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.

¶K Venkatappa the famous artist was proficient in playing which musical instrument, seen in the ground floor of the museum named after him?
oVeena   oViolin oSitar

·On which road is the National Tuberculosis Institute located?
oDr Rajkumar Road oT Chowdiah Road oC M H Road

¸How many species of reptiles are observed in Bangalore?
o40 o60 o80

¹In which year did the Karnataka Chapter of the Indian Medical Association start in Bangalore?
o1938 o1928 o1948

ºHow many bank branches were there in Bangalore as per March 2002 estimate?
o652 o831 o901

»When the royal family of Mysore took over the administration of Bangalore from the Commissioner in March 1881, what did they call the Cantonment area?
oBritish Cantonment
oBangalore Cantonment
oMysore state Cantonment

¼In which position is Bangalore, among world’s fastest developing cities?
o100 o153 o175

½Which park has 143 varieties of plants and 1200 types of trees?
oNarahari Gudda oJ P Park oAvalahalli BDA Park

¾With which sport is N S Manju, the 2004 recipient of Ekalavya award, associated?
oVolleyball oBadminton oFootball

¿On December 23 of which year was the Hindustan Aircraft Company (now H A L) was registered?
o1938 o1940 o1944



Answers: Veena; T Chowdiah Road; 40; 1928; 831; British Cantonment; 153; Narahari Gudda; Football; 1940.