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. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 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?
Answer: 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

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR.

The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long.

Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time he arrived, and Bladud was lying on his back inside his hut.

"Is any one within?" demanded the stranger, lifting a corner of the curtain.

"Enter not here, whoever you are!" replied the prince quickly, springing up--"stay--I will come out to you."

"You are wonderfully inhospitable," returned the stranger, as the prince issued from the hut and stood up with an inquiring look which suddenly changed to one of astonishment.

"Beniah!" he exclaimed.

"Even so," replied the Hebrew, holding out his hand, but Bladud drew back.

"What! will you neither permit me to enter your house nor shake your hand? I was not so churlish when you visited my dwelling."

"You know well, old man, that I do not grudge hospitality, but fear to infect you."

"Yes, I know it well," rejoined the Hebrew, smiling, "and knowing that you were here, I turned aside on my journey to inquire as to your welfare."

"I have much to say about my welfare and strange things to tell you, but first let me know what has brought you to this part of the land--for if you have turned aside to see me--seeing me has not been your main object." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where had Cormac gone?
2. for what?
3. What was Bladud doing?
4. where?
5. What did the stranger ask?
6. What did he do to the curtain?
7. Did the prince want him to come in?
8. Was the Prince surprised to see who it was?
9. Did the Prince want to shake his hand?
10. Why not?
11. Was the visitor young?
12. Did he go out of his way to see the prince?
13. How is the visitor's hair described?
14. Does he have a beard?
15. What is he wearing?
16. Is it short?
17. Tight?
18. What is he carrying?
19. Are his shoulders narrow?
Answer: 1. A sprint
2. A spring for water
3. Lying on his back.
4. Inside his hut.
5. Is any one within?
6. Lifted a corner
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. He did not want to infect him.
11. No
12. Yes
13. Snowy
14. Yes
15. A black garment
16. No
17. Loose
18. a six foot long staff
19. No

CHAPTER VIII

"A shade more to the right, please. There, just as you are now! Don't move! In five minutes I shall have finished for the day."

Isobel smiled.

"I think that your five minutes," she said, "last sometimes for a very long time. But I am not tired--no, not at all. I can stay like this if you wish until the light goes."

"You are splendid," Mabane murmured. "The best sitter--oh, hang it, who's that?"

"There is certainly some one at the door," Isobel remarked.

Mabane paused in his work to shout fiercely, "Come in!" I too looked up from my writing. A woman was ushered into the room--a woman dressed in fashionable mourning, of medium height, and with a wealth of fair, fluffy hair, which seemed to mock the restraining black bands. Mrs. Burdett, visibly impressed, lingered in the background.

The woman paused and looked around. She looked at me, and the pen slipped from my nerveless fingers. I rose to my feet.

"Eil--Lady Delahaye!" I exclaimed.

She inclined her head. Her demeanour was cold, almost belligerent.

"I am glad to find you here, Arnold Greatson," she said. "You are a friend, I believe, of the man who murdered my husband?"

"You have been misinformed, Lady Delahaye," I answered quietly. "I was not even an acquaintance of his. We met that day for the first time."

By the faintest possible curl of the lips she expressed her contemptuous disbelief.

"Ah!" she said. "I remember your story at the inquest. You will forgive me if, in company, I believe, with the majority who heard it, I find it a trifle improbable." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is being told to stay still?
2. Who was the painter?
3. What interrupted him?
4. Who walked in?
5. Who was the woman glad to see?
6. What was her husband's fate?
7. Who did she think was friendly with his killer?
8. Was she correct?
9. How long had they known each other?
10. Did the widow trust in his words?
Answer:
1. Isobel
2. Mabane
3. the door,
4. Lady Delahaye
5. Arnold Greatson
6. murdered
7. Arnold Greatson
8. You have been misinformed
9. Just that day
10. No