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C5: Differences in India

Where is India located?

What is the capital of India?

1. Mumbai
2. New-Delhi
3. Bengaluru
4. Srinagar

How many inhabitants does India have?

1. 900 million
2. 1,2 billion
3. 1,4 billion
4. 1,7 billion

What is the most important religion in India?

1. Islam
2. Buddhism
3. Hinduism
4. Christianity

What is the reason that the people in India speak English fluently?

1. They learn English in school
2. India used to be a colony of the United States
3. India used to be a colony of the United Kingdom
4. India is located very close to Australia

India was a British colony. The British Empire had multiple colonies in Southeast Asia. What was the name of this area where India belonged to?

1. British Asia
2. British India
3. The British Overseas
4. English Asia

After the independence, India became one country
with one central government, but each state also has its own regional government.
How is that system called?

1. Kingdom
2. Corruption
3. Democracy
4. Federation

What is the definition of a lingua franca?

1. That is the currency that is used in India
2. That is an accent in Hindi, often used in the southern states of India
3. A local used language in the French colonies
4. Language used on a large scale as the most important language by people with different mother tongues

Which of the following statements about the caste system is true?

1. The caste system ensures equality
2. The caste system is nonsense and has never existed
3. The caste system causes great inequality
4. The British introduced the caste system

India has a growing population. Half of the population is under 25 years old, what do we call this pressure

1. Grey pressure
2. Green pressure
3. Blue pressure
4. Pink pressure

The population in India will continue to increase over the next 25 years, but the fertility rate is decreasing. What is the fertility rate?

1. The average number of children a woman has
2. The number of children (under 18 years old) in a country
3. The average number of years children live with their parents
4. The average number of women who are able to become pregnant in a country

Which three statements are correct, and which are incorrect?

Correct

Incorrect

In India, many Muslims live

In India, hundreds of different languages are spoken

30% of the inhabitants of India are Hindu

Urdu and Hindi are the two official languages of India

Not all Indians speak Hindi

Beef is widely eaten in India

What is the most important river in India?

1. Ganges
2. Mekong
3. Huang he
4. Donau

What is the mountain range in India called?

1. Andes
2. Himalaya
3. Kilimanjaro
4. Tibetan Plateau

There are three types of rain. Which is NOT a type of rain?

1. Relief rainfall
2. Convectional rainfall
3. Coriolis rainfall
4. Frontal rainfall

Which type of wind do you see in the picture?

1. Onshore wind
2. Offshore wind
3. Sideward wind
4. Downward wind

The law of Buys Ballot consists of 2 rules.
The first rule is: wind always blows from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.
What is the second rule?

1. In the northern and southern hemispheres, the wind deviates towards the north
2. In the northern hemisphere, the wind deviates to the right with the wind at your back, and in the southern hemisphere, it deviates to the left
3. OOn the northern hemisphere, the wind deviates to the left with the wind at your back, and on the southern hemisphere, it deviates to the right
4. The wind always blows in a straight line from high to low

Why is it always cloudy/rainy at the ITCZ?

1. At the ITCZ, there is a high-pressure area, where the air descends. During the descent, condensation occurs
2. At the ITCZ, there is a high-pressure area, where the air rises. During the rising, condensation occurs
3. At the ITCZ, there is a low-pressure area, where the air descends. During the descent, condensation occurs
4. At the ITCZ, there is a low-pressure area, where the air rises. During the rising, condensation and cloud formation occur

India has dry winters and wet summers due to the monsoon. What is this monsoon?

1. A storm from the Himalaya
2. A heatwave
3. Wind that changes direction every six months
4. A hurricane with a lot of thunderstorms and precipitation

In which season is the rainy season in India?

1. Winter
2. Spring
3. Summer
4. Autumn

Drag the monsoon to the correct picture!

Wet monsoon

Dry monsoon

Look at the map. When does the monsoon in Mumbai end?

1. 5th of june
2. 10th of june
3. 1st of october
4. 15th of october

What does GNP stand for?

1. Gross National Product
2. General National Product
3. Global Net Profit
4. General Net Profit

Which term applies to companies that have branches all over the world?

1. multinationals
2. globalization
3. informal sector
4. special economic zones

What is globalization?

1. A lot of companies together in a special economic zone
2. Cheap labor in low-wage countries
3. Good infrastructure, education, and healthcare
4. The continuous process of international exchange of people, goods, money, and information

Which part of the world does India belong to?

1. Developed countries
2. Emerging countries
3. Developing countries

What does SEZ stand for?

1. Standard Export Zone
2. Special Economic Zones
3. Sustainable Environmental Zone
4. Secure Employment Zone

What are Special Economic Zones?

1. Areas where the Euro is used
2. An area where foreign companies are allowed to establish themselves freely and pay lower taxes
3. An area where large multinationals such as Apple and Microsoft have their offices
4. Areas with lots of factories

What did many companies not have to do when they set up in the SEZ?

Why have many international companies or factories moved to India?
Write 2 reasons.

New Delhi is an agglomeration of nearly 22 million inhabitants, and the expectation is that the city will have 40 million inhabitants by 2040.

Which term best fits this sentence about New Delhi?

1. Global city
2. Mega city
3. Metropolis
4. Agglomeration

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