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? 12:01 p.m. 11:58 a.m. 11:59 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

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

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? Laloo Prasad Yadav Gulzari Lal Nanda H.D.Deve Gowda Arun Jaitley

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

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

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

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

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

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