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Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed "Karnataka" in 1973. Only a small part of the state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore (Bengaluru). Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south. The state covers an area of , or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the seventh largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Karnataka is the eighth largest state by population, comprising 30 districts. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. 

The two main river systems of the state are the Krishna and its tributaries, the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Vedavathi, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra, in the north, and the Kaveri and its tributaries, the Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavati, Lakshmana Thirtha and Kabini, in the south. Most of these rivers flow out of Karnataka eastward, reaching the sea at the Bay of Bengal.

1. What is the topic?
2. What is this?
3. Where is it located?
4. When was it made?
5. What facilitated the creation?
6. What was it known as originally?
7. When was it renamed?
8. What city is the capitol?
9. Is it the biggest?
10. How many rivers are in the state?
11. What are their names?
12. What do these rivers feed?
13. How many people live in the state?
14. When were they counted?
15. Where does this state rank in population?
16. How many districts are in the state?
17. What is the official language?
18. What percentage of India does the state comprise?
19. Where does it rank by area?
20. Does the state border the Arabian sea?

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1. Karnataka
2. a state
3. state in the south western region of India
4. 1 November 1956
5. States Reorganisation Act.
6. Originally known as the State of Mysore
7. 1973
8. Bangalore
9. yes
10. two
11. Krishna and Kavari
12. sea at the Bay of Bengal
13. 61,130,704
14. 2011 census
15. the eighth largest state by population
16. 30 districts
17. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India,
18. 5.83 percent
19. seventh
20. yes