Karnataka State

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

Correct Answer

Visvesvaraya

More Questions on Karnataka

  • Q. Who of the following became the first Chief Minister of Karnataka after reorganization of States in 1956?
    A)B. D. Jatti
    B)Devraj Urs
    C)Veerendra Patil
    D)S. Nijalingappa
    Answer: S. Nijalingappa
  • 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. 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
  • Q. The Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha was established in
    A)1885
    B)1890
    C)1881
    D)1893
    Answer: 1890
  • Q. Karnataka State formed in which year?
    A)1956
    B)1957
    C)1959
    D)1960
    Answer: 1956
  • 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. Which of the following states does Karnataka not share its border?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Telangana
    D)Odisha
    Answer: Odisha
  • Q. Total geographical area of Karnataka?
    A)1,91,891 km2
    B)1,81,791 km2
    C)1,91,791 km2
    D)1,99,791 km2
    Answer: 1,91,791 km2
  • Q. Which of the following is the first Indian movie to be shot in African forests?
    A)Ondu Muttina Kathe
    B)Shanti
    C)Africadalli Sheela
    D)Om
    Answer: Africadalli Sheela
  • Q. Which of the following is the popular dance of Karnataka?
    A)Kolkali
    B)Chakyar Koothu
    C)Dollu Kunitha
    D)Koodiyattam
    Answer: Dollu Kunitha
  • Q. How many Sea Ports are in Karnataka?
    A)11 Ports
    B)15 Ports
    C)10 Ports
    D)13 Ports
    Answer: 13 Ports
  • Q. Which is the richest city in Karnataka?
    A)Hubballi
    B)Chikkamagaluru
    C)Bengaluru
    D)Mangalore
    Answer: Bengaluru
  • Q. Who built Hospet dam?
    A)Devaraya II
    B)Dr. Thirumalai Iyengar
    C)Sir M .V. Visvesvaraya
    D)None of these
    Answer: Dr. Thirumalai Iyengar
  • Q. Mention the work of Bhaskara II which deals extensively with epicyclic-eccentric theories for planetary motion
    A)Lilavati
    B)Panchasiddhantika
    C)Rugvinishchaya
    D)Siddhantashiromani
    Answer: Lilavati
  • Q. In which Year, Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park was established as?
    A)1977
    B)1988
    C)1998
    D)1964
    Answer: 1988
  • Q. On which of the following rivers are the Jog Falls (Gerosoppa Falls) situated?
    A)Kaveri
    B)Ghataprabha
    C)Sharavati
    D)Hemavathi
    Answer: Sharavati
  • 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. 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. Which city is located on the banks of river Tungabhadra?
    A)Bengaluru Rural
    B)Hampi
    C)Vijayanagara
    D)None of these
    Answer: Hampi
  • Q. Who had written the first Kannada-English dictionary?
    A)Hermann Mogling
    B)Ferdinand Kittel
    C)Hermann Gundert
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Ferdinand Kittel

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