A SURVEY

What do our students know about India? Not much :) See the result of our survey below:

The survey was carried out in a group of 129 students.

1. 40 people think, that Indians live in India.

2. A person who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in the hope of finding a trade route to India was:
- Christopher Columbus - 51 students
- Vasco da Gama - 6
- Bartolomeu Dias - 1
- an Indian - 1

3. People in India eat:
- rice - 14
- chicken - 5
- curry - 8
- snails, shrimps, sushi, octopuses, insects, lobsters, crayfish, clams, squid, dumplings, coconuts - 1 student each

4. Famous people and characters from India: Alladin, Columbus, Magallanes, Indiana Johns, Buddha, Indians, sacred cows, Aztecs, Inca, Mayan people

5. What is Taj Mahal?
-  a temple - 5
- a building - 4
- capital city - 3
- a castle, a desert, a mountain

6.  The capital city of India is:
-  Delhi, New Delhi, Dubai

7. Animals in India:
-  elephants - 47
- monkeys - 12
- llamas - 5 
- lions - 10
- tigers - 13
- cows - 9
- antelopes - 6
- turkeys, kangaroos, scorpions, ostriches, hedgehogs, hogs, giraffes, wolves, hens, donkeys, horses, zebras, cats, does

8.  Rivers:
- Tigris - 3
- Euphrates - 1
- Amazon - 5
- Nile - 3
- Ganga  - 1 

9.  Religious system:
- Buddhism - 8
- Islam - 2
- Christianity - 3 
- Hinduism - 8 

10.  Women wear:
- burqua - 4
- sari

11. Where is India?
- Asia - 42
- Africa - 11
- America - 5
- Europe - 3 

12.  Language:
-India - 68
- Latin - 1
- Arabian - 1
- Hindu - 5
- English - 8
- Indian - 7
- American - 2
- Hindi - 1

13.  What does the "spot" on a woman's face mean?
- she is married - 5
- she is a princess - 1
- she wants to show off - 1
- somebody takes care of her - 1
- it's her blood - 2
- she is mature - 2
- she is a "weirdo" - 2
- it's a sign of her family - 1
- she is blessed - 1
- she is honest - 1
- she is an Indian - 1
- she lives in India - 1
- she is a wise person - 1
- she needs help - 1 

And that's it :) Let's hope their knowledge will expand :)