Question: Cyberabad contains a national park, what is it?
Answer: Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park

Question: After a flood in what year did Hyderabad expand?
Answer: 1908

Question: Which river flooded in 1908, preceding the expansion of Hyderabad?
Answer: Musi River

Question: The Mir Osman Ali Khan had a title, what was it?
Answer: the VIIth Nizam

Question: What did India declare Hyderabad om 2012?
Answer: Best heritage city of India

Question: What type of heritage architecture is mainly displayed in Hyderabad?
Answer: Indo-Islamic architecture

Question: What influence did Qutb Shahi architecture borrow from?
Answer: classical Persian architecture

Question: What is the oldest piece of Qutb Shahi architecture in Hyderabad?
Answer: the ruins of Golconda fort

Question: What iconic historic structure is in the center of old Hyderabad?
Answer: the Charminar

Question: The government of India proposed that The Charminar become a UNESCO World Heritage site, what other two monuments were suggested for the same status?
Answer: Qutb Shahi tombs and Golconda fort

Question: How high are the minarets on the Charminar?
Answer: 56 m (184 ft)

Question: The Chowmahalla Palace represents what type of architecture?
Answer: Nizam architecture

Question: The royal court of Chowmahalla palace is an example what style of architecture?
Answer: Neoclassical

Question: What century was Bella Vista Palace built?
Answer: 19th century

Question: Which family constructed the Basheer Bagh Palace?
Answer: Paigah family

Question: Which palace in Hyderabad did the work of Andrea Palladio influence?
Answer: Falaknuma Palace

Question: Where was Hyderabad ranked in 2012 as a producer of GDP in Talangana?
Answer: the largest

Question: Where was Hyderabad ranked in India in 2012 in terms of deposits?
Answer: sixth largest

Question: What was the GDP of Hyderabad in US dollars in 2011-2012?
Answer: $74 billion

Question: How many people were employed by the Andhra Pradesh government in 2006?
Answer: 113,098

Question: What percentage of females in Hyderabad were employed in 2005?
Answer: 19%

Question: In the 18th century there was one global trading hub for large diamonds, what was it?
Answer: Hyderabad

Question: When did railway expansion in Hyderabad occur?
Answer: the late 19th century

Question: What did the Hyderabad Stock Exchange come to be known as?
Answer: Hyderabad Securities

Question: During what era was The Defence Research and Development Organisation founded?
Answer: From the 1950s to the 1970s

Question: At the end of 2014 what entity would handle the the transaction services for BSE-Mumbai?
Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

Question: In what year was Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited established?
Answer: 1961

Question: In 2010 what percentage of India's bulk pharmaceuticals were produced in Hyderabad?
Answer: one third

Question: What percentage of Andhra Pradesh's IT infrastructure exports originated from Cyberabad in 2013?
Answer: 98%

Question: How many ITES and IT companies are located in HITEC city?
Answer: more than 1300

Question: What rank within India was HITEC City given by the World Bank Group in 2009?
Answer: second best

Question: What percentage of Hyderabad's employed are employed informally?
Answer: 30%

Question: In 2007 how many street vendors did Hyderabad have?
Answer: 40–50,000

Question: What percentage of the street vendors in Hyderabad were male in 2007?
Answer: 84%

Question: Of the street vendors in Hyderabad what percentage owned their own stall in 2007?
Answer: four fifths

Question: In 2007 what percentage of street vendors in Hyderabad borrowed money to finance their operations?
Answer: 8%

Question: What event pushed Hyderabad to the top of India's cultural centres?
Answer: the decline of the Mughal Empire

Question: What major event in India in 1857 caused migration of peformance artists into Hyderabad?
Answer: the fall of Delhi

Question: What are the official languages of Telangana?
Answer: Telugu and Urdu

Question: Which religious group holds the Eid ul-Fitr festival in Hyderabad?
Answer: Muslims

Question: The festival of Diwali is a tradition of what faith?
Answer: Hindu

Question: What are mushairas?
Answer: poetic symposia

Question: Which dynasty supported the Deccani Urdu literature movement?
Answer: The Qutb Shahi dynasty

Question: When was Lazzat Un Nisa completed?
Answer: the 15th century

Question: At what location did Lazzat Un Nisa get compiled?
Answer: Qutb Shahi courts

Question: Who wrote Gulzar-e-Mahlaqa?
Answer: Mah Laqa Bai

Question: In what year did the Hyderabad Literary Festival start?
Answer: 2010

Question: What is the name of the largest public library in Hyderabad?
Answer: State Central Library

Question: What is one of the activities Telugu Academy is credited with encouraging?
Answer: the advancement of literature

Question: In what year was the biggest public library in Hyderabad created?
Answer: 1891

Question: What is the Deccan region known for culturally?
Answer: music and dances such as the Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam

Question: What is a tawaif?
Answer: courtesans

Question: What kind of music is dholak ke geet?
Answer: songs based on local Folklore

Question: What entity is responsible for the Taramati Music Festival?
Answer: The state government

Question: During the rule of what two groups did dance and music from North India become popular?
Answer: the Mughals and Nizams

Question: What type of art might one encounter at Lalithakala Thoranam?
Answer: theatre and drama

Question: What is Numaish?
Answer: annual exhibition of local and national consumer products

Question: What is a popular name for the Telugu film industry?
Answer: Tollywood

Question: Where was the Telugu film industry ranked in 2012 in India in comparison to Bollywood?
Answer: second largest

Question: What did Guinness World Records say of Ramoji Film City was in 20015?
Answer: world's largest film studio

Question: Golconda is a type of what kind of painting?
Answer: Deccani painting

Question: In what century did Golconda painting develop?
Answer: 16th century

Question: What type of colors would one generally find in Golconda painting?
Answer: luminous gold and white

Question: In what century did Hyderabad style painting develop?
Answer: 17th century

Question: What types of scenes does Hyderabad style painting generally contain?
Answer: regional landscape, culture, costumes and jewellery

Question: In which century did metalwork become popular in Hyderabad?
Answer: the 18th century

Question: Under which act is the Geographical Indication tag granted?
Answer: the WTO act

Question: What is Zardozi an example of?
Answer: embroidery works on textile

Question: What is Kalamkari?
Answer: a hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile

Question: In what style is Kalamkari made?
Answer: a Hindu style, known as Srikalahasti

Question: What type of foods are generally thought of as a part of Hyderabadi cuisine?
Answer: rice, wheat and meat dishes

Question: What is a large influence on Hyderabadi food?
Answer: Mughlai

Question: What is kaddu ki kheer?
Answer: a sweet porridge made with sweet gourd

Question: What types of cuisine are noted within Hyderabadi haleem?
Answer: Mughlai and Arab

Question: When was The Deccan Times founded?
Answer: the 1780s

Question: What is The Deccan Chronicle?
Answer: major English papers

Question: What type of paper is The Siasat Daily?
Answer: major Urdu papers

Question: What year was the first radio station in Hyderabad formed?
Answer: around 1919

Question: On what date did the first public radio station in Hyderabad begin broadcasting?
Answer: starting on 3 February 1935

Question: When did Doordarshan begin broadcasting in Hyderabad?
Answer: 1974

Question: What satellite network began broadcasting to Hyderabad in July 1992?
Answer: Star TV

Question: In what year did the general public first get access to the internet in Hyderabad?
Answer: 1995