States PCS: Karnataka GK for KPSC and other Karnataka State Exams

For all Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) exams including KAS, Group A & B, FDA, SDA, and other Karnataka state services.

1. Which Indian state/UT has launched ‘Weavers Sammaan Yojana’?

[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Karnataka
[C] Odisha
[D] Gujarat

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2. Which of the following took the title of Yavanarajya sthapanacharya?
[A] Krishna Deva Raya
[B] Vira Narasimha Raya
[C] Sada Siva Raya
[D] Achyuta Deva Raya

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3. Which of the following port was the centre of trade in luxury commodities during the rule of the Vijayanagar kingdom?
[A] Port of Malabar
[B] Port of Mangalore
[C] Port of Bhatkal
[D] Port of Honavar

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4. Chand Bibi was the daughter of which of the following?
[A] Hussain Nizam Shah I
[B] Burhan I
[C] Burhan II
[D] Murtuza I

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5. Mr V. Dhananjay Kumar passed away in Mangaluru, Karnataka in March 2019. Who was he?
[A] A former union minister from Karnataka
[B] A famous ISRO scientist from Karnataka
[C] A famous padmashri awardee actor from Karnataka
[D] A famous jnanpith awardee novelist from Karnataka

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6. The Horticulture Department of which state has proposed to set up a flower processing centre?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Haryana
[D] Karnataka

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7. Parts of which region of Karnataka  are also called Satavahanihara (or the satavahana region)?
[A] Northern Karnataka
[B] Southern Karnataka
[C] Eastern Karnataka
[D] Coastal Karnataka

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8. Who among the following western ganga dynasty rulers changed the capital from Kolar to Talakkad?
[A] Madhava
[B] Harivarman
[C] Vishnugopa
[D] Avinita

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9. Who established the Vijayanagar Empire?
[A] Sadasivaraya
[B] Saluva Narsimha
[C] Krishna Deva Raya
[D] Harihar I and Bukka

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10. Under the patronage of which of the following kings the mathematician Rajaditya wrote Vyavaharaganita and Lilavati on mathematics?
[A] Veera Ballala I
[B] Vishnuvardhana
[C] Narasimha III
[D] Vira Narasimha II

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