Karnataka State

Q. Who is considered as the ‘Father of Carnatic Music’?

A
Shyama Sastri
B
Purandara Dasa
C
Tyagaraja
D
Muthuswami Dikshitar

Correct Answer

Purandara Dasa

More Questions on Karnataka

  • Q. Which is the oldest city in Karnataka?
    A)Banavasi
    B)Bangalore
    C)Mysore
    D)Belagavi
    Answer: Banavasi
  • Q. When was the Indian Institute of Science established?
    A)1912
    B)1909
    C)1919
    D)1904
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. The Gol Gumbaz is located in the city
    A)Raichur
    B)Gulbarga
    C)Davangere
    D)Bijapur
    Answer: Bijapur
  • Q. Mappila rebellion was related to
    A)Nationalist discontent
    B)Soldiers discontent
    C)Tribal discontent
    D)Peasant discontent
    Answer: Peasant discontent
  • Q. Kakustha Varma was the famous ruler of which of the following dynasties?
    A)Kadamba dynasty
    B)Gangas of Talakad
    C)Chalukyas of Badami
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Kadamba dynasty
  • Q. What is the Area of Bangalore?
    A)841 km2
    B)944 km2
    C)741 km2
    D)761 km2
    Answer: 741 km2
  • Q. In which year, the National Games of India was first held in Bangalore?
    A)1966
    B)1970
    C)1962
    D)1974
    Answer: 1966
  • Q. Who built Badami fort?
    A)Pulakeshin I
    B)Jayasimha
    C)Chalukyan King Pulakeshi
    D)Veerabhadra Chalukya
    Answer: Chalukyan King Pulakeshi
  • 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. The real name of Afzal Khan, the commander of Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur was _______?
    A)Sabar
    B)Abdullah Bhatari
    C)Samsuddin
    D)Muhammad Khan
    Answer: Abdullah Bhatari
  • Q. Which is the heart of Karnataka?
    A)Kodagu
    B)Davanagere
    C)Dharwad
    D)Chitradurga
    Answer: Davanagere
  • Q. What is the main occupation of Chenchus tribe?
    A)Agriculture
    B)Honey producer
    C)Forest produce collector
    D)None of these
    Answer: Forest produce collector
  • Q. Name the first village to be declared Independence in Karnataka?
    A)Chowdapur
    B)Dattapura
    C)Issuru
    D)Dhawaleshwar
    Answer: Issuru
  • Q. Which book was written by Krishnadevaraya?
    A)Madalasa Charita
    B)Rasamanjari
    C)Amuktamalyada
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who wrote the first Kannada drama ‘Mitravinda Govinda’?
    A)Mahalingaranga
    B)Singararya
    C)Lakshmisha
    D)Tirumalaraya
    Answer: Singararya
  • 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. 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 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. 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. Nanjangud is on the bank of River
    A)Cauvery
    B)Hemavathi
    C)Kapila
    D)Harangi
    Answer: Kapila

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