India Quiz for Kids: 40 Easy Questions for Families
An India quiz for kids with 40 easy questions on animals, food, festivals, places and famous people. Answers included, plus tips for diaspora families.
India quiz time works best for kids when the questions are short, the answers are fun to say, and there is a story to tell afterwards. Here are 40 easy questions about animals, food, festivals, places and famous people, each with the answer in bold. They are written for children roughly 6 to 12 who are growing up outside India and know it mostly through family visits, food and festivals at home.
## How do you run a family India quiz?
Keep it light. The aim is to spark questions, not to test anyone. A few ideas that work well:
- **Play in teams.** Pair a younger child with an older sibling or a grandparent.
- **Give clues.** If a child is stuck, give a hint ("It has a very long trunk").
- **Tell the story.** After each answer, ask a grandparent or parent to share a memory linked to it.
- **Use pictures.** For the landmark questions, show a photo on a phone or tablet.
- **Keep score loosely.** One point per answer, and a bonus point for a good story.
The quiz has four rounds of ten. You can do one round a day, or all forty on a long car journey.
## Round 1: Animals and nature
1. What is India's national animal, a big striped cat? **The tiger (Bengal tiger).**
2. Which bird with a long, colourful tail is India's national bird? **The peacock (Indian peafowl).**
3. Which huge grey animal with a trunk lives in Indian forests? **The elephant (Asian elephant).**
4. India's national flower grows in ponds. What is it? **The lotus.**
5. In which state do wild Asiatic lions live, in the Gir forest? **Gujarat.**
6. Which very tall mountains with snow all year are in the north of India? **The Himalayas.**
7. Which animal with one horn on its nose lives in Kaziranga National Park in Assam? **The one-horned rhinoceros.**
8. What is India's national fruit, sweet and yellow inside? **The mango.**
9. What is India's national tree, famous for its hanging roots? **The banyan tree.**
10. What do we call the rainy season that usually comes between June and September? **The monsoon.**
If your child loves animals, India's national parks are a great thing to read about together. Kaziranga and the Sundarbans (home to tigers that swim) are both on the [UNESCO World Heritage list for India](https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/in).
## Round 2: Food and festivals
11. Which festival of lights is celebrated with little clay lamps called diyas? **Diwali.**
12. At which festival do people throw coloured powder and water at each other? **Holi.**
13. What is the round, flat bread cooked on a pan called a tawa? **Roti (also called chapati).**
14. What are the soft, white, steamed cakes from South India, eaten with sambar? **Idli.**
15. What is the thin, crispy pancake from South India that can be filled with potato? **Dosa.**
16. What are the round, sweet balls often shared at festivals? **Laddoos.**
17. On which festival does a sister tie a special thread called a rakhi on her brother's wrist? **Raksha Bandhan.**
18. Which festival marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting? **Eid al-Fitr (Eid).**
19. Which spice makes dal and curry turn yellow? **Turmeric (haldi).**
20. In which festival from Kerala do families make flower carpets called pookalam? **Onam.**
Food questions are where kids abroad often shine, because they eat these dishes at home. Ask them which one is their favourite and why. For older kids who want harder questions on this topic, our [Indian festivals quiz](/blog/indian-festivals-quiz) goes into more detail.
## Round 3: Places and landmarks
This round is a little harder, because it asks about places your child may not have visited yet. If your family comes from a particular city or state, add a bonus question about it: the name of your grandparents' town, the river near it, or the language spoken there.
21. What is the capital city of India? **New Delhi.**
22. Which white marble building in Agra was built in memory of a queen? **The Taj Mahal.**
23. Which river do many Indians call holy, and also call "Ganga Maa"? **The Ganga (Ganges).**
24. Which city in Rajasthan is called the Pink City? **Jaipur.**
25. Which sandy desert is in Rajasthan? **The Thar Desert.**
26. At which place at the very southern tip of India do three seas meet? **Kanyakumari.**
27. In which city is the Golden Temple? **Amritsar.**
28. Which hill town in West Bengal is famous for tea and a little "toy train"? **Darjeeling.**
29. Which ocean is to the south of India? **The Indian Ocean.**
30. Which big city used to be called Bombay? **Mumbai.**
A map makes this round much more fun. Print an outline map of India, or open one on a screen, and let your child put a sticker on each place as you go. You can find official information on every state on the [National Portal of India](https://www.india.gov.in/).
## Round 4: People, symbols and special days
These questions are about the people and dates that every child in India learns at school. Knowing them helps kids abroad join in when cousins talk about school holidays.
31. Who is called the Father of the Nation? **Mahatma Gandhi.**
32. Gandhi's birthday is a national holiday. What date is it? **2 October (Gandhi Jayanti).**
33. On which date does India celebrate Independence Day? **15 August.**
34. On which date does India celebrate Republic Day? **26 January.**
35. What are the three colours of India's flag, from top to bottom? **Saffron, white and green.**
36. How many spokes does the blue wheel in the middle of the flag have? **24.**
37. Who was the first Indian to travel to space, in 1984? **Rakesh Sharma.**
38. On which date is Children's Day celebrated in India? **14 November, the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru.**
39. Which famous Indian cricketer is called the "Little Master"? **Sachin Tendulkar.**
40. What is the name of India's national anthem? **Jana Gana Mana.**
Older children who are ready for more can move on to our [India general knowledge quiz](/blog/india-general-knowledge-quiz), which has 50 harder questions for teens and adults.
## What comes after the quiz?
The best part of a family quiz is what happens next. A question about the Taj Mahal can lead to old holiday photos. A question about Onam can lead to a plan to make a pookalam at home, even with leaves and petals from the garden.
Here are some easy next steps:
- **Cook one dish together.** Pick an answer from Round 2 and make it this weekend.
- **Mark a calendar.** Note the dates of festivals and national days, and do something small on each one.
- **Learn one new word.** Each week, learn a word in your family's language that links to a quiz answer.
- **Swap roles.** Let the children write five questions for the grown-ups.
As your kids get older, there are bigger quizzes to try as a family. One is the [Bharat Ko Janiye Quiz](https://bkjquiz.com/?utm_source=dgamaf53&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_id=d53), the official quiz of India's Ministry of External Affairs. It is free to join and open to everyone around the world, and you do not have to be Indian to take part. You can learn more about the Ministry's work with Indians abroad on the [MEA website](https://www.mea.gov.in/).
Most of all, keep it fun. Children who enjoy learning about India at home are more likely to keep asking questions as they grow up, and to feel at home when they visit.
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