More Questions on Karnataka
- Q. Marikamba festival is celebrated once in 3 years at which of the following districts of Karnataka?
A)Kalaburai
B)Shimoga
C)Udupi
D)Bidar
Answer: Shimoga
- Q. The first regional office of the National film Archives of India was started at which place?
A)Bangalore
B)Mysore
C)Hyderabad
D)Mangalore
Answer: Bangalore
- Q. Which one is the oldest known Kannada language inscription in the Kannada script?
A)Allahabad inscription
B)Talagunda inscription
C)Malavalli inscription
D)Halmidi inscription
Answer: Halmidi inscription
- Q. Which waterfall is created by Sharavati river in Karnataka?
A)Niagara Falls
B)Jog Falls
C)Angel Falls
D)Sutherland Falls
Answer: Jog Falls
- Q. What is the Area of Bangalore?
A)841 km2
B)944 km2
C)741 km2
D)761 km2
Answer: 741 km2
- Q. Whose rule has been considered as the ‘Golden Age of Music’ in Karnataka?
A)Chamarajendra Wodeyar
B)Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
C)Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
D)Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar
Answer: Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
- Q. The port Mangalore is located in which district of Karnataka?
A)Dakshina Kannada
B)Hassan
C)Udupi
D)Uttara Kannada
Answer: Dakshina Kannada
- Q. Which of the following districts is rich in iron ore deposits?
A)Vijayapura
B)Ballari
C)Kolar
D)Kodagu
Answer: Ballari
- 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. In which of the following months Banashankari Fair is celebrated every year in Karnataka?
A)April
B)March
C)October
D)January
Answer: January
- Q. In which of the following place Ashok’s minor rock edict has been discovered in Karnataka?
A)Maski, Raichur
B)Mulabagil, Kolar
C)Halmidi, Hasan
D)Hoskote, Bengaluru
Answer: Maski, Raichur
- Q. Who was the director of the movie “Naandi” released in 1964?
A)Siddalingaiah
B)N. Lakshminarayan
C)Puttanna Kanagal
D)G. V. Iyer
Answer: N. Lakshminarayan
- Q. What was the governor of the Mandalam called during the rule of the Vijayanagar empire?
A)Nayak
B)Amaram
C)Rayas
D)None of the above
Answer: Nayak
- Q. Who wrote “Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate”, the official state song of Karnataka?
A)D. R. Bendre
B)V. K. Gokak
C)Kuvempu
D)Poornachandra Tejaswi
Answer: Kuvempu
- Q. Who was defeated and killed in the Fourth Mysore war at Srirangapattanam
A)Hyder Ali
B)Nizam-ud-daula
C)Tippu Sultan
D)Syyad Brothers
Answer: Tippu Sultan
- Q. Which is the smallest dam in Karnataka?
A)Almatti Dam
B)Malaprabha dam
C)Tungabhadra dam
D)Raja Lakhamagowda dam
Answer: Malaprabha dam
- Q. When did British capture Surapura?
A)1855
B)1880
C)1858
D)1885
Answer: 1858
- Q. How many divisions are there in Karnataka?
A)Eight
B)Seven
C)Six
D)Four
Answer: Four
- Q. Which one is a west flowing river in Karnataka?
A)Kedaka River
B)Kaveri River
C)Varahi River
D)Vedavathi River
Answer: Varahi River
- Q. Who was the first soldier to be hanged for the 1857 revolt?
A)Mangal Pandey
B)Bahadur Shah Zafar
C)Tantya Tope
D)None of these
Answer: Mangal Pandey
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