Kannada Language Quiz Questions

1)  What is the earlier name of Kannada language ?
A) Canarese
B) Pre Tulu
C) Konkani
D) Pro Kannad
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2)  What is the 'ISO 639-1' language code for Kannada ?
A) ka
B) kn
C) kar
D) kan
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3)  Kannada script is evolved from which script ?
A) Kadamba script
B) Brahmi script
C) Devanagari
D) Odia
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4)  How many Jnanapith awards given to Kannada literature ?
A) 7
B) 2
C) 8
D) 9
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5)  How many vowels are there in Kannada language ?
A) 12
B) 11
C) 13
D) 14
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6)  Kadamba script belongs to which century ?
A) 4th century
B) 2nd century
C) 8th century
D) 5th century
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7)  Kannada belongs to which language family ?
A) Sino-Tibetan
B) Indo-European
C) Dravidian
D) Proto-Germanic
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8)  In which century the Ganga dynasty existed which was a golden period for Old Kannada literatures ?
A) 6th century
B) 7th century
C) 3rd century
D) 9th century
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9)  How many consonants are there in Kannada language ?
A) 34
B) 23
C) 33
D) 24
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10)  What is the earliest existing literary work in Kannada ?
A) Kusuma Shatpadi
B) Bedagu
C) Kavirajamarga
D) Bhoga Shatpadi
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11)  Where is the oldest well preserved palm leaf manuscript in Old Kannada (dated back to 9th century) maintained today ?
A) Hassan
B) Bengaluru
C) Mudbidri
D) Mysore
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12)  Which poet composed the oldest available Kannada dictionary ?
A) Ranna
B) Kuvempu
C) Ponna
D) Harihara
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13)  When did 'Rashtrakuta Dynasty' existed during which the old Kannada flourished ?
A) 5th century
B) 6th century
C) 8th century
D) 9th century
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14)  Which king wrote 'Kavirajamarga' in 850AD ?
A) Govinda III
B) Krishna II
C) Amoghavarsha Nrupathunga I
D) Amoghavarsha III
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15)  The earliest Kannada inscriptions known today were belong to which century ?
A) 8th century AD
B) 9th century AD
C) 4th century AD
D) 5th century AD
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