27-12-2017, 04:16 PM
Karnataka
*Capital -Bengaluru
*Formation-1956 November 1
*Language -Kannada
*Major Festival -Dasra
*Major Rivers - Kaveri, Sharavati, Krishna
*State Animal - Elephant
*State Bird - Indian Roller
*State Flower - Lotus
*State Tree - Sandal
*The old name of Karnataka was Mysore
*Kempe Gowda is the architect of Bengaluru city.
*‘Yakshaganan' is a popular dance form of Karnataka.
*“One state many worlds” is the tagline of Karnataka tourism
*Dasara is the traditional festival of Karnataka.
*Bengaluru is the only place in India where the Miss World Competition was held (1996)
*The first Indian city to host SAARC Summit-Bengaluru (1986)
*India’s first ‘Pravasi University’ was set up at Bengaluru
*Chinnaswamy stadium is in Bengaluru.
*India’s first cyber police station was set up at Bengaluru.
*First speech and hearing museum in the world
Ans : Mysuru
sravanabelagola
*The famous Jain Pilgrim Centre Sravanabelagola is in Karnataka.
*The famous Emperor Chandra Gupta Maurya abdicated the throne and accepted Jainism and died at Sravanabelagola.
For First Rank
*Mysore became Karnataka in 1973
*Bangalore became Bengaluru in 2014.
*Oldest inscription which mentions about Kannada language -
Ans : Halmidi inscription
*Kannada got classical status in
Ans : 2008
*Karnataka is the first state in India having separate agriculture budget.
*Karnataka is the first state in India which abolished agricultural income tax.
*First Electric bus of India was launched in Bengaluru.
*First smokeless village in India is Vyachakurahalli.
*The institution permitted to built national flag is Karnataka khadi gramodyoga samyukta Sangha located in Hubli.
*India’s first solar fenced elephant sanctuary is set to built in Karnataka.
Major Institutions in Karnataka
*Indian Space Research Organisation
Ans : Bengaluru
*Hindustan Air craft factory
Ans : Bengaluru
*Indian Institute of Science
Ans : Bengaluru
*Raman Research Institute
Ans : Bengaluru
*Yelahanka Rail Wheel Factory
Ans : Bengaluru
*Aeronautical Development establishment (ADE)
Ans : Bengaluru
*Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE)
Ans : Bengaluru
*Gas Turbine Research Institute
Ans : Bengaluru
*Bharath Electronics Limited (BEL)
Ans : Bengaluru
*Indian Institute of Unani Medicines
Ans : Bengaluru
*National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science
Ans : Bengaluru
*Indian Institute of Astro Physics
Ans : Bengaluru
*Visveswarayya Industrial and Technological Museum
Ans : Bengaluru
*Central Food Technological Researcl Institute
Ans : Mysuru
*Central Institute of Languages
Ans : Mysuru
*All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Ans : Mysuru
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*National Tuberculosis Institute
Ans : Bengaluru
*National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
Ans : Chennai
Bengaluru is known as
*Silicon Valley of India
*Pensioner’s Paradise
*Electronic city
*City of Suicide
