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.Approximately how many workers, mostly women, are working in Beedi manufacturing industry in and around the city?
*25,000 *32,000 *40,000

2.Name the litterateur and physical fitness expert who founded the Vyayama shala?
*K V Iyer *G V Iyer *Somanatha Iyer

3.In which year did the communal tensions build up in Sultanpet Ganesha temple?
*1923 *1928 *1932

4.How many school children benefited by the free mid-day meal scheme of Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in 2003?
*20,000 *30,000 *42,000

5.Which of the following well-known hospitals is found on the West of Chord Road?
*Lake View *Modi eye hospital *Trinity Hospital

6.Men’s state team won national championship continuously from 1947 to 1952, in which outdoor sports?
*Basketball *Kabaddi *Football

7.In which year were the new public offices building, housing revenue and education departments inaugurated near K R Circle?
*1862-63 *1864-65 *1899-1900

8.What is the old name of Krishnaraja Pura where an agrahara  (Colony of Scholars) existed in 1814?
*Kurubarahalli *Kambathahalli *Kethamranahalli

9.Who was the diwan of Mysore when for the first time, a master plan of Bangalore was prepared?
*V P Madhava Rao *Mirza M Ismail *P N Krishna Murthy

10.How far away from Bangalore is Arkavathi River?
*35 Kms *20 Kms *50 Kms


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Answers: 40,000; K V Iyer; 1928; 30,000; Modi Eye Hospital; Basketball; 1864-65; Kamabathahalli; V P Madhava Rao; 20 kms..