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What was the former name of Mumbai?
Bombay
What disputed region have China, India, and Pakistan battled to control?
Kashmir
What was Gandhi’s first name?
Mohandas
What honorific, meaning “great soul”, do many people know Gandhi by?
Mahātmā
What culinary product did Gandhi march to the sea to obtain?
Salt
What country ruled the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947?
United Kingdom
What country controlled the state of Goa until India invaded and reconquered it in 1961?
Portugal
What river is considered to be the “cradle of civilization” on the Indian subcontinent?
Indus
The oldest scriptures in Hinduism are known as the Vedas. What language are they written in?
Vedic Sanskrit
What Greek conqueror invaded India?
Alexander the Great
What empire controlled most of India from the 1500s to 1800s?
Mughal Empire
What famous mausoleum was built in Agra to house the tomb of Shah Jahan’s wife?
Taj Mahal
What worldwide religion follows the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama?
Buddhism
What religion, started around 500 BC, practices non-violence against all people and animals?
Jainism
Who was the first, and only, female Prime Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
Who was the first Prime Minister of India? (Hint: His jackets were iconic)
Jawaharlal Nehru
What popular board game is thought to have originated in India before 600 AD?
Chess
Who was the first person to sail from Europe to India?
Vasco da Gama
What nomadic European ethnic group originally came from India?
The Romani
What empire, led by Ashoka, controlled nearly the entire subcontinent in the 200s BC?
Maurya Empire
What Catholic nun gained international renown for her charity work in Calcutta?
Mother Teresa
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28 Comments
PantsLobbyist
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Level 99
Jul 17, 2017
May I suggest changing the third question to read something different? Perhaps what was the first name of the Indian religious leader known popularly as "Gandhi?"

As you show in a later question, there's another very famous Indian Gandhi.

buck1017
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Level 78
Jul 17, 2017
Everybody knows which Gandhi the quiz is asking about.
tshalla
+2
Level 78
Jan 5, 2018
Yes, even everyone in India could probably guess it, but Indira, Sanjay, Rajiv, Sonia, and Rahul were/are pretty big deals. It's particularly obvious if you don't know about these people.
tschutzer
+1
Level 93
Jul 20, 2017
Besides, if you answer the other one, it fills in that answer later on in the quiz.
dasr13
+5
Level 65
Jul 26, 2017
M Gandhi was not a religious leader.
NINJAQKk
+2
Level 71
Nov 14, 2018
He kind of was in a sort of way. He tried to help unite the Hindus in India and the Muslims in Pakistan.
Explorer2024
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Level 49
Jan 13, 2023
But that not what a religious leader is. A religious leader makes significant contribution to the dogma of the religion, which he didn't necessarily do.
Cyclonus
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Level 88
Feb 18, 2025
You are correct in that he was not a priest, and he never claimed to be a religious leader. Nonetheless, I can assure you that literally hundreds of millions of hindus in India revere him in a religious way. To the point where they can't even accept that he had some flaws, and will get upset at the very suggestion.
Yash27636
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Level 50
Mar 25, 2026
That was the case until a decade or so ago when the ncert commie propaganda was at its peak. That's no longer the case anymore now that we have internet and school textbooks aren't the only source of information. Now if anything he's revered much more by leftists and muslims than by Hindus.
Yash27636
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Level 50
Mar 25, 2026
That was the case until a decade or so ago when the ncert commie propaganda was at its peak. That's no longer the case anymore now that we have internet and school textbooks aren't the only source of information. Now if anything he's revered much more by leftists and muslims than by Hindus.
cloversgammy64
+3
Level 72
Jul 22, 2017
why isn;t moghul acceptable?
shaswat
+2
Level 9
Jan 6, 2018
i got all of them right. the quiz was pretty simple.
PatoPotato
+2
Level 55
Sep 13, 2018
Wasn't Alexander Macedonian?
Tramp
+5
Level 79
Sep 15, 2019
He was, but Macedon is different to the modern state of (North) Macedonia. At the time, Macedon was considered to be a bit of an uncivilised state, but at the end of the day, they spoke a Greek dialect and followed Greek customs, so most modern historians (as well as most Macedonians at the time) considered themselves to be Greek.
Cyclonus
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Level 88
Feb 18, 2025
Yes. But if you know enough about Alexander to know he was from Macedon, then you 100% know the answer to "What Greek conqueror invaded India?".
HistoricalFiles
+4
Level 21
Feb 20, 2020
India is clearly the best.
918Winchan
+6
Level 73
Jul 21, 2020
I think Sindhu should be accepted for Indus?
JohnnyYeet
+2
Level 66
Feb 9, 2021
Maybe specify which Gandhi?

There's Mohandas, Indira, Rajiv, Rahul, Sonia, etc.

JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Feb 19, 2021
I just missed Maurya Empire!
MrL
+4
Level 67
Feb 21, 2021
St. Teresa of Calcutta should be acceptable.
AlmostAGenius
+8
Level 89
Jun 2, 2022
Maurya? Well that’s A-shoka...
LooserFromIndia
+2
Level 51
Dec 10, 2025
🙄
DictatorTalia
+2
Level 96
Jan 19, 2023
Could "GB" be accepted as a type-in for Great Britain?
anon14
+4
Level 68
Oct 26, 2023
Portugal is the one who invaded and conquered Goa, not India. India liberated Goa from the Portuguese rule. *sigh*
MindWax
+5
Level 87
Oct 21, 2024
Genuinely asking - what part of "invaded and reconquered" do you think is inaccurate? That description isn't a moral judgement, but a factual articulation of the events.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Nov 11, 2024
How is Maurya 1/3

mostly recent history questions

panipat or smth idk would be older

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Nov 24, 2024
21/21, fun quiz
abrahim123
+1
Level 34
Oct 3, 2025
20/21 as a Pakistani
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