Q 01/05

Which meaning of Bengaluru's name comes from a tale of a 12th-century king, lost while hunting, fed by a poor old woman?

A) Fort of the four towers

B) Garden of the Deccan

C) Town of boiled beans

D) City of a thousand lakes

Answer · why

C) Town of boiled beans

Town of boiled beans is the literal sense of 'Benda-Kaal-uru', the name the grateful king Veera Ballala II gave the spot, and it wore down over the ce...

Q 02/05

Which Garuda shrine in the Vittala temple courtyard of the Vijayanagara capital appears on India's ₹50 banknote?

A) Stone Chariot

B) Lotus Mahal

C) Elephant Stables

D) Queen's Bath

Answer · why

A) Stone Chariot

The Stone Chariot is the most-pictured emblem of the ruined capital, and since 2017 the fluorescent-blue ₹50 note has carried it on the reverse as a s...

Q 03/05

Which son of Hyder Ali, nicknamed the Tiger of Mysore, was killed defending Srirangapatna against the British in 1799?

A) Chikka Devaraja

B) Tipu Sultan

C) Siraj ud-Daulah

D) Nizam Ali Khan

Answer · why

B) Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan adopted the tiger as the emblem of his rule, and his death on 4 May 1799 ended the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

Q 04/05

Which crop, started in India from seven seeds a Sufi saint smuggled from Yemen, is 71 percent grown in Karnataka?

A) Tea

B) Cardamom

C) Rubber

D) Coffee

Answer · why

D) Coffee

Coffee reached India in the 17th century when Baba Budan hid the seeds in his beard on his way home from Mecca, and Karnataka now grows 71 percent of ...

Q 05/05

Which Vijayapura tomb of Mohammad Adil Shah has a whispering gallery where the faintest sound carries across its dome?

A) Ibrahim Rauza

B) Bara Kaman

C) Gol Gumbaz

D) Charminar

Answer · why

C) Gol Gumbaz

Gol Gumbaz held the largest unsupported dome in India, and work halted at the ruler's death in 1656, leaving several decorative elements unfinished.