It is another legacy of British colonialism that they brought large numbers of Tamil speakers to Sri Lanka to work on the plantations there. Who then found themselves given the short end of the stick after independence by the Sinhalese speakers who made up the majority of the population of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The same divide and conquer strategy that has done so much lasting harm throughout the world, from Ireland to Kenya to India.
Baltimorean, you're right. Most of those were settled, I believe in the central highlands. But there is a distinction in Sri Lanka between "Sri Lankan Tamils" and "Indian Tamils" (terms I learned more than twenty years ago - apologies if they are no longer current). The Tamil population in the north and east of the country has far longer roots on the island.
@Baltimorean Yeah right, and especially in places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the current British Overseas Territories.
Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu, India (61,000,000), Malaysia (immigrant) (4,000,000) and Northern Sri Lanka (3,000,000). Other places such as Singapore, Indonesia, USA and UK also have significant Tamil population.
Arabic schmarabic. They're only called 'arabic' numerals in Europe because the Arabs told the Europeans about them. The Arabs got them from the Indians, and Arabia is actually one of the few parts of the world today where they don't use 'arabic' numerals.
The numerals, the written form of the numbers 1234567890 that we still used today was invented in india, not the numbers itself.
Zero was only invented in india because it was simply not used before. Numbers were used to count things and write down how many of them there were. You dont count zero apples, you just said there were no apples, or you just dont write that down in the first place.
Eastern arabic numerals are used today in the Arab world, they're just slightly different in shape than what the majority of the world uses, which is western arabic numerals.
Missed Telugu, is that the language spoken in telangana?
Still 29/30 isn't that bad.
I love the smart arses on this web site there's always someone correcting somebody. Some of the English is a little sub standard though just thought I'd pop that in to wind a few people up!
Um, I believe you should have spelled Telangana with a capital "T" shouldn't you? :-P Just kidding! Yeah, it used to bother me how many people just try to one-up, but it's not such a big deal anymore! Let's all be friends!
All you need to do is remember that Everest is in the Himalayas. Even though it is in Nepal/China not India, Himalayas is still the biggest mountain range in India also.
I had the answer buried in my brain, just couldn't pull it into the light. This time it was one of the religions that threw me - couldn't remember how to spell Sikh. I tried Seik, Siek, Sikk, bah! Sometimes I get really, really mad at my brain.
Brahma is the deity that represents the creation of the Universe, Brahmin is the varna category that someone belongs to and Brahman is the ultimate reality of the Universe which holds it together, so spelling should be key, you cannot accept Brahman since it is a completely different concept.
Brahmaputra should be included here. If you're taking the length of river IN India then Brahmaputra flows 900 km in India while 800 km for Indus. If you're taking the TOTAL LENGTH of the river then also Brahmaputra is longer than Ganges.
The usual system of digits originated in India, but numbers are universal. To say that zero was "invented" is of course wrong as well, thus the quotation marks... Let's say that it was brilliant to understand that zero is a number and to create a digit for it.
To my understanding the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are modified from sanskrit numbers. The numbers 2, 3, 6 are same. 4 and 5 are slightly modified . 8 is used as 7 in reverse direction. 7 is used as 8 in modified reverse direction. 0 is.1 is modified and used as 9. 9 is used and modified as one. Just because the arabs told the Europeans about it doesn't make them the inventors
Yeah agreed, casteism still unfortunately exists. It might be better than it was 100 years ago, but there's still discrimination leveled toward India's underclasses. I read an article recently about how it's spreading to America as well. Like it or not, it's still a significant enough part of Indian culture to merit being on this quiz.
Bhagat Singh and Bose were not well known outside India. Moreover, they are controvertial figures. Mahatma Gandhi has pan india appeal, so it doesn't make sense to replace him.
The question about the longest rivers in India by length should be Ganga and Godavari. If we want to lost 2 of the longest rivers in India, it should be Indus and Brahmaputra (both 2900 km in length)
A suggestion, maybe use Mahesh instead Shiva in the question of trinity. Although they both are same but when we talk about Trinity, we use Mahesh instead Shiva. You should keep Shiva as type ons though.
Also, there are certain areas where Christianity is pretty common, such as Kerala (which has had Christians since the time of the Apostles!) and Northeastern India (due to British influence).
I am from Bangladesh and I can tell you their national “animal” is the Bengal Tiger. I think you are mixing up their national “bird”,the Peacock otherwise known as the Peafowl.
Being a Hindu, I think it is wrong to include the caste question because the fact that you call Brahmins the number one caste means you are alluding to a feudal system created by the British, not the Hindus.
In the Vedas, it says all castes, which should be called varna, are equally important, therefore, there is not a hierarchy. It represents the skillsets that an individual can behold.
I would request that you would replace that question or at least remove it from your quiz. Otherwise, it is a great quiz.
Alternative spellings for rupee should be accepted, in many languages it's spelled some variation of rupie/rupia and I though that's how it was spelled in english.
Zero was only invented in india because it was simply not used before. Numbers were used to count things and write down how many of them there were. You dont count zero apples, you just said there were no apples, or you just dont write that down in the first place.
Still 29/30 isn't that bad.
I love the smart arses on this web site there's always someone correcting somebody. Some of the English is a little sub standard though just thought I'd pop that in to wind a few people up!
And they've got SPICES!!
Shiva is also Siva
They should be accepted.
I'll remove the Brahmin question, as the caste system has been abolished.
Also, Instead of 2 questions about Gandhi, I'll keep one about either Bhagat Singh/ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
And All numbers were invented in India
As for casteism, it's still very much prevalent in India, maybe not in big cities but very much in villages and rural areas.
As all the numbers except for 0 were invited in the Arab
Please accept Sindhu for Indus..
It should be considered as insulting as racism and anti semitism and be removed.
Bangladesh's national animal is bengal tiger.
In the Vedas, it says all castes, which should be called varna, are equally important, therefore, there is not a hierarchy. It represents the skillsets that an individual can behold.
I would request that you would replace that question or at least remove it from your quiz. Otherwise, it is a great quiz.
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