Question

How many districts are there in Gujarat?
a. 17
b. 27
c. 23
d. 33

Answer 1

Hint:
Gujarat was created out of the state of Bombay on the basis of language which is Gujarati and Marathi on May 1st, 1960, with less than 20 districts, which were further divided on the basis of economical and geographical factors.

Complete solution:
Gujarat is a state on the western bank of India with a coastline of 1600 km– a large portion of which lies on the Kathiawar landmass – and a populace of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-biggest Indian state by region and the ninth-biggest state by populace. The Gujarati individuals of India are indigenous to the state, and their language Gujarati is the state's legitimate language. The economy of Gujarat is the fifth-biggest in India. Kutch is Gujarat's largest district, while Dang is the smallest. The district of Ahmedabad has the highest population, while Dang has the lowest. The most heavily populated district is Surat, whereas Kutch is the least.

After the independence and the division of India in 1947, the new Indian government grouped the previous princely states of Gujarat into three bigger units; Saurashtra, which remembered the previous royal states for the Kathiawar promontory, Kutch, and Bombay state. Bombay state was expanded to incorporate Kutch, Saurashtra (Kathiawar), and parts of Hyderabad state and Madhya Pradesh in focal India.

The new state had a generally Gujarati-talking north and Marathi-talking south. Protests by Gujarati patriots, the Mahagujarat Movement, and Marathi patriots, the Samyukta Maharashtra, for their own states prompted the split of Bombay state on phonetic lines; on 1 May 1960, it turned into the new conditions of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Gradually, from 1964, 17 districts were split from one another into 33 districts to date, to accommodate the population on the basis of economical and geographical factors.
Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
The Rann of Kutch is primarily situated in the Indian state of Gujarat, specifically the district of Kutch for which it is named. It lies between India's Gujarat and Pakistan's Sindh province. Popular for its white salty desert sand, the Rann of Kutch is reputed to be the world's largest salt desert.