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At Kadri Manjunatha temple, there is a huge bronze statue of ____________  which is about a thousand years old.

  1. Avalokiteshvara

  2. Gommata

  3. Koti Chennayya

  4. All


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kadri Manjunatha temple is located in the present city of Mangaluru in Karnataka. At Kadri Manjunatha temple, there is a huge bronze statue of Avalokiteshvara which is about a thousand years old.

Venkatappa Nayaka became the ruler of Surapura at the age of __________.

  1. 5

  2. 8

  3. 10

  4. 24


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Surapura in Yadgiri district was a settlement of the brave Bedanayakas. After the death of Krishnappa Nayaka, the ruler of Surapura, Venkatappa Nayaka, a boy of eight years, became his successor. He fought against the British and participated in the Revolt of 1857. The British eventually captured him and killed him.

Who among the following was called as the Gandhi of Karnataka ?

  1. Hardikar Manjappa

  2. Swami Dayanand Tirtha

  3. Ramachandra Rao

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Struggle for liberation in Hyderabad-Karnataka is a shining example of a glorious revolt of the people against an oppressive and anti-people ruler. It is also a saga of remarkable sacrifice and courage. One of the popular leaders of the freedom struggle in Hyderabad was Swami Ramananda Tirtha. He travelled all over Hyderabad state organising peaceful satyagraha. Another famous leader was Hardikar Manjappa. He was popularly known as Gandhi of Karnataka. He undertook such constructive programmes as khadi, prohibition and removal of untouchability and popularised them

In the Hyderabad -  Karnataka region, after 1800 there were more than ________ revolts.

  1. 20

  2. 25

  3. 30

  4. 35


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 After the decline of Vijayanagar the Bedanayaka paleyagars became dominant in Hyderabad-Karnataka. They were brave warriors. After 1800 they revolted against the British several times.
Causes :-  

1) Exploitation by the local Zamindars. 
2) Oppression by the British, and the passing of the Arms Act and the Forest Act. Provoked by the oppressions, the local rulers, the paleyagars and common people revolted. After 1800 there were more than twenty-five revolts. In most of these, the Bedanayakas played a major role. The aim of the revolts was to drive out the British.

Surapura in ___________ district was a settlement of the brave Bedanayakas.

  1. Yadgiri

  2. Udipi

  3. Dakshina Kannada

  4. Belgavi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Surapura in Yadgiri district was a settlement of the brave Bedanayakas. After the death of Krishnappa Nayaka, the ruler of Surapura, Venkatappa Nayaka, a boy of eight years, became his successor.

Who led the Vande Mataram revolt in Hyderabad- Karnataka ?

  1. Hardikar Manjappa

  2. Swami Ramananda Tirtha

  3. Ramachandra Rao

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Struggle for liberation in Hyderabad-Karnataka is a shining example of a glorious revolt of the people against an oppressive and anti-people ruler. It is also a saga of remarkable sacrifice and courage. One of the popular leaders of the freedom struggle in Hyderabad was Swami Ramananda Tirtha. He travelled all over Hyderabad state organising peaceful satyagraha. Another famous leader was Hardikar Manjappa. He was popularly known as Gandhi of Karnataka. He undertook such constructive programmes as khadi, prohibition and removal of untouchability and popularised them.The Government of Hyderabad had banned the singing of Vande Mataram. It was Ramachandra Rao, a brave leader,who led the struggle against the ban. He was popularly called Vande Mataram Ramachandra Rao. Soon the Vande Mataram movement began to spread rapidly. Thousands of those who sang Vande Mataram were imprisoned.

Operation polo was fought in 1950.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

In which year was the National Socialist Party formed?

  1. 1921

  2. 1919

  3. 1923

  4. 1920


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The National Socialist Party or the Nazis was formed in the year 1921. By 1923, Adolf Hitler was their leader.
  • The ideas of Nazism are documented in Hitler's book Mein Kampf.

Which African American won 4 Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was termed the fastest man on the planet?

  1. Bessie Coleman

  2. Paul Robeson

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Herbert Clark Hoover


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Jesse Owens won 5 Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, undermining Hitler's claim that whites were the superior race.
  • Owens worked for under privileged children and was eventually awarded the USA Medal of freedom in 1976.

Who was the propaganda minister of Hitler?

  1. Hjalmar Schacht

  2. Hindenburg

  3. Goebbels

  4. Helmuth

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

German Nazi Party member Joseph Goebbels became Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in 1933, which gave him power over all German radio, press, cinema and theater.
In 1925 Goebbels met the party leader Adolf Hitler. In 1926 he was made Gauleiter, or party leader, for the region of Berlin and in 1927 he founded and became editor of the official National Socialist periodical der Angriff. He was elected to the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1928. By  exploiting mob emotions and by employing all modern methods of propaganda Goebbels helped Hitler to gain power.
His work as a propagandist materially aided Hitler's rise to power in 1933. When Hitler seized power in 1933, Goebbels was appointed Reichsminister for propaganda and national enlightenment. From then until death, Goebbels used all media of education and communication to further Nazi propagandistic aims, instilling in the Germans the concept of their leader as a veritable god and of their destiny as the rulers of the world. In 1938 he became a member of the Hitler Cabinet Council.