More Questions on Karnataka
- Q. Which is the highest peak in Karnataka?
A)Chamundi hills
B)Western hills
C)Nandi hills
D)Mullayanagiri
Answer: Mullayanagiri
- Q. Which districts of Karnataka have the largest deposits of Iron Ore?
A)Belagavi
B)Bengaluru Urban
C)Ballari
D)Mandya
Answer: Ballari
- Q. When did Karnataka acquire its present name?
A)15th June 1971
B)21st August 1991
C)1st January 1951
D)1st November 1973
Answer: 1st November 1973
- Q. How was Karnataka formerly known?
A)Bimaru
B)Amindivi
C)Mysore
D)None of These
Answer: Mysore
- Q. The “Bramhagiri” edict in Chitradurga belongs to which Emperor?
A)Ashoka
B)Amoghavarsha
C)Kadamba
D)Pulikeshi
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Who was the Governor-General during the Third Anglo-Mysore War?
A)Harry Verelst
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Warren Hastingswas
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. The first hydro-electric power generating station in Karnataka
A)Gerusoppa
B)Shivanasamudra
C)Kodasalli
D)Linganamakki
Answer: Shivanasamudra
- Q. Which sea is to the west of Karnataka?
A)Adriatic
B)Arabian
C)Ionian
D)Beaufort
Answer: Arabian
- Q. Who is also known as the “Grand old man of Mysore”?
A)R. R. Diwakar
B)M. Venkatakrishnaiah
C)D. V. Gundappa
D)Siddavanahalli Krishna Sharma
Answer: M. Venkatakrishnaiah
- Q. How many divisions are there in Karnataka?
A)Eight
B)Seven
C)Six
D)Four
Answer: Four
- Q. How many lakes are there in Bengaluru?
A)179
B)190
C)180
D)189
Answer: 189
- Q. In the Vijayanagar Empire administrative system, to what do the terms amara, bhandaravada and manya refer?
A)Types of taxes
B)Modes of transport
C)Types of land grants
D)Customs duties
Answer: Types of land grants
- Q. Nanjangud is on the bank of River
A)Cauvery
B)Hemavathi
C)Kapila
D)Harangi
Answer: Kapila
- Q. What is the old name of Hampi?
A)Pampa-kshetra
B)Bidar
C)Chamarajanagar
D)Belagavi
Answer: Pampa-kshetra
- Q. Who started Mysuru Vrittanta Bodhini in Mysore?
A)M. V. Gopalaswamy
B)Bhashyam Bhashyacharya
C)K. N. Guruswamy
D)None of these
Answer: Bhashyam Bhashyacharya
- Q. When did Kempe Gowda built Bangalore?
A)1547
B)1567
C)1537
D)1637
Answer: 1537
- Q. When was metro train started in Karnataka?
A)2011
B)2015
C)2000
D)2021
Answer: 2011
- Q. Which Karnataka City is pilgrimage destination in Jainism?
A)Shravanabelagola
B)Shorapur
C)Belur
D)Tumkur
Answer: Shravanabelagola
- Q. The Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha was established in
A)1885
B)1890
C)1881
D)1893
Answer: 1890
- Q. Who was the first Lokayukta of Karnataka?
A)P. Vishwanatha Shetty
B)Narayanappa Ananda
C)A. D. Koshal
D)None of these
Answer: A. D. Koshal
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