The English language has an estimated 171,000 plus words in usage, a number of these borrowed and assimilated from other languages. Can you crack these questions about Indian words that have made it into English?

1. Which Sanskrit word meaning 'descent' is used to refer to an icon or figure representing a person in a video game, internet forums, etc?

2. This word was added to English around the 17th century and referred to a certain type of buildings built for the early European settlers in Bengal. What word?

3. Possibly originating from the name of a place in Mumbai, which word, that entered English in the 17th century, refers to a type of bib-overalls held up by straps?

4. The Tamil word 'kattumaram' literally translates as 'tied wood'. Used to describe a type of boat, what word did it turn into when it entered English?

5. The Oxford English dictionary describes what relatively recent entry to the English language as an exclamation in southern India and Sri Lanka, expressing distress, regret, or grief?

6. What one word connects 'a transcendent state in which there is no suffering or desire, and no sense of self' in Buddhism with an American band that was influential in establishing grunge as a genre?

7. Which English word most commonly refers to fibers obtained from the Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis plant?

8. This title was an official post in the Supreme Court under the British Raj and referred to an officer in the Indian judiciary with the responsibility of advising British judges on questions of Hindu Law. What title?

9. This Sanskrit word means "one associated with well-being, a lucky charm". It has also served as the emblem of a political party. What?

10. In the Indian sense, it means 'a public place with facilities for athletics'. In English, it refers to 'an event comprising competitions on horseback, typically for children.' What word?
    
    
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Before the answers, here's a quick bit of trivia we thought you might find interesting - The English word Juggernaut - meaning 'a huge and overwhelming force' - comes from the name of the Indian god Jagannath, since his image is carried in procession on a heavy chariot!

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Here are the answers:

1. Avatar

2. Bungalow

3. Dungaree

4. Catamaran

5. Aiyo

6. Nirvana

7. Jute

8. Pundit

9. Swastika

10. Gymkhana