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Posted: 18 years ago
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hy! Good Luck and don't look through the books for answers...that just takes cheating to a whole new level...
Introduction:
"Do you know 10 cities in India? Don't worry, you will. I give you clues about a city, you tell me which one it is. Each city only appears once. Good Luck!"


1. Over three thousand years old and the capital of modern India?
    < name="q1" value="Hyderabad" ="answered(this);" =""> Hyderabad
    < name="q1" value="Bombay" ="answered(this);" =""> Bombay
    < name="q1" value="Delhi" ="answered(this);" =""> Delhi
    < name="q1" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta


2. Mega-metropolis in the east of the country and home of Mother Theresa for many years. The first city in India with an underground railway system and also home to India's largest sports stadium, Eden Gardens?
    < name="q2" value="Cochin" ="answered(this);" =""> Cochin
    < name="q2" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta
    < name="q2" value="Bangalore" ="answered(this);" =""> Bangalore
    < name="q2" value="Delhi" ="answered(this);" =""> Delhi


3. Financial capital, known within India as Mumbai, and centre of India's film industry?
    < name="q3" value="Lucknow" ="answered(this);" =""> Lucknow
    < name="q3" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta
    < name="q3" value="Goa" ="answered(this);" =""> Goa
    < name="q3" value="Bombay" ="answered(this);" =""> Bombay

4. Home of the Taj Mahal and former capital of India?
    < name="q4" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta
    < name="q4" value="Agra" ="answered(this);" =""> Agra
    < name="q4" value="Jaipur" ="answered(this);" =""> Jaipur
    < name="q4" value="Salem" ="answered(this);" =""> Salem


      5. Main seaport of the state of Goa and centre of the former Portuguese colony?
        < name="q5" value="Bombay" ="answered(this);" =""> Bombay
        < name="q5" value="Bangalore" ="answered(this);" =""> Bangalore
        < name="q5" value="Cochin" ="answered(this);" =""> Cochin
        < name="q5" value="Vasco-da-Gama" ="answered(this);" =""> Vasco-da-Gama


      6. Capital of Madhya Pradesh and site of an ecological disaster in 1984?
        < name="q6" value="Jaipur" ="answered(this);" =""> Jaipur
        < name="q6" value="Jammu" ="answered(this);" =""> Jammu
        < name="q6" value="Bhopal" ="answered(this);" =""> Bhopal
        < name="q6" value="Punjab" ="answered(this);" =""> Punjab


      7. Situated in the north east of the country in the state of West Bengal and surrounded by tea plantations on all sides?
        < name="q7" value="Darjeeling" ="answered(this);" =""> Darjeeling
        < name="q7" value="Cochin" ="answered(this);" =""> Cochin
        < name="q7" value="Madras" ="answered(this);" =""> Madras
        < name="q7" value="Goa" ="answered(this);" =""> Goa


      8. Situated in the north in the state of Gujarat, it is one of the major industrial cities of India and the site of major rioting at the end of February 2002?
        < name="q8" value="Karachi" ="answered(this);" =""> Karachi
        < name="q8" value="Ahmedabad" ="answered(this);" =""> Ahmedabad
        < name="q8" value="Kashmir" ="answered(this);" =""> Kashmir
        < name="q8" value="Lucknow" ="answered(this);" =""> Lucknow


      9. Now renamed Chennai, it is situated on the east coast and is the capital of Tamil Nadu?
        < name="q9" value="Mangalore" ="answered(this);" =""> Mangalore
        < name="q9" value="Hyderabad" ="answered(this);" =""> Hyderabad
        < name="q9" value="Bombay" ="answered(this);" =""> Bombay
        < name="q9" value="Madras" ="answered(this);" =""> Madras


      10. Capital of Andhra Pradesh and the second largest inland city in India, there is a sizeable city in Pakistan of the same name?
        < name="q10" value="Delhi" ="answered(this);" =""> Delhi
        < name="q10" value="Hyderabad" ="answered(this);" =""> Hyderabad
        < name="q10" value="Bangalore" ="answered(this);" =""> Bangalore
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      "A little quiz on India and its cultural heritage. Have fun!"


      1. Where is the largest concentration of stupas in India?
        < name="q1" value="Madhya Pradesh" ="answered(this);" =""> Madhya Pradesh
        < name="q1" value="Arunachal Pradesh" ="answered(this);" =""> Arunachal Pradesh
        < name="q1" value="None of these" ="answered(this);" =""> None of these
        < name="q1" value="Himachal Pradesh" ="answered(this);" =""> Himachal Pradesh


      2. Which fort did Akbar build?
        < name="q2" value="Agra Fort" ="answered(this);" =""> Agra Fort
        < name="q2" value="Janjira Fort" ="answered(this);" =""> Janjira Fort
        < name="q2" value="Red Fort" ="answered(this);" =""> Red Fort
        < name="q2" value="Kaziranga Fort" ="answered(this);" =""> Kaziranga Fort


      3. Where is the Brihadeswara or Rajarajeshwara temple situated?
        < name="q3" value="Jamnagar in Gujarat" ="answered(this);" =""> Jamnagar in Gujarat
        < name="q3" value="Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu" ="answered(this);" =""> Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu
        < name="q3" value="Murshidabad in West Bengal" ="answered(this);" =""> Murshidabad in West Bengal
        < name="q3" value="Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala" ="answered(this);" =""> Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala


      4. The Lingaraja Temple is at Bhubaneshwar.
        < name="q4" value="t" ="answered(this);" =""> True
        < name="q4" value="f" ="answered(this);" =""> False


      5. In which city is the gateway of India situated?
        < name="q5" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta
        < name="q5" value="Delhi" ="answered(this);" =""> Delhi
        < name="q5" value="Mumbai" ="answered(this);" =""> Mumbai
        < name="q5" value="Chennai" ="answered(this);" =""> Chennai


      6. Which is the principal festival of Kerala?
        < name="q6" value="Id" ="answered(this);" =""> Id
        < name="q6" value="Christmas" ="answered(this);" =""> Christmas
        < name="q6" value="Onam" ="answered(this);" =""> Onam
        < name="q6" value="Diwali" ="answered(this);" =""> Diwali


      7. Which is the earliest known civilization of India?
        < name="q7" value="Ganga Valley Civilization" ="answered(this);" =""> Ganga Valley Civilization
        < name="q7" value="Indus Valley Civilization" ="answered(this);" =""> Indus Valley Civilization
        < name="q7" value="Mahanadi valley Civilization" ="answered(this);" =""> Mahanadi valley Civilization
        < name="q7" value="Brahutra Valley Civilization" ="answered(this);" =""> Brahmaputra Valley Civilization


      8. Which one of these schools of the performing arts was founded in 1953?
        < name="q8" value="Kerala kalamandalam" ="answered(this);" =""> Kerala kalamandalam
        < name="q8" value="School of Drama" ="answered(this);" =""> School of Drama
        < name="q8" value="Margi" ="answered(this);" =""> Margi
        < name="q8" value="Sangeet Natak Academy" ="answered(this);" =""> Sangeet Natak Academy


      9. Who wrote "Lehar" ("Wave")?
        < name="q9" value="Suryakanth Tripathi" ="answered(this);" =""> Suryakanth Tripathi
        < name="q9" value="Yashpal" ="answered(this);" =""> Yashpal
        < name="q9" value="Maithili Sharan Gupt" ="answered(this);" =""> Maithili Sharan Gupt
        < name="q9" value="Jaishankar Prasad" ="answered(this);" =""> Jaishankar Prasad

      10. Where is the Victoria memorial situated?
        < name="q10" value="Mumbai" ="answered(this);" =""> Mumbai
        < name="q10" value="Calcutta" ="answered(this);" =""> Calcutta
        < name="q10" value="Delhi" ="answered(this);" =""> Delhi
        < name="q10" value="Chennai" ="answered(this);" =""> Chennai



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*~Kaynaat~* thumbnail
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Posted: 18 years ago
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i dont know most of them cuz i'm studying about how india and pakistan got independence and how the british tried to develope india only for their own good.i'm not studying breifly now but will later,i dont know most of these.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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tabassum,
you have taken a lot of trouble over this thanks....most of them were easy for me......good post
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Posted: 18 years ago
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i know im gonna fail this so why try 😕

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