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Karnataka – Basic Facts, History, Quiz

by Famida
February 16, 2022
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Karnataka - Basic Facts, History, Quiz
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Table of Contents

  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: History 
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Geography
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Climate
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Nickname of Cities
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: National Parks
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Wildlife Sanctuaries
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Dams and Rivers
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Lakes
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Waterfalls
  • Administrative Structure of Karnataka
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka:
  • Major Languages Spoken in Karnataka
  • Religions followed in Karnataka
  • Major Stadiums of Karnataka
  • Hydro-Electric Power Stations of Karnataka
  • Interesting facts about Karnataka: Art and Culture
  • Major Temples of Karnataka
  • Economy of Karnataka
  • Education
  • Heritage Sites of Karnataka
  • Karnataka General Knowledge Quiz

Karnataka gets its name from its large area which means “lofty land”. It is the largest state present in the south of India.Until 1956 it was called State of Mysore and was less than 78,000sq Km in Area. On 1 November 1956, it combined with neighboring territories to form Karnataka with an Area of 191,791 sq KM. In this blog we will discuss the History, Geography, Basic facts and other important aspects of Karnataka. This article is going to be very useful for aspirants who are preparing for various competitive exams.

Interesting facts about Karnataka: History 

  • Karnataka previously known as State of Mysore was a small state which was occupied by the Dravidian inhabitants.
  • Mysore or Mysuru which is actually a Kannada word derived from the Sanskrit word meaning “buffalo town” in English. It gets this name after the destruction of Mahishasura the buffalo-demon who was killed by the goddess Chamunda.
  • This state was always under the influence of the struggles that took place between the native Dravidians and the foreign Aryans who invaded it from the north of India. The struggle between them was referred to as the conflict between the devils and the demons or the gods and the goddesses.
  • The documented history of this region focuses mainly on the princely state of Mysore as it was present until 1953, for not even a single dynasty succeeded in ruling the whole region occupied by the Kannada-speaking peoples—the area that essentially constitutes today’s

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Below table will tell more about the History of Karnataka.

S.No Description Answers
1. Got Independence  1 November 1956
2. Formation of Capital 1537
3. Largest city Bengaluru
4. Previously known as State of Mysore
5. Led By Semukha/ Gauthamiputhra
6. Major Historical Events In 1565, Karnataka and the rest of South India under went a major geopolitical shift when the Vijayanagara empire fell in to the Battle of Talikota with the Islamic sultanates. To control European expansion in South India, Haidar Ali and later Tipu Sultan fought 4 important Anglo-Mysore Wars, the last of which ended in Tippu Sultan’s death and the integration of Mysuru into the British Raj in 1799.

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Interesting facts about Karnataka: Geography

 It is located on a tableland where the Western and Eastern Ghat ranges converge into the complex, in the west of the Deccan Peninsular region of India. Karnataka stretches to about 750 km from north to south and about 400 km from east to west.

S.No Description Summary
1 Area 1,91,791km² ( 74,051/sq mi)
2 Total Population 6,11,30,704
3 The Ranks based on area and Population Area:-6th largest state in the country

Population :- 8th most populous state in the country

4 Population Density 320 per sq.km
5 State Boundries/ Neighbouring states Goa (northwest)

Maharashtra (north)

Telangana (northeast)

Andhra Pradesh (East)

Tamil Nadu (southeast)

Kerala (south)

6 Types of Soil  Black Soil

Laterite Soil

Red and Red loamy soil

Alluvio-Colluvial soil

Forest soil

Coastal soil

7 Minerals Asbestos

Bauxite

Chromite

Dolomite

Gold

Iron ore

Kaolin

Limestone

Magnesite

Manganese

Ochre

Quartz

Silica

8 Major Crops Sunflower

Ragi

Jowar

Maize

Pulses

Sugarcane

Cotton

Tobacco

Cardamom etc

9 Forest Area  38720 sq. km
10. Hill range Eastern Ghats

Western Ghats

Nilgiri Hills

11 Major Flora Callophyllum tomentosa

Callophyllum wightianum

Garcina cambogia

Artocarpus lacoocha

Garcina morealla

Flacourtia Montana

Alstonia scholaris

Flacourtia montan

Artocarpus hirsutus etc

12 Major Fauna  Tiger

Elephant

Leopard

Gaur

Sambar Deer

Chital Muntjac

Bonnet macaque

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Climate

Karnataka enjoys tropical monsoon climate. Due to extraordinary diversity of topography main characteristics of the tropical monsoon climate are  cool and dry winters and hot and moist summers . The Maximum temperature goes up to 38 degree in summer season.

Climate of Karnataka
Coastal Karnataka Southern Island North Karnataka
Hot Climate
Rainy Tropical Monsoon Climate 
Hot and Dry Climate

 

Arid (not Hot)

 

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Nickname of Cities

City Name Location
Banglore or Bengaluru IT Capital of India

Electronic City of India

Garden City of India

Science city of India

Silicon Valley of India

Space City

Mysore or Mysuru Green City

Heritage City

Sandal Wood City

Sakleshpur Poor Man’s Ooty
Mangalore Rome of East
Coorg Scotland of India

Interesting facts about Karnataka: National Parks

Name Location Area
Kudremukh National Park Chikkamagaluru district 600.32 Sq.km
Rajiv Gandhi National Park Veeranahosahalli 643 Sq km
Bannerghatta National Park Bannerughatta, Bengaluru, 104.27 Sq.km
Bandipur National Park Gundlupet Taluk, Bandipur, 880 Sq.km
Anshi National Park Kodthalli 340 Sq. km

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Wildlife Sanctuaries

Name Area
Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary 540 Sq. km
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary 526.96 Sq. km
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary 492.46 Sq. km

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Interesting facts about Karnataka: Dams and Rivers

Rivers Dams
Sharavathi river Linganamakki Dam
Kalinadi River Kadra Dam
Kalinadi River Supa Dam
Kaveri River Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
Harangi River Harangi Dam
Krishna River Narayanpur Dam
Kali River Kodasalli Dam
Krishna River Basava Sagara
Tungabhadra River Tunga Bhadra Dam
Krishna River Alamatti Dam

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Lakes

There a totally  21 lakes in Karnataka. Some of them are:

Lakes Location
Agara Lake Bengaluru
Bellandur Lake Bengaluru
Bysandra Lake Bengaluru
Hebbal Lake Bengaluru
Kempambudhi Lake Bengaluru
Lalbagh Lake Bengaluru
Madiwala Lake Bengaluru
Puttenahalli Lake Bengaluru
Sankey Lake Bengaluru
Ulsoor Lake Bengaluru
Dalavai Lake Mysuru
Devanoor Lake Mysuru
Karanji Lake Mysuru
Kukkarahalli Lake Mysuru
Lingambudhi Lake Mysuru
Honnamana Kere Lake Coorg
Pampa Sarovar Hampi
Ayyene Kere Lake Chickamangaluru
Kundavara Kere Lake Davanagere City
Thatekere Lake Kanakapura taluk, Ramanagara district

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Waterfalls

Name Location Height
Barkana Falls Shimoga 259 metres (850 ft)
Jog Falls Shimoga 253 metres (830 ft)
Magod Falls Uttara Kannada 198 metres (650 ft)
Kunchikal Falls Udupi 183 metres (600 ft)
Hebbe Falls Chikkamagaluru 168 metres (551 ft)
Kalhatti Falls Chikkamagaluru 122 metres (400 ft)
Keppa Falls Uttara Kannada 116 metres (381 ft)
Koosalli Falls Udupi 116 metres (381 ft)
Shivanasamudra Falls Mysore 98 metres (322 ft)
Kedumari Falls Udupi 91 metres(299 ft)
Muthyala Maduvu Bangalore Rural 91 metres(299 ft)

Administrative Structure of Karnataka

Karnataka has been divided into four revenue divisions for administrative purpose:

  •  49 sub-divisions
  • 30 districts
  •  175 taluks
  •  745 hoblies / revenue circles.

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Interesting facts about Karnataka:

Description Answers
Capital Bengaluru
Administrative HQ Bengaluru
Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai(Since 2021 – present)
Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot
State Animal Elephant
Official Bird Indian Roller
State Flower Lotus
State Tree Sandalwood
No. of District 30
No. of Division 4(Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Mysore)
Loksabha Seats 28
Rajyasabha Seats 12
Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) 75
Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) 224
Major Airport · Bengaluru International Airport

· Hubli Airport

· Mangalore International Airport

· Belgaum Airport

· Bellary Airport

· Gulbarga Airport

· Mysore Airport

· Jindal Vijaynagar Airport

Railway Stations · Mangalore Railway Stations

· Mysore Railway Stations

· Shimoga Railway Stations

· Hubli Railway Stations

· Chamarajanagar Railway Stations

Major Port New Mangalore Port
Official Language Kannada
Time Zone IST (UTC +5:30)
Postal Code Different according to Location
Vehicle Code KA —
Judiciary High court Karnataka
Seal

Major Languages Spoken in Karnataka

Languages Percentage of Population
Kannada 66.54%
Urdu 10.83%
Telugu 5.84%
Tamil 3.45%
Marathi 3.38%
Hindi 3.30%
Tulu 2.61%
Others 4.05%

Religions followed in Karnataka

Religion Percentage
Hinduism 84.00%
Islam 12.92%
Christianity 1.87%
Jainism 0.72%
Buddhism 0.16%
Sikhism 0.05%
Other 0.02%
Not religious 0.27%

Major Stadiums of Karnataka

Stadium City
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore
Sir M V Stadium Mandya

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Hydro-Electric Power Stations of Karnataka

Name River
Ghatprabha Hydroelectric Project Ghataprabha
Bhadra Hydroelectric Project Bhadra
Mallapur Hydroelectric Project Tungabhadra
Seshadhri Iyer (Sivasamudram) Hydroelectric Project Cauvery

Interesting facts about Karnataka: Art and Culture

Description Summary
Folk Dance Dollu Kunitha

Bharatanatyam

Kuchipudi

Kathak

Yakshagana (Dance Drama)

Music Gamaka Kannada

Bhavageete

Indian Classical Music

Major Festival Ugadi (Kannada New Year)

Makara Sankranti (the harvest festival)

Ganesh Chaturthi

Gowri Habba

Ram Navami

Naga Panchami

Basava Jayanthi

Deepavali Ramzan

Cuisine (Famous Food) Ragi ball (Ragi mudde)
Traditional Dress Men   Shirt, Trousers and Salwar kameez Mysore Peta Pagadi

Women Saree, Dhoti

Major Temples of Karnataka

Temple Location
Chennakesava Temple Belur
Kollur Mookambika Temple Kollur
Gomateshwara Temple Shravanabelagola
Hoysaleswara Temple Halebeedu
Gokarna Mahableshwar temple North Kannada district
Murudeshwara temple Uttara Kannada District
Kukke Subramanya temple South Kannada District
Kateel Durgaparameshwari temple Kateel town in Dakshina Kannada
Horanadu Annapurneshwari temple  Mudigere – Taluk, Chikamagalur
Guddattu Mahaganapathi temple Yedyadi-Mathyadi
Sri Virupaksheshwara temple Hampi

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Economy of Karnataka

The economy of Karnataka is the fourth-largest of any Indian state.

S.No Description Summary
1 State GDP ₹16.99 trillion (US$240 billion) (2019–20)
2 Growth rate 6.8% (2019-20 est.)
3 Per capita income ₹231,491 (US$3,200) (2018–19)
4 GDP per capita rank 7th
5 Major Industries Research and Development Headquarter of ISRO IT and ITeS Agro Aerospace Heavy Engineering Automobile Industries Biotechnology Companies Pharmaceutical Industry
6 Major Imports Mineral fuels including oil Precious metals Electrical machinery, equipment Machinery including computers Organic chemicals Plastics, plastic articles
7 Major exports Softwares Hardware Agriculture Products

Education

Karnataka is one of the most highly educated states in the country. It has a large number of schools and educational institutions, nearly 50% of which are managed by the government; the remainder is operated by local  and private bodies. Compulsory free primary education is provided in most towns and villages here. Among Karnataka’s oldest and important institutions of higher learning are the IISC or The Indian Institute of Science (1909), BU or Bangalore University (1964), and the University of Agricultural Sciences (1964), University of Mysore (1916) in Mysuru and  Karnatak University (1949) in Dharwad,  Mangalore University (1980) in Mangaluru, and Gulbarga University (1980) in Kalaburagi

Description Summary
Literacy Rate  75.36%
Male 82.47%
Female 68.08%
No. of School 78,096 (2018)
Affiliation Board CBSE, ICSE, SSLC, NIOS
No. of University  58
Colleges in Karnataka 520 (Engineering, Law, Medical etc)

Heritage Sites of Karnataka

UNESCO Heritage Sites

  • Group of Monuments at Hampi
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  • Western Ghats (Shared Site)

Other Heritage Sites

S.No Description Summary
1 Major Tourist Places Bangalore

Gokarna

Chitradurga Fort

Mysore

Coorg

Chikmagalur

Belur

Shravanabelagola

Murudeshwar

2 Major Monuments Gol Gumbaz

Kittur fort

Daria Daulat Bagh

Shiva Temple

Temples of Dhaneshwara

Tombs of Prophets

Malyappa and Monappa

The old temple of Kameshwara

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Karnataka General Knowledge Quiz

  1. When did Karnataka acquire its current name?

(A) 1 January 1951

(B) 15 June 1971

(C) 21 August 1991

(D) 1 November 1973

(Ans : D)

  1. Capital of Karnatakais _______?

(A) Hubli

(B) Dharwad

(C) Bangalore

(D) Karwar

(Ans: C)

  1. What is the total area of Karnataka?

(A) 41,284 sq. mi.

(B) 74,051 sq. mi.

(C) 52,622 sq. mi.

(D) 12,482 sq. mi.

(Ans: B)

  1. The official language of Karnataka is ______ .

(A) Tulu

(B) Konkani

(C) Kodava

(D) Kannada

(Ans : D)

  1. Karnataka has ______Districts ?

(A) 29

(B) 32

(C) 30

(D) 26

(Ans : C)

  1. Which Festival is the most celebrated and famous in Mysore?

(A) Diwali

(B) Dasara

(C) Holi

(D) Shivratri

(Ans: B)

  1. Which of the following states is the neighbor of Karnataka towards its north?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Kerala

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Odisha

(Ans: A)

  1. Which sea is present towards the west of Karnataka?

(A) Ionian

(B) Adriatic

(C) Arabian

(D) Beaufort

(Ans: C)

  1. In which year did the British annex Kanara?

(A) 1757

(B) 1799

(C) 1780

(D) 1805

(Ans: B)

  1. Which kingdom of Karnataka did the British take over in 1834?

(A) Coorg

(B) Vijayanagara

(C) Bidar

(D) Gulbarga

(Ans: A)

  1. What was Karnataka formerly called?

(A) Bimaru

(B) Mysore

(C) Laccadive

(D) Amindivi

(Ans: B)

  1. Which of the following dam is situated in Karnataka state?

(A) Dudhawa

(B) Kaushalya dam

(C) Nagarjuna Sagar

(D) Almatti dam

(Ans : D)

  1. ______is known as “Father of Karnataka music”?

(A) Kanaka Dasa

(B) Purandara Dasa

(C) Raghavanka

(D) Sarvagna

(Ans : B)

  1. The “Bramhagiri” edict in Chitradurga belongs to Emperor

(A) Kadamba

(B) Ashoka

(C) Amoghavarsha

(D) Pulikeshi

(Ans : B)

  1. Recently names of Cities in Karnataka changed New name of Belgaum city is ______?

(A) Belagavi

(B) Belagav

(C) Belurgam

(D) Bellaam

(Ans : A)

  1. Number of Loksabha seats in Karnataka state is ______.

(A) 25

(B) 28

(C) 29

(D) 30

(Ans : B)

  1. Thalikote war or “Rakkasa Thangadi” which ruined the glory of Vijayanagara dynasty was held in the year________.

(A) 1545

(B) 1565

(C) 1550

(D) 1560

(Ans : B)

  1. _______had built beautiful temples at Pattadakallu and Aihole?

(A) Chalukya

(B) Hoysala

(C) Shatavahana

(D) Rastrakuta

(Ans : A)

  1. Doddaballapura is famous for ________industries ?

(A) Steel

(B) Plastic

(C) Fuir Juice

(D) Silk

(Ans : D)

  1. The temples at “Halebidu and Belur” belong to _____dynasty.

(A) Kadamba dynasty

(B) Hoysala dynasty

(C) Rastrakuta dynasty

(D) Badami Chalukya dynasty

(Ans : B)

  1. Number of Assembly Seats in Karnataka is _____.

(A) 198

(B) 209

(C) 224

(D) 213

(Ans : C)

  1. Who get the credit for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Bimbisara

(C) Ashoka

(D) Samparati

(Ans : A)

  1. _______waterfall is created by the Sharavathi River in Shimoga district of Karnataka ?
  • Gokak Falls
  • Kalhatti Falls
  • Lalguli Falls

(D) Jog Fall

(Ans : D)

  1. _________in Karnataka is the present location of capital of Vijayanagar Empire?

(A) Hampi

(B) Kulyadi

(C) Kottigehara

(D) Thokur

(Ans : A)

  1. Which City in Karnataka is pilgrimage destination in jainism ?

(A) Belur

(B) Shravanabelagola

(C) Shorapur

(D) Tumkur

(Ans : B)

  1. _______is the Famous Temple is located at Belur.

(A) Chenna Keshava Temple

(B) Hanuman Temple

(C) Ganesh temple

(D) Vishnu Temple

(Ans : A)

  1. Karnataka Lokayukta Act was approved in which year?

(A) 1987

(B) 1984

(C) 1986

(D) 1990

(Ans : B)

  1. In _________ Ashok’s minor rock edict has been discovered in Karnataka?

(A) Halmidi, Hasan

(B) Maski, Raichur

(C) Mulabagil, Kolar

(D) Hoskote, Bengaluru

(Ans : B)

  1. Karnataka State was formed in the year ______________.

(A) 1959

(B) 1956

(C) 1957

(D) 1960

(Ans : B)

  1. Adi shankaracharya established his first of four ‘mathas’ in which district?

(A) Tumkur

(B) Belgaum

(C) Mysore

(D) Sringeri

(Ans : D)

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