This quiz is about our City.  About its culture, fairs and festivals, famous persons, natural resources, localities, roads and important dates.  Choose one of the three options and cross-check with answers below.

1.Malleswaram, one of the oldest extensions of Bangalore, came into existence in 1892 on 304 acres of land. How much money was spent then for forming this extension?

*3 Lakhs *4 Lakhs o8 Lakhs

2.When did Bangalore receive tap water for the first time?

*March 1900 *June 1896   *June 1910

3.Name the foreign dignitary who said in 1955, “ India is a garden, Bangalore’s Lalbagh is its heart”?

*Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia *Nikita Kruschev of USSR *Gamal Abdul Lasser of Egypt

4.In which year did the central college organise the famous science exhibition?

*1947  *1931 *1924

5.How many hectares does Bellandur Lake, located to the south of Bangalore airport, occupy?

*72 *99 *144

6.The burial grounds of Iron Age dating back to 1000 BC are found in an area about 24 kms from the City? Which is this area?

*Doddajala *Hejjala *Chikkajala

7.In which year was the Amateur Archery Association established in Bangalore?

*1966  *1978 *1980

8.Whom did the Government in 1949 nominate as the first citizen of Bangalore?

*R Subbanna *K P Puttanna Chetty*S Sajjan Rao

9.How many shows did the popular Kannada play ‘Samsaradalli Sarigama’ complete recently?

81250  *1188 *1100

10.The oldest old age home of Bangalore was, ‘The Friends in Need Society’. In which year was this founded?

*1799 *1830 *1899



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Answers: 4 Lakhs; June 1896; Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia; 1924; 144; Chikkajala; 1978; R Subbanna; 1188; 1830.