Thanks @harirajmohan . But people do visit India while 485 is pending, so that should be fine, correct? My H1B visa is valid for 2.5 more years, so do you think as long as I use that for re-entry, I should be good?485 has no bearing on citizenship application but your lawyer might ask you to be inside US till 485 approval for those 2 years. So plan accordingly and based on what your lawyer says.
You can attend test outside but for oath you need to come to canada. Nowadays citizenship application takes less time unlike us(who filed in late 2019 or early 2020) taking lot of time. So if you already applied and waiting for AOR then your process might get over in 8 months from AOR. So first get your lawyer's input on whether you can travel and when you can travel.
All communication with the lawyer has to go through HR in my company, so trying to get some idea before I ask them.