Prove Yourself with Trivia from India

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. At what time was the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India demolished? 11:58 a.m. 12:01 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 11:59 a.m.

2. Which film industry's nickname was admitted into the Oxford English Dictionary? Bollywood Mollywood Tollywood Collywood

3. Who became President of India in 2002? K.R.Narayanan Atal Behari Vajpayee Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Laloo Prasad Yadav

4. Which Indian politician was Acting Prime Minister twice but never became the permanent Prime Minister? Gulzari Lal Nanda H.D.Deve Gowda Laloo Prasad Yadav Arun Jaitley

5. Who was India's first ever Chief Election Commissioner? R.K.Trivedi Sukumar Sen Dr.Nagendra Singh T.N.Seshan

6. Which were the two main cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation? Lothal and Ahmedabad Harappa and Lothal Mohenjadaro and Harappa Mohenjadaro and Lothal

7. Which Indian said "I'm restless, I thirst for the distant, the far away."? Rabindranath Tagore Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi Valmiki

8. When was the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) deployed in Sri Lanka? 1985 1987 1986 1988

9. Who was the first recipient of India's highest civilian award? Mahatma Gandhi C. Rajagopalachari Lal Bahadur Shastri Nelson Mandela

10. What is the the source of the river Indus? Nepal Mount Everest The Gangotri Glacier Lake Mansarovar