| Description | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home of Bollywood, formerly Bombay | M | Mumbai | 99%
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| Largest city on the subcontinent | D | Delhi | 97%
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| Cultural Capital of India, capital of the British Raj until 1911 | K | Kolkata | 91%
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| Largest Bengali-speaking city | D | Dhaka | 90%
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| Coastal city in Sri Lanka | C | Colombo | 88%
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| City in Himalayan foothills | K | Kathmandu | 85%
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| Largest city in South India, Silicon Valley of India | B | Bengaluru | 81%
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| Capital of the Sikh Empire and the Punjab region | L | Lahore | 81%
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| Home of the Taj Mahal | A | Agra | 80%
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| City in both India and Pakistan | H | Hyderabad | 80%
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| Sindhi port city | K | Karachi | 80%
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| Tamil city on the Bay of Bengal | C | Chennai | 79%
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| Highest capital city in Asia | T | Thimphu | 77%
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| Planned capital city between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | I | Islamabad | 75%
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| Pink city of India, part of the Golden Triangle | J | Jaipur | 69%
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| Densely populated city on an atoll | M | Male | 62%
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| City on Sabarmati river, home to the world's largest cricket stadium | A | Ahmedabad | 60%
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| City home to one of the world's oldest ports on Bay of Bengal | C | Chittagong | 55%
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| City on the Deccan Plateau, seat of the Maratha Peshwas | P | Pune | 55%
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| Twin city of the above | R | Rawalpindi | 47%
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| Coastal Gujarati city known for diamonds | S | Surat | 44%
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| Capital of the ancient Kushan empire in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | P | Peshawar | 38%
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| Historic city formerly known as Pataliputra | P | Patna | 33%
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| City on Ganges river that was important during the 1857 uprising | K | Kanpur | 26%
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