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 check the answers.

Where is the world’s tallest ‘Nagalingaganapa’, sculpted out of a single rock weighing 302 tonnes, coming up?

oSatanur o Nagavara oVarthur

In which year did Wipro, the first IT company to be based in Bangalore, start?

o1981 o1883 o1987

Who is the director of ‘Centre for Film and Drama’ that was set up in order to promote meaningful and aesthetic sense in theatre and film?

oMahesh Dattani oPrakash Belavadi oVijay Padaki

In which year was The Modern Hindu Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Bangalore, located near Anandarao Circle, inaugurated?

o1911 o1916 o1919

Name the Bangalore athlete who defeated the Sprint Queen P T Usha in the 400-metre race in 1996?

oG Vasanthi oRosa Kutty oM K Asha

What is the present name of Blackpalli which, in 1814, was a colony of scholars (Agrahara)?

oChamarajpet oUlsoor oShivajinagar

What was the cost involved in carving out Jayanagar extension in 1948?

oOne crore o1.25 crore oTwo crore

During Tipu Sultan's time, fine cotton cloth was produced near a small town on the outskirts of Greater

Bangalore. Name this place.
oKanakapura oSarjapura oKunigal

The stamps of which two denominations was released recently by the Postal Department?

oRs Five and 20 oRs 10 and 15
oRs Five and 15

Who photographed the first 70 mm Kannada film ‘Sharavegada Saradara’?

B C Gowri Shankar oR C Mapakshi oSundernath Suvarna