And Then You Learn Hindi Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sau

Elai says "hundred" as "sau" in Hindi.

"Hazar" means "thousand", "Ek" means "one" and "das" means "ten".

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Answer: Struggle for Justice

Chaudhary Devi Lal Singh led a movement called "Nyaya Yudhya" meaning "struggle for justice" in English. He was a politician in Haryana who formed a party, "Lok Dal" in 1982. He fought an election against "Indian National Congress" in the year 1987 and his party won a total of 76 out of 90 seats in the Assembly election, Congress managed to win only 5 seats.

Question by (HappySsingh)

Answer: Remove Poverty

The Indian National Congress party led by Indira Gandhi gave the slogan of "garibi hatao" in the Lok Sabha elections of 1971. The party promised to reorient all the policies of the government to remove poverty from the country.

Some information about Indira Gandhi:
Mrs. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru. She was born on 19 November 1917 at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She served as 3rd Prime Minister of India as well as first female Prime Minister of India. She also served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 1964-1966, Minister of Finance from 16 July 1969 - 27 June 1970, Minister of Home Affairs from 27 June 1970 - 4 February 1973 and Minister of Defence from 14 January 1980 - 15 January 1982. She died on 31 October 1984 (aged 66) in New Delhi, India.


Question by (HappySsingh).

Answer: Kala

You do say "black" as "kala" in the Hindi language.

"Neela" is "blue" color, "bhura" is "brown" color and "gulabi" is "pink" color.

Question by (Aayush2311).

Answer: Shoonya

You say "zero" as "shoonya" in the Hindi language.

"Hazaar" is "thousand", "ekkis" is "twenty-one" and "ektalish" is "forty-one".

Question by (Aayush2311).

Answer: Crescent Moon

"Balendu" means "the crescent moon".

I got the idea of the name from the "rudrashtak mantra" which had been written in the praise of Lord Shiva. The moon on the forehead of Lord Shiva is called "balendu".

The line in the mantra is "lasadh bhal balendu kanthe bhujanga" which mean "there is crescent moon on his forehead and snake on his neck" in English.

Question by (LoveAnimals555).

Answer: Bhindi

'Ladyfingers' belong to the kingdom plantae, sub-kingdom phanerogams, phylum angiosperms and class dicots.

'Aaloo' is 'potato' (solenum tuberosum - scientific name of potato); 'matar' is 'pea' (pisum sativum -scientific name of pea).

Ladyfingers are very popular in Indian cooking; in north India a famous dish, "aachari bhindi" is prepared using them. The plant is also known as okra.
Question by (Aayush2311).

Answer: Sangya

A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions etc.

"Sarvnam" is "pronoun", "kriya" is "verb" and "kriya visheshan" is "adverb".

Question by (Happysingh)

Answer: Happiness

The Hindi word "harsh" mean "happiness". The English word harsh mean "kathor" in Hindi.

You refer to a "horse" by saying "ghoda", "cruel" by saying "crura" and "sadness" by saying "dukha" in Hindi.

Question by (LoveAnimals555).

Answer: Tritiya Sthan

"Tritiya sthan" is "third place". You say "third" as "teesra" or "tritiya" and "three" as "teen" in Hindi.

"Pratham sthan" is "first place", "dutiya sthan" is "second place" and "dasvi sthan" is "tenth place".

Question by (LoveAnimals555).