This Quiz is about our Metro. About its history, geography, culture, famous persons, natural resources, architecture, establishments, among others. Three options are given after each question, choose one and then check the answers.

¶Which Prime minister inaugurated the present General Post Office building?

oP V Narasimha Rao oH D Devegowda

oRajiv Gandhi

·In which year were the temporary telephone lines drawn to combat the spread of Plague epidemic in Bangalore?

o1881 o1898 o1901

In which part of the state was ‘The Mysore Stoneware Pipes and Potteries’ started in 1937?

oChikkabanavara oChikkajala oChikkanahalli

Which former Diwan of Mysore started the first ‘Planned Economic Development’ in 1911?

oV P Madhava Rao oSir M Viswesvaraiah oSir Mirza Ismail

ºWhich church on Brigade road is facing the North-South direction instead of the East-West?

oSt Andrew’s Church oSt Patrick’s Church oHoly Ghost Church

»Approximately how many KSRTC buses run everyday?

o3900 o4200 o4700

¼Name the Kannada monthly that was edited by Dr D V G in 1912?

oSaraswathioThe Hindu oThe Karnataka

½Approximately how many employees are present in the 41 branches of Infosys worldwide?

o15,000 o75,000 o53,000

¾In which year did the Golf club start in Bangalore?

o1911

o1892

o1876

¿Name the Pro-Kannada association which honoured K S Narasimha Swamy, ‘the love poet’, at his residence?

oBEL Lalitha Kala Sangha

oKSRTC Kannada Kriya Samithi

oNaganathapura Mico Kannada Balaga

Answers: Rajiv Gandhi; 1898; Chikkabanavara; Sir M Viswesvaraiah; St Patrick’s Church; 4700; The Karnataka; 53,000; 1876; Naganathapura Mico Kannada Balaga.