Karnataka General Knowledge Questions

81. For which book did Kuvempu win the Jnanpith Award in 1967?

• A) Naku Thanthi
• B) Sri Ramayana Darshanam
• C) Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
• D) Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi

82. In which year did the Government of Karnataka confer the title 'Rashtrakavi' on Kuvempu?

• A) 1956
• B) 1957
• C) 1958
• D) 1959

83. Who wrote 'Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate', the official state song of Karnataka?

• A) Kuvempu
• B) D. R. Bendre
• C) V. K. Gokak
• D) P. Lankesh

84. In which year was 'Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate' adopted as Karnataka's official state song?

• A) 2002
• B) 2004
• C) 2006
• D) 2008

85. 'Samskara' and 'Avasthe' are famous Kannada literary works written by whom?

• A) Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
• B) U. R. Ananthamurthy
• C) K. Shivaram Karanth
• D) S. L. Bhyrappa

86. Who is known as the father of Carnatic music?

• A) Kanakadasa
• B) Purandaradasa
• C) Raghavanka
• D) Sarvajna

87. Whose rule is considered the 'Golden Age of Music' in Karnataka?

• A) Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
• B) Chamarajendra Wodeyar
• C) Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
• D) Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

88. Who wrote the first Kannada drama 'Mitravinda Govinda'?

• A) Lakshmisha
• B) Mahalingaranga
• C) Singararya
• D) Tirumalaraya

89. The director of the 1964 Kannada movie 'Naandi' was whom?

• A) Puttanna Kanagal
• B) Siddalingaiah
• C) N. Lakshminarayan
• D) G. V. Iyer

90. In which year was the Kannada Sahitya Parishat established?

• A) 1902
• B) 1915
• C) 1922
• D) 1935