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Mark Twain once referred to India as 'the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.'

How well do you know the country? Take this quiz and find out!

1. The bank of which river was the site of the second urbanisation in India? a. Indus b. Ganga c. Narmada Wrong! Try again. Wrong! The correct answer is: Ganga. That's right! Good going! 2. Which collection of stories with morals, about animals, was written during the Gupta period? a. Panchtantra b. Jataka Tales c. Vikram Aur Vetaal Wrong! Try again. Wrong! The correct answer is: for. Panchtantra. That's right! Good going! 3. Which is the most spoken language in India? a. Tamil b. Gujarati c. Hindi Wrong! Try again. Wrong! The correct answer is: Hindi. That's right! Good going! 4. Which UNESCO World Heritage site is the largest mangrove forest in the world? a. Saurashtra b. Ernakulam c. Sunderbans Wrong! Try again. Wrong! The correct answer is: Sunderbans That's right! Good going! 5. Which flower of south India to blooms only once in 12 years? a. Parijata b. Kurinji c. Surangi Wrong! Try again. Wrong! The correct answer is: Kurinji That's right! Good going! Excerpted from The Ultimate India Quiz Book: 3,000 Questions On 60 Years Of Independence by Derek O'Brien, published by Penguin India, 2007, with the publisher's permission. Want to buy the book? Click here.

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