10 Questions About India

1. India's population is 1.21 billion.       ----- CIA Factbook
2. The total fertility rate in India is 2.65 children born/woman.      -----CIA Factbook
3. The percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line is 25%.      ----CIA Factbook
4. Two terrorist attacks on India: a) Mumbai terrorists attacks from Pakistan to India        b) Ten Pakistan-based terrorists attacked a busy train station, two five-star hotels, Nariman House and other places in Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2008           ------ New York Times
5. India's rank in the world by poverty is 119th out of 169 countries.        -----New York Times
6. Monsoon's in India: The Ukai Dam has a water permit level of 350 and once it gets past that the engineers open the gates to let the water flood upstream to the city and in August it killed at least 120 people and more than 4000 animals           ----- New York Times
7. Some of the problems India has getting clean water to people are lacking basic sewage and water disposal.        ----New York Times
8. The literacy rate is 61%.         ------CIA Factbook
9. Major religions in India are Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian (2.3%), Sikh (1.9%), unspecified(0.1%).         -----CIA Factbook
10. India achieved their independence on August 15, 1947 from the UK.        -------CIA Factbook