Geography · Indian geography
Indian Geography Quiz
Know Your India India's states, rivers, cities and landmarks, and the stories behind them: pink cities to root bridges.
173 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Indian Geography Quiz has 173 questions: 68 easy, 85 medium and 20 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 173 Indian geography questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Which Rajasthan city, India's 'coaching capital', draws lakhs of teenagers cramming for IIT and medical entrance exams?
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Kota
At its 2022 peak about 2 lakh students a year moved there; the web series 'Kota Factory' is set there.
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Which Ganges town, the 'Yoga Capital of the World', did the Beatles visit in 1968?
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Rishikesh
The Beatles wrote many songs of the White Album at the ashram there.
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Which Rajasthan temple near Bikaner is famous for the thousands of rats that live there?
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Karni Mata
Spotting one of the rare white rats there is considered especially lucky.
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In Longwa, Nagaland, the chief's house sits half in India and half in which country?
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Myanmar
The chief, the Angh, rules Konyak villages on both sides of the border.
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Which Kerala city's temple vaults were opened in 2011 to reveal a treasure of gold worth billions?
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Thiruvananthapuram
One vault, Vault B, has still never been opened.
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Rabindranath Tagore founded a university where classes were held under trees. In which West Bengal town?
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Santiniketan
Santiniketan became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.
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Villagers in Meghalaya don't build their bridges, they grow them. Out of what?
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Tree roots
A bridge takes 10-15 years to grow, and the double-decker at Nongriat is centuries old.
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In 2022, cheetahs flown in from Namibia were released into which MP national park?
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Kuno
India had declared the cheetah extinct back in 1952.
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Which Andaman island is off-limits to everyone because its people refuse all contact with outsiders?
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North Sentinel Island
The Sentinelese are among the last uncontacted peoples on Earth, and India bans anyone from going near.
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In which mangrove forest do Bengal tigers swim between islands to hunt?
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Sundarbans
The forest is shared by India and Bangladesh, at the mouths of the Ganges and Brahmaputra.
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At Hogenakkal, the 'smoking rocks' falls, people ride round basket boats. Which river is it on?
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Kaveri
Coracles are just bamboo and plastic, and boatmen spin them right up to the falls.
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Visitors slide cloth under a 'hanging pillar' that doesn't touch the floor at Lepakshi. Which state is it in?
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Andhra Pradesh
The pillar has shifted slightly, so it touches the ground on just one side.
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In which Ladakh valley can you ride double-humped camels on cold-desert sand dunes?
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Nubra
Its camels are left over from the trade caravans that once crossed these passes.
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Ancient Indian astronomers put their 'Greenwich', the zero line of longitude, through which MP city?
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Ujjain
Their day began at sunrise on the Ujjain meridian, as set out in the Surya Siddhanta.
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Which tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (old Aurangabad) is nicknamed the 'Taj of the Deccan' for looking like a smaller Taj Mahal?
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Bibi Ka Maqbara
Aurangzeb's son, Prince Azam Shah, built it in memory of his mother, Dilras Banu Begum.
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At which Meghalaya town is the Umngot River so clear that boats seem to hover in mid-air?
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Dawki
The river runs past the Bangladesh border, and in winter you can see the stones on its bed.
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Hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles nest at once on the beaches of which state?
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Odisha
The mass nesting is called an 'arribada', Spanish for arrival.
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Havelock Island, home of Radhanagar Beach, was renamed in 2018. What is it called now?
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Swaraj Dweep
Neighbouring Neil Island was renamed Shaheed Dweep the same day.
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Which Kerala beach town sits on top of red cliffs that drop straight to the sand?
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Varkala
Its laterite cliffs are a protected geological monument.
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Which Himalayan peak in Uttarakhand may still hide a nuclear-powered spy device the CIA lost in 1965?
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Nanda Devi
It was meant to spy on Chinese missile tests, but an avalanche buried it and it was never found.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Indian Geography Quiz?
173. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Indian Geography Quiz with friends online?
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