More Questions on Karnataka
- Q. Which is the largest district in Karnataka?
A)Chamarajanagar
B)Kodagu
C)Belagavi
D)None of these
Answer: Belagavi
- Q. Where is the Talakaveri wildlife sanctuary situated?
A)Chamarajanagar
B)Belagavi
C)Kodagu
D)Bengaluru
Answer: Kodagu
- Q. Chinnaswamy Stadium is located in which State?
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala
C)Tamil Nadu
D)None of these
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. How many World Heritage Sites are in Karnataka?
A)Nine
B)Two
C)Eight
D)Five
Answer: Two
- 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. Samskara’ and ‘Avasthe’ are famous Kannada literary works written by
A)U. R. Ananthamurthy
B)Shivarama Karantha
C)Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
D)S. L. Byrappa
Answer: U. R. Ananthamurthy
- Q. When did Christianity reach Karnataka?
A)16th century
B)18th century
C)14th century
D)None of these
Answer: 16th century
- Q. The Bangalore University was established in the year
A)1960
B)1947
C)1964
D)1990
Answer: 1964
- Q. The fourth Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S) is set up by ISRO at ______
A)Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
B)National Institute of Technology Surathkal
C)Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
D)Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
Answer: National Institute of Technology Surathkal
- Q. When did Kempe Gowda built Bangalore?
A)1547
B)1567
C)1537
D)1637
Answer: 1537
- Q. Who had written the first Kannada-English dictionary?
A)Hermann Mogling
B)Ferdinand Kittel
C)Hermann Gundert
D)None of the above
Answer: Ferdinand Kittel
- Q. Who titled himself as the “lord of both the worlds” among his people?
A)Veerappa
B)Dhondiya Wagh
C)Sangolli Rayanna
D)Venkatadri Nayak
Answer: Dhondiya Wagh
- Q. Who was the powerful ruler in Mysore?
A)Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
B)Hyder Ali
C)Tipu Sultan
D)Krishnaraja Wadiyar I
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. Nebburu Narayana Hegde passed away in May 2019 in Mangaluru, Karnataka. What was he famous for?
A)Togalu Bombeaata puppet-show performer
B)Krishna Parijatha folk theatre actor
C)Yakshagana bhagwatha singer
D)Bhoota Aradhane ritualistic dancer
Answer: Yakshagana bhagwatha singer
- Q. In which year the first Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was held?
A)1917
B)1920
C)1915
D)1922
Answer: 1915
- Q. Who was the first woman speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly?
A)Margaret Alva
B)K. S. Nagarathnamma
C)Motamma
D)None of these
Answer: K. S. Nagarathnamma
- Q. Sharath Gayakwad is associated with which of the following sports?
A)Table tennis
B)Chess
C)Swimming
D)Table tennis
Answer: Swimming
- Q. Who is the founder of Bangalore city?
A)Hiriya Kempe Gowda
B)Kempe Gowda I
C)Krishna I
D)Devaraya II
Answer: Kempe Gowda I
- Q. Who is the first Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court after state formation?
A)H. Hombe Gowda
B)R.Venkataramaiah
C)S. R. Das Gupta
D)A. Narayana Pai
Answer: R.Venkataramaiah
- Q. Ramdevarabetta Sanctuary has been notified in order to conserve –
A)Sloth Bears
B)Tigers
C)Vultures
D)Elephants
Answer: Vultures
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