Karnataka State

Q. Who is considered as the ‘Father of Carnatic Music’?

A
Shyama Sastri
B
Purandara Dasa
C
Tyagaraja
D
Muthuswami Dikshitar

Correct Answer

Purandara Dasa

More Questions on Karnataka

  • Q. Who was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court in May 2019?
    A)Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
    B)Sam Piroj Bharucha
    C)Jagdish Singh Khehar
    D)Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
    Answer: Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
  • Q. Which Vijayanagara king extended patronage to some of the most noted Kannada poets of the medieval period, such as Chamarasa and Kumara Vyasa?
    A)Krishna Devaraya
    B)Devaraya-I
    C)Devaraya-II
    D)Harihara-I
    Answer: Devaraya-II
  • Q. Who was chosen for Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA) Lifetime achievement award-2015?
    A)A. S. Kiran Kumar
    B)Shailesh Nayak
    C)B. N. Suresh
    D)Madhavan Nair
    Answer: B. N. Suresh
  • Q. Who is the first person from Karnataka to received Padma Shri award?
    A)Humayun Mirza
    B)Devika Rani
    C)Dr. M. C. Modi
    D)Ganesh Govind Karkhanis
    Answer: Humayun Mirza
  • Q. Which is the oldest fort in Karnataka?
    A)New Mangalore Port
    B)Chitradurga Fort
    C)Honnavar
    D)None of these
    Answer: Chitradurga Fort
  • Q. The Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha was established in
    A)1885
    B)1890
    C)1881
    D)1893
    Answer: 1890
  • Q. _____ is a Folk dance of Karnataka?
    A)Lavani
    B)Bihu
    C)Nati
    D)Chhau
    Answer: Nati
  • Q. Where is Kudremukh National Park situated?
    A)Chikkamagaluru
    B)Both A and B
    C)Udupi
    D)None of these
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Which is called the City of Lakes?
    A)Ayyana
    B)Udaipur
    C)Chikmagalur
    D)Chikkamagaluru
    Answer: Udaipur
  • Q. Which of the following succeeded Vira Narasimha?
    A)Aliya Rama Raya
    B)Achyuta Deva Raya
    C)Krishna Deva Raya
    D)Sada Siva Raya
    Answer: Krishna Deva Raya
  • Q. Who built Badami fort?
    A)Pulakeshin I
    B)Jayasimha
    C)Chalukyan King Pulakeshi
    D)Veerabhadra Chalukya
    Answer: Chalukyan King Pulakeshi
  • Q. Recently names of Cities in Karnataka changed New name of Belgaum city is?
    A)Belagav
    B)Belurgam
    C)Belagavi
    D)Bellaam
    Answer: Belagavi
  • Q. Confluence of the rivers Krishna and Malaprabha, Koodalasangama lies in which of the following districts?
    A)Kodagu
    B)Bagalkot
    C)Raichur
    D)Mandya
    Answer: Bagalkot
  • Q. Which is the called as Dakshina Ganga (The Ganga river of the south)?
    A)Godavari
    B)Krishna
    C)Ghataprabha
    D)Tungabhadra
    Answer: Godavari
  • Q. Which place is called Ooty of Karnataka?
    A)Sakleshpur
    B)Ballari
    C)Bagalkot
    D)Chikballapur
    Answer: Sakleshpur
  • Q. The Bangalore University was established in the year
    A)1960
    B)1947
    C)1964
    D)1990
    Answer: 1964
  • Q. Which place was ceded to the British after the Treaty of Srirangapatnam?
    A)Malabar
    B)Mangalore
    C)Mysore
    D)Chikkamagaluru
    Answer: Malabar
  • Q. What is the Area of Bangalore?
    A)841 km2
    B)944 km2
    C)741 km2
    D)761 km2
    Answer: 741 km2
  • Q. Who wrote the first Kannada drama ‘Mitravinda Govinda’?
    A)Mahalingaranga
    B)Singararya
    C)Lakshmisha
    D)Tirumalaraya
    Answer: Singararya
  • Q. Who had wrote the Kavitavatara?
    A)D. R. Bendre
    B)Hermann Mogling
    C)Manjeshwar Govinda Pai
    D)None of These
    Answer: Manjeshwar Govinda Pai

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