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What would you do with a sitar?
India's currency:
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India's currency:
rupee
Mughal
waddis
pounds
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What would you do with a sitar?
fight it
grow it
listen to it
speak it
3
Ancient Indians
Harappans
New Delhis
Ganges
Himalayas
4
What type of government is India?
Anarchy
Republic
Monarchy
Dictatorship
5
The 4 Nobel Truths are associated with?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
6
Oldest religion in the world:
Hinduism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
7
Akbar the Great is known for?
building the Taj Mahal
Helping Nepal recover from its earthquake
Brining Islam to India
Tripling the size of India
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"Thank you" in Hindi
Novind
Moksha
Dhanyavaad
Indus
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Who built the Red Fort in Agra and why?
Akbar the Great; to learn
Kovind, to protect Kashmir
Gandhi; to protest peacefully
Shah Jahan, for his wife
10
How are brick kiln workers paid?
By the hour
They aren't
By the year, salary
Per 1,000 bricks made
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What animal is most important for Hindus?
Lion
Dog
Bird
Cow
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What does Sagarmatha mean?
Big earth
Land between 2 rivers
The British are coming
Forehead in the sky
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This civilization gave India the caste system:
Vedas
Mughals
Aryan
Gandhi
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Who are dalits?
priests
untouchables
merchants
shamans
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Vedas are?
holy people
long texts
caste system
tribe in "Stans"
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This country had a deadly earthquake in 2015
Indonesia
India
China
Nepal
17
Which Indian dynasty built the Taj Mahal?
Guptas
Gandhis
Mughals
Jahans
18
Siddhartha Gautama started the idea of?
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
19
Sanskrit became_____
Moksha
Hindu
Hindi
Buddha
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Define Nirvana:
10 commandments
8 fold path
4 noble truths
eternal bliss
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Moksha is the idea of _______ in ________?
Forgiveness, Judaism
Loyalty, Christianity
Heaven, Hinduism
Love, Buddhism
22
Define Brahmans:
Reincarnation; Hinduism
Priests; Buddhism
Reincarnation; Buddhism
Priests; Hinduism
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Why was Gandhi's Salt March so important?
It made the British rethink their policies in India
It forced Britain out of India
It crippled the British trade
It boosted India's GDP
24
The Kashmir conflict is in?
North/South Korea
Indus/Ganges
China/Mongolia
India/Pakistan
25
This country has the world's biggest population at 1.4 billion!
China
Vietnam
Mongolia
India
26
Who brought Islam to India?
Kovind
Gandhi
Akbar the Average
Akbar the Great
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What are the 2 biggest cities in India
Bombay and Sri Lanka
Indus and Ganges
Kashmir and New Delhi
Delhi and Mumbai
28
Which country is Mt. Everest in?
Thailand
Nepal
Japan
India
29
Define ahimsa:
nonviolence
fighting for what is right
respect for all life
belief in unity
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Define Buddha:
outward love
8 nobles
enlightened one
journey for truth
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How are Hinduism and Buddhism similar to Judaism and Christianity?
They all formed in South Asia
They are all monotheists
They all are accepting of the 10 commandments
One man started an offshoot of each religion
32
What is national sport of India?
American football
baseball
soccer
cricket
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What is the most common language in India?
Hindi
Punjabi
English
Urdu
34
Kumbh Mela is?
for Hindu people to wash away karma
for Muslims to pray
for Jews to pilgrimage
for Christians to eat
35
Diwali is celebrated by and celebrates?
Jews, festival of forgiveness
Buddhists, festival of love
Hindus, festival of karma
Hindus, festival of light
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Dharma helps govern:
Your personal karma
Your choice
Society's rules
Your caste
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This religion believes in karma:
Buddhism
Hinduism
Judaism
Islam
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What is the national language of India?
English
Urdu
Mandarin
Punjabi
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Gandhi?
cricket player
fought Pakistan and Bangladesh
invaded Thailand
helped India get independence peacefully
