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How many districts are there in karnataka ?
(A) 28
(B) 29
(C) 30
(D) 31

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Hint: The Indian Karnataka state consists of 30 districts in 4 administrative divisions. Geographically there are 3 major regions of the state: the coastal region of Karavali, the Malnad region consisting of mountainous ghats, and the Banasume region comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.

Complete answer: A district of the Indian state is an administrative geographical unit headed by a district commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District Commissioner is assisted by several officers related to the Karnataka Civil Service and other Karnataka state services.
He is assisted by officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other officers of the Karnataka Police. Cities like Bangalore, Mangaluru, Hubli-Dharwad, Mysore and Belgaum are headed by the Commissioner of Police, who holds the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) or Inspector General of Police (IGP).
 In 1956, it took its present shape when the erstwhile states of Mysore and Coorg were merged with the Kannada-speaking districts of the states of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras. The unified Mysore state was made up of ten districts, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Shimoga, Chitradurga, and Ballari were transferred from the State of Madras to Mysore in 1953 when Andhra Pradesh became a new state. Out of the northern districts of Madras.

So option C is the correct answer.

Note - The Coorg state became a district known as Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada was transferred from Madras State, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, Belgaum and Viapur of Bombay State. Bidar, Gulbarga and Raichuru from Hyderabad State. It received the new name of Karnataka in the year 1973.