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What is lac originally?

[ Sanskrit | Hindi | Handicrafts | Animals ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 26, 2008
A secretion of the lac insect.
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What damaged the exquisite sculpture in the cave temple of Elephanta?

[ History | Sculpture | Hinduism | Encounters | Mumbai ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 25, 2008
Portuguese gunfire, most of all.
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How long have Jews lived in India?

[ History | Other religions ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 24, 2008
Probably since 587 BC.
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Is Goa a country? An island? Or what?

[ History | Music | Goa ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 23, 2008
It's a former Portuguese colony in India.
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What and where is Golconda?

[ History | Geography | Sites | Hyderabad ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 22, 2008
The name of a mediaeval fortress and empire in South India.
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What is the hottest chili in the world?

[ Cuisine | Plants | North India ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 21, 2008
Northeast-Indian naga morich or one of its cultivars.
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When and where were the first Asian railway tracks built?

[ History | Transport | Mumbai ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 20, 2008
1853, Bombay.
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How much tea is produced in India in a year?

[ History | Cuisine ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 19, 2008
Eight hundred thousand tonnes.
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How many saffron flowers yield a kilo of saffron spice?

[ Cuisine | Plants ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 18, 2008
About a hundred and fifty thousand.
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Which is the largest venomous snake in the world?

[ Animals ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 17, 2008
The king cobra.
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How long is the longest beard on a living man?

[ Dress | Sikhism | North India ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 16, 2008
It was 183 centimetres (6 feet) in 1997.
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Which pilgrimage place attracts most visitors in the world?

[ Dress | Hinduism | Tirupati ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 15, 2008
The temple of Tirupati in South India.
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How long is the longest sari in the world?

[ Dress | Handicrafts | Tamil Nadu ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 14, 2008
388,9 metres. That's 1276 feet.
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Which town is the rainiest in the world?

[ Weather | North India ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 13, 2008
Cherrapunji in Northeast-India
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Which tree has the largest spreading crown in the world?

[ Language | History | Plants ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 12, 2008
The banyan or strangler fig.
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What is the Kohinoor?

[ History | Dress | Science | Delhi | Hyderabad ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 11, 2008
A famous diamond whose name means "mountain of light" in Persian.
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What the heck is Cashmere extract?

[ Dress | Science | Animals ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 10, 2008
Hydrolised goat hair protein.
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How many letters can be written on a grain of rice?

[ Handicrafts ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 09, 2008
1314 for sure.
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What's the world record for sitting in one place?

[ People ]
Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 08, 2008
22 years.
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Where does Hindi rank in the world's widest-spoken languages?

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Submitted by: Admin. Published on: June 07, 2008
Fourth.
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