More Questions on Karnataka
- Q. Devarayanadurga is located in which district of Karnataka?
A)Tumakuru
B)Koppal
C)Udupi
D)Yadgir
Answer: Tumakuru
- Q. Which city is known as Sugar city in Karnataka?
A)Dharwad
B)Mandya
C)Dakshina Kannada
D)Chamarajanagar
Answer: Mandya
- Q. In which year was Mysore renamed Karnataka?
A)1973
B)1971
C)1972
D)1975
Answer: 1973
- Q. Who is father of Karnataka?
A)Harihara I
B)Bukka Raya
C)Gangadharrao Balkrishna Deshpande
D)Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
- Q. When was Indian Institute of Science established in Bengaluru?
A)27th May 1907
B)27th May 1909
C)25th May 1905
D)27th May 1910
Answer: 27th May 1909
- Q. Srinivasa was the pen name of which famous author?
A)Kuvempu
B)U. R. Ananthamurthy
C)M. V. Iyengar
D)K. Shivaram Karanth
Answer: M. V. Iyengar
- 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. When was Kannada Sahitya Parishat established?
A)12th June 1920
B)7th September 1918
C)3rd May 1915
D)17th February 1916
Answer: 3rd May 1915
- Q. Channapatna a place in Ramnagara district of Karnataka is famous for –
A)Sandalwood
B)Toys
C)Silk
D)Agarbatti
Answer: Toys
- Q. The Bangalore university was established in the year?
A)1958
B)1958
C)1960
D)1964
Answer: 1964
- Q. Where is the Thippagondanahalli Reservoir located?
A)Kumudavathi River
B)Krishna
C)Arkavathy River
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. First person from Karnataka to received Bharat Ratna Award?
A)Shakuntala Devi
B)C. N. R. Rao
C)Visvesvaraya
D)Bhimsen Joshi
Answer: Visvesvaraya
- Q. In which year “Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate” was adopted as the official state song of Karnataka?
A)2004
B)2006
C)2002
D)2008
Answer: 2004
- Q. Who of the following is a National Film Award winning director as well as Jnanpith Award winning writer?
A)Girish Karnad
B)B. V. Karanth
C)S. L. Bhyrappa
D)Aravind Adiga
Answer: Girish Karnad
- Q. Who was the first person to received Bharat Ratna award from Karnataka
A)C. N. R. Rao
B)Bhimsen Joshi
C)Girish Karnad
D)Visvesvaraya
Answer: Visvesvaraya
- Q. In which city is the Central Institute of Indian Languages located?
A)Bengaluru
B)Dharwad
C)Mysuru
D)Udupi
Answer: Mysuru
- Q. Who popularized Ragale, a metre native to Kannada language?
A)Harihara
B)Sarvajna
C)Basavanna
D)None ot these
Answer: Harihara
- Q. Which district in Karnataka has no national highway?
A)Hassan
B)Gadag
C)Raichur
D)Karwar
Answer: Raichur
- Q. Which of the following kings assumed the title of “Talakadugonda”?
A)Vishnuvardhana
B)Veera Ballala II
C)Vira Someshwara
D)Kulothunga Chola III
Answer: Vishnuvardhana
- Q. How many National Highways are there in Karnataka?
A)10 National Highways
B)20 National Highways
C)14 National Highways
D)15 National Highways
Answer: 14 National Highways
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