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 was the first English daily to be published from Bangalore after Independence?

oDeccan Herald oDeccan Chronicle oStar of the Deccan

You can listen to FM Rainbow programme on what frequency?

o102.9 o101.3 o98.6

Which of the following institutions is located in Whitefield?

oMobility India oRamana Maharshi Academy for Blind oDivine Light Trust for Blind

In which year did Arya Samaj start its activities in Bangalore?

o1894 o1900 o1911

In which temple in Shivajinagar is the annual fire walking festival held during April-May?

oKumaraswamy oKarumariyamma oDharmaraya

The statue of which Maharaja was erected in Lalbagh under the supervision of G H Krumbigal in 1908?

oKrishnarajendra Wodeyar oRaja Wodeyar oChamaraja Wodeyar

Coin Box public telephone came to Bangalore in which year?

o1947 o1949 o1950

Mahadevi Tayi (101) who passed away recently was a freedom fighter and chief trustee of Vallabha Niketan. She was the elder sister of which former chief minister?

Kadidal Manjappa oRamakrishna Hegde oR Gundu Rao

In which year did the Lions’ club start in Bangalore?

o1970-71 o1975-76 o1979-80

Name the film studio that was opened in 1966 on Bangalore-Tumkur Road?

oAbhimaan oKanteerava oChamundeshwari

Sampatur Viswanath



Answers: Deccan Herald; 101.3; Divine Light Trust for Blind; 1894; Dharmaraya; Chamaraja Wodeyar; 1949; Ramakrishna Hegde; 1975-76; Kanteerava.