Q. Who is also known as the “Grand old man of Mysore”?

Correct Answer

M. Venkatakrishnaiah

More Questions on Karnataka

  • Q. What is the nickname of Kodagu?
    A)Mangaluru
    B)Mysuru
    C)Scotland of India
    D)Bengaluru
    Answer: Scotland of India
  • Q. How many seats have been allocated for Karnataka in Rajya Sabha?
    A)12
    B)18
    C)10
    D)20
    Answer: 12
  • Q. Who was the Governor-General during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Warren Hastingswas
    C)Lord Wellesley
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. Which is the main river of Karnataka?
    A)Kaveri
    B)Godavari
    C)Krishna
    D)None of these
    Answer: Kaveri
  • Q. Recently names of Cities in Karnataka changed New name of Belgaum city is?
    A)Belagav
    B)Belurgam
    C)Belagavi
    D)Bellaam
    Answer: Belagavi
  • Q. What is the upper house of the state legislature?
    A)Vidhan Sabha
    B)Vidhan Parishad
    C)Rajya Sabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: Vidhan Parishad
  • Q. Chennakesava temple at Belur is a _____________ temple.
    A)Ekakuta
    B)Dwikuta
    C)Trikuta
    D)Chatushkuta
    Answer: Ekakuta
  • Q. Which town is known as the Silk Town of Karnataka?
    A)Channapattana
    B)Belgaum
    C)Ramanagara
    D)None of these
    Answer: Ramanagara
  • Q. What is the name of Tipu Sultan’s Tomb?
    A)Dariya Daulat Bagh
    B)Gol Gumbaz
    C)Gumbaz
    D)None of these
    Answer: Gumbaz
  • Q. Vittalaswamy and Hazara Ramaswamy temples were built in rule of which Vijayanagara empire?
    A)Krishna Deva Raya
    B)Devaraya-I
    C)Devaraya-II
    D)Harihara -II
    Answer: Krishna Deva Raya
  • Q. Who was the 1st Chief Minister of Karnataka?
    A)K. Hanumanthaiah
    B)Kadidal Manjappa
    C)K. Chengalaraya Reddy
    D)R. Gundu Rao
    Answer: K. Chengalaraya Reddy
  • Q. Which is the fastest growing city in Karnataka?
    A)Ramanagara
    B)Mangalore
    C)Mandya
    D)Yadgir
    Answer: Mangalore
  • Q. Where is Tungabhadra dam is situated?
    A)Bagalkot
    B)Ballari
    C)Hosapete (Vijayanagara)
    D)Hampi
    Answer: Hosapete (Vijayanagara)
  • Q. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka?
    A)S. R. Bommai
    B)D. Devaraj Urs
    C)R. Gundu Rao
    D)Ramakrishna Hegde
    Answer: D. Devaraj Urs
  • Q. Who wrote the first Kannada drama ‘Mitravinda Govinda’?
    A)Mahalingaranga
    B)Singararya
    C)Lakshmisha
    D)Tirumalaraya
    Answer: Singararya
  • Q. In which year, the first Urban Co-operative Credit Society of Karnataka was organised?
    A)1906
    B)1905
    C)1911
    D)1907
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. Which Festival celebrations are famous in Mysore?
    A)Dasara
    B)Holi
    C)Diwali
    D)Shivratri
    Answer: Dasara
  • 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. Southern maidan in Karnataka is in the rain shadow region of which of the following?
    A)Eastern Ghats
    B)Coastal plain
    C)Western Ghats
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Western Ghats
  • Q. When did British capture Surapura?
    A)1855
    B)1880
    C)1858
    D)1885
    Answer: 1858

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