Q. Who was the first to win Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada?

Correct Answer

Kuvempu

More Questions on Karnataka

  • Q. Karnataka shares its boundary with how many states?
    A)5
    B)6
    C)7
    D)8
    Answer: 6
  • Q. Which is the highest peak in Karnataka?
    A)Chamundi hills
    B)Western hills
    C)Nandi hills
    D)Mullayanagiri
    Answer: Mullayanagiri
  • Q. Who had wrote the poem book Kavitavatara?
    A)Masti Venkatesh Iyengar
    B)B. M. Srikantaiah
    C)Govinda Pai
    D)D. R. Bendre
    Answer: Govinda Pai
  • Q. In terms of princely hierarchy in colonial India, the status of Mysore was of a
    A)Nineteen-gun salute state
    B)Twenty-one-gun salute state
    C)Seventeen-gun salute state
    D)Thirty-one-gun salute state
    Answer: Twenty-one-gun salute state
  • Q. Which is the biggest airport in Karnataka?
    A)Mysore Airport
    B)Belgaum Airport
    C)Hubli Airport
    D)Kempegowda International Airport
    Answer: Kempegowda International Airport
  • Q. Who of the following is the author of the State anthem of Karnataka – Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate?
    A)Govindaray Nayak
    B)K. Sivarama Karanth
    C)Gopalakrishna Adiga
    D)Kuvempu
    Answer: Kuvempu
  • Q. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is located in which State?
    A)Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Karnataka
    D)None of these
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. The Vijayanagar kingdom constituted of how many dynasties?
    A)5 Dynasties
    B)2 Dynasties
    C)3 Dynasties
    D)4 Dynasties
    Answer: 4 Dynasties
  • Q. Which is the poor district in Karnataka?
    A)Mandya
    B)Haveri
    C)Gadag
    D)Yadgir
    Answer: Mandya
  • Q. Which one is the first Kannada movie?
    A)Bhakta Dhruva
    B)Sati Sulochana
    C)Gubbi Veeranna
    D)Pandaribai
    Answer: Sati Sulochana
  • Q. Who is the first person from Karnataka to received Padma Vibhushan award?
    A)Dr. Satish Dhawan
    B)Dr. Kuppali V. Puttappa
    C)Dr. Raja Ramanna
    D)Dr. V. Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao
    Answer: Dr. V. Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao
  • Q. Which is the second capital city of Karnataka?
    A)Ramanagara
    B)Belgaum
    C)Shivamogga
    D)Tumakuru
    Answer: Belgaum
  • Q. How many World Heritage Sites are in Karnataka?
    A)Nine
    B)Two
    C)Eight
    D)Five
    Answer: Two
  • Q. According to 2011 Tiger census, the State with highest tiger population is
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Uttarakhand
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Which district is called Kashmir of Karnataka?
    A)Karwar
    B)Belagavi
    C)Mandya
    D)Chikballapur
    Answer: Karwar
  • Q. Which of the following states does Karnataka not share its border?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Telangana
    D)Odisha
    Answer: Odisha
  • Q. In which year the Government of Karnataka decorated Kuvempu with “Rashtrakavi”?
    A)1957
    B)1958
    C)1956
    D)1959
    Answer: 1958
  • Q. Who was the first to win Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada?
    A)R. S. Mugali
    B)D. R. Bendre
    C)Kuvempu
    D)V. K. Gokak
    Answer: Kuvempu
  • Q. At which place in Karnataka did Adi Shankaracharya establish the first of four mathas?
    A)Gokarna
    B)Talakaveri
    C)Sringeri
    D)Murdeshwar
    Answer: Sringeri
  • Q. Which ruler is credited for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Ashoka
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Samparati
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

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