Statistics for South Asian Geography By Letter - G

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Hinduism's holiest river	Ganges	99%
Colony seized by India in 1961	Goa	81%
Nickname of Afghanistan	{Graveyard} of Empires	79%
Nepalese soldier	Gurkha	72%
State on the northwest coast of India	Gujarat	64%
Sanskrit word for a religious teacher	Guru	58%
Hindu deity depicted as an elephant	Ganesha	57%
There is a eastern and a western mountain ranges with this name	Ghats	33%
Mannar, Kutch, Khambhat, e.g.	Gulf	33%
India's second longest river	Godavari	25%
Another name for the Sikh's Harmandir Sahib	Golden Temple	24%
Capital of the above	Gandhinagar	22%
Northernmost Pakistani territory	{Gilgit}-Baltistan	22%
Sri Lankan port that was fortified by the Portuguese in the 18th century	Galle	16%
World's highest mountain that has never been climbed	{Gangkhar} Puensum	16%
Indian surname meaning "protector", was the name of an empire	Gupta	16%
Afghan city that once was home to an empire	Ghazni	13%
Huge statue in Bodh Gaya, India	Great Buddha	12%
Full name for India in Hindi: Bhārat _________	Gaṇarājya	4%
India's Bay of Bengal archipelago	Great Andaman	4%