10 questions on India

• What is the current population of India? 1,173,108,018 (CIA)
• What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 clidren born/woman (CIA)
• What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 25% (CIA)
• Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. 1) Feb 13, Isamic people bombed a resturant in Pune killing 17 people. 2) Indian soldiers fought terrioists at the Taj Mahal Hotel in 2008 in Mundai, India killing 163 people.
• The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list? 119th of 169 counties
• Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. People and animals dying, then two weeks later there was flooding, workers fled their jobs, fearing diease.
• What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people?
• What is the literacy rate in India? 61% (CIA)
• What are the major religions in India? Hundu, Muslim, and Christians, Sikh (CIA)
• When did India achieve independence, and from what country?