Q 01/05

Which Mumbai waterfront landmark saw the last British troops leave the country in 1948?

A) Gateway of India

B) Ballard Pier

C) Sassoon Dock

D) Haji Ali Dargah

Answer · why

A) Gateway of India

The Gateway of India was built to welcome the empire in and ended up waving it out: the Somerset Light Infantry marched out through it on 28 February ...

Q 02/05

Who was meant to watch Jaipur's streets unseen through the Hawa Mahal's latticed windows?

A) The maharaja's bodyguards

B) The court astronomers

C) Visiting foreign envoys

D) Women of the royal household

Answer · why

D) Women of the royal household

Women of the royal household watched festivals and street life from behind the lattice without being seen. The screen of small windows also keeps a br...

Q 03/05

Delhi's Lotus Temple, built from 27 marble-clad petals grouped into nine sides, serves which faith?

A) Zoroastrian

B) Buddhist

C) Baha'i

D) Ahmadi

Answer · why

C) Baha'i

Baha'i houses of worship are open to people of every religion and allow no sermons or ritual, so the Lotus Temple's hall hosts only prayers and readin...

Q 04/05

Whose statue filled India Gate's canopy in 2022, empty since George V's was removed in 1968?

A) Mahatma Gandhi

B) Subhas Chandra Bose

C) Jawaharlal Nehru

D) B. R. Ambedkar

Answer · why

B) Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose first appeared there as a hologram in January 2022, and the granite statue followed that September. The marble George V had been m...

Q 05/05

The Charminar, built in 1591 at the heart of Hyderabad, sits on the official emblem of which state?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Telangana

C) Maharashtra

D) Karnataka

Answer · why

B) Telangana

Telangana put the Charminar on its emblem beside the Kakatiya Kala Thoranam when the new state was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The monument ...