This Quiz is about our Metro. About its history, geography, culture, fairs and festivals, famous persons, natural resources, localities, roads, architecture, establishments, picnic spots, dates of births and deaths. Three options are given after each question, choose one and then check the answers.

¶Which locality in Bangalore cantonment was built out of the money donated by notable citizens in 1906 and named after the penultimate president of Civil and Military station?
oTasker Town   oRichmond Town oFraser Town

·How many acres of land does Tataguni estate occupy (owned by late Svetoslav Roerich and Devika Rani) on the outskirts of the city?
o100 acres o457 acres o311 acres

¸In which year did Ms L R Latter introduce the kindergarten classes in Bangalore?
o1900 o1906 o1911

¹The first issue of which popular Kannada Daily reached the readers on October 15th 1948?
oPrajavani oJanavani oVishwa Karnataka

ºIn which year did the Reva Electric Car Company come into being in Bommasandra Industrial estate?
o1991 o1995 o1999

»Chitra Kala Parishat was the dream child of which of the following artists?
oMTV Acharya oM S Nanjundarao
oM Venkatakrishniah

¼‘People for Animals’ is an organisation, which offers help to animals in distress. Where is this located?
oHebbal oAdugodi oKengeri

½Which number had to be called earlier, to book trunk call?
o108 o081 o180

¾What was Binny Mills called when it was started in 1875?
oWoolen Factory oGarment Centre oLee and Company

¿Name the Kannada Monthly that was edited by Dr D V Gundappa in 1912?
oSaraswati oThe Hindu oThe Karnataka


Answers: Fraser Town; 457 Acres; 1906; Prajavani; 1995; M S Nanjundarao; Kengeri; 108; Woolen Factory; The Karnataka.