km²
In our quizzes8 packs

Where it is

India on the map of Asia. In the Asia map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

30 in Explorer
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Taj MahalAgra

The white marble mausoleum on the Yamuna river, built by Shah Jahan.

Photo: Yann; edited by King of Hearts / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence
Thar Desert, India
Thar Desert

The Great Indian Desert of rolling dunes on the border with Pakistan.

Photo: sushmita balasubramani / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence
Fatehpur Sikri, India
Fatehpur Sikri

A red-sandstone Mughal capital abandoned only 14 years after it was built.

Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence
Ellora Caves, India
Ellora Caves

Thirty-four temples carved out of a basalt cliff, including the monolithic Kailasa.

Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence
Nanda Devi, India
Nanda Devi

India's highest peak entirely within the country, ringed by a wall of mountains.

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Amir85~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons licence
Nalanda Mahavihara, India
Nalanda Mahavihara

The ruins of a great Buddhist university that taught thousands of students.

Photo: Uphogaphy / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

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QuestionAnswer
Which country's capital is New Delhi?India
Which country's capital is New Delhi, built as a planned city by the British?India
What currency does India use?Indian rupee
The Taj Mahal is in which country?India
Through which country does the Mekong River NOT flow?India
Which country borders both China and India?Nepal
What is the population of India? (millions)1,430 million
In what year did India gain independence from Britain?1947
What is the area of India? (in thousand km²)3,287 thousand km²

Did you know

India has 22 officially recognised languages and over 19,500 dialects — more linguistic diversity than any other country in the world.
Hawa Mahal. A pink honeycomb palace facade of hundreds of windows.
Amber Fort. A hilltop fort of sandstone and marble above a lake.
Varanasi Ghats. Riverfront steps where pilgrims bathe in the Ganges.
Golden Temple. A gilded Sikh shrine on an island in a sacred pool.
Pangong Lake. A high-altitude blue lake between barren Himalayan ranges.

What people get wrong about India

The flag question offers Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. None of them look like India's saffron, white and green with the wheel in the middle, but they are the neighbours, and a rushed thumb picks a neighbour. The outline is shown beside Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India is the diamond with a long tail down to Kanyakumari; Sri Lanka is the teardrop below it; Bangladesh is the notch cut into the east. The capital question is New Delhi. We ask it twice, and the second version notes the city was planned by the British.

Trivia holds the rupee, the Taj Mahal, and two border questions: which country borders both China and India (Nepal) and which country the Mekong does not flow through (India). In numbers, the population is 1,430 million, the area 3,287 thousand square kilometres, and independence from Britain came in 1947. Explorer has the Taj Mahal, Hampi and the Ellora Caves marked easy. Pangong Lake in Ladakh is marked hard. It also appears on the China page, as Pangong Tso, because the lake crosses the border.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of India?

The capital of India is New Delhi.

Which continent is India in?

India is in Asia.

What is the population of India?

About 1,430 million.

Quizzes with India in them

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