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Q.51
Mahendra Misir of Saran is remembered as the master of which Bhojpuri song form, centred on the longing of separated lovers?
- A Kajari
- B Chaita
- C Phagua
- D Purbi
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Correct answer: (D) Purbi
Mahendra Misir is called the 'Purbi Samrat' (emperor of Purbi) for his songs of separation, which remain popular across the Bhojpuri region. Kajari is the rainy-season song form and Phagua is sung at Holi.
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Q.52
The Karnat dynasty, which ruled Mithila (Tirhut) in the medieval period, was founded in 1097 CE by
- A Harisimhadeva
- B Shivasimha
- C Nanyadeva
- D Mahesh Thakur
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Correct answer: (C) Nanyadeva
Nanyadeva established Karnat rule over Mithila; the last notable Karnat king, Harisimhadeva, lost power after Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's invasion in the 1320s. Mahesh Thakur founded the later Khandavala (Darbhanga Raj) line in Akbar's time.
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Q.53
Veer Kunwar Singh University is located at
- A Buxar
- B Sasaram
- C Arrah
- D Chhapra
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Correct answer: (C) Arrah
The university at Arrah, headquarters of Bhojpur district, is named after Kunwar Singh of nearby Jagdishpur, the hero of 1857 in Bihar. Sasaram is the headquarters of Rohtas district.
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Q.54
The writer Rambriksh Benipuri took his name from his native village Benipur, which is in which district?
- A Sitamarhi
- B Muzaffarpur
- C Vaishali
- D Darbhanga
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Correct answer: (B) Muzaffarpur
Benipuri was born in 1899 at Benipur in Muzaffarpur district; besides writing, he was a journalist and an active participant in the freedom and socialist movements.
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Q.55
The name 'Bihar' is derived from which word, reflecting the many Buddhist monasteries of the region?
- A Vihara (monastery)
- B Vaishali (city)
- C Vaibhara (hill)
- D Videha (kingdom)
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Correct answer: (A) Vihara (monastery)
The Turkish conquerors of the late 12th century called the area around Odantapuri 'Bihar' after its many viharas, and the name later spread to the whole province. Vaibhara is one of the hills of Rajgir.
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Q.56
Jute cultivation in Bihar is concentrated in which group of districts?
- A Kaimur, Rohtas, Buxar and Bhojpur
- B Gaya, Nawada, Jamui and Banka
- C Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj and Araria
- D Siwan, Saran, Gopalganj and West Champaran
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Correct answer: (C) Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj and Araria
Jute needs heavy rain, high humidity and plenty of standing water for retting, conditions found in the Kosi-Mahananda plains of north-east Bihar next to the West Bengal jute belt; Katihar has had jute mills for this reason.
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Q.57
Which of the following leaders was NOT associated with Gandhi in the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917?
- A Brajkishore Prasad
- B Vallabhbhai Patel
- C J. B. Kripalani
- D Anugrah Narayan Sinha
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Correct answer: (B) Vallabhbhai Patel
Patel came into prominence with the Kheda Satyagraha and later led Bardoli in 1928. Brajkishore Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha and J. B. Kripalani worked with Gandhi in Champaran, along with Rajendra Prasad.
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Q.58
After his defeat at Chausa, Humayun saved his life by crossing the Ganga with the help of a water-carrier (bhishti), whom he later allowed to sit on the throne for a short time. What was his name?
- A Nizam
- B Bairam
- C Jauhar
- D Hemu
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Correct answer: (A) Nizam
Nizam the bhishti helped Humayun across the river on an inflated water-skin and, by tradition, was rewarded with half a day on the throne. Jauhar was Humayun's ewer-bearer who wrote a memoir of his reign.
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Q.59
In Bihar, the rain of the Hathiya (Hasta) nakshatra, which falls at the end of the monsoon around late September and early October, matters to farmers mainly because it
- A ripens the litchi crop
- B helps the harvesting of rabi wheat
- C saves the standing paddy and leaves moisture for rabi sowing
- D marks the start of jute sowing
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Correct answer: (C) saves the standing paddy and leaves moisture for rabi sowing
Hathiya rain arrives when the Aghani paddy is flowering and fields are being readied for the rabi crop, so its failure is dreaded. Litchi ripens in May-June, wheat is harvested in March-April and jute is sown in spring.
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Q.60
Chirand, a Neolithic site known for the large number of bone and antler tools found there, is located in which district of Bihar?
- A Vaishali
- B Nalanda
- C Rohtas
- D Saran
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Correct answer: (D) Saran
Chirand lies on the north bank of the Ganga near its confluence with the Ghaghara, close to Chhapra in Saran district. Its Neolithic levels have yielded many tools made of bone and antler.
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Q.61
The great monastic university of Nalanda was founded in the 5th century CE by which Gupta ruler?
- A Ashoka
- B Harshavardhana
- C Dharmapala
- D Kumaragupta I
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Correct answer: (D) Kumaragupta I
Nalanda Mahavihara was established by Kumaragupta I (Shakraditya) and later patronised by Harsha and the Palas. Dharmapala founded Vikramshila, not Nalanda.
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Q.62
Which Bihar leader led the movement for a separate Bihar province and later presided over the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly of India as its interim President?
- A Sachchidananda Sinha
- B Mazharul Haque
- C Hasan Imam
- D Ali Imam
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Correct answer: (A) Sachchidananda Sinha
Dr Sachchidananda Sinha, called the architect of modern Bihar, chaired the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly on 9 December 1946 as its oldest member; the Sinha Library in Patna is named after him.
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Q.63
Rajendra Setu, the first bridge across the Ganga in Bihar and a rail-cum-road bridge, is located near
- A Bhagalpur
- B Mokama
- C Patna
- D Munger
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Correct answer: (B) Mokama
Rajendra Setu, opened in 1959, joins Hathidah near Mokama on the south bank with Simaria in Begusarai district on the north bank, linking south Bihar with the Barauni industrial area.
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Q.64
Besides Hindi, which language has the status of second official language in Bihar?
- A Maithili
- B Bhojpuri
- C Bengali
- D Urdu
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Correct answer: (D) Urdu
Bihar made Urdu its second official language in the early 1980s by amending the Bihar Official Language Act. Maithili is in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution but is not the state's second official language.
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Q.65
The Sone canal system, among the oldest modern irrigation works of Bihar, was commissioned in the 1870s with an anicut (weir) at
- A Dehri-on-Sone
- B Koilwar
- C Maner
- D Daudnagar
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Correct answer: (A) Dehri-on-Sone
The Sone anicut at Dehri-on-Sone (1874) feeds the Eastern and Western Sone canals; it was superseded by the Indrapuri barrage a few kilometres upstream in 1968.
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Q.66
Who was the first Governor of Bihar after Independence?
- A Jairamdas Daulatram
- B Madhav Shrihari Aney
- C R. R. Diwakar
- D Zakir Husain
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Correct answer: (A) Jairamdas Daulatram
Jairamdas Daulatram served as Governor from August 1947 to January 1948; Dr Zakir Husain, later President of India, was Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962.
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Q.67
Consider the following statements: 1. The Son, Punpun and Kiul are rain-fed rivers whose flow falls sharply in the dry season. 2. The Gandak and Kosi rise in the Himalaya and receive snowmelt, so they flow throughout the year. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. The southern tributaries drain the plateau and depend on the monsoon, whereas the northern rivers are perennial and carry heavy Himalayan silt, which is why most of Bihar's floods occur north of the Ganga.
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Q.68
Which of the following districts of Bihar does NOT share a border with Nepal?
- A Sitamarhi
- B Supaul
- C Kishanganj
- D Purnea
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Correct answer: (D) Purnea
Seven districts touch Nepal: West Champaran, East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria and Kishanganj. Purnea lies south of Araria and does not reach the border.
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Q.69
The Dudhia Malda variety of mango is traditionally associated with which place?
- A Bhagalpur
- B Digha (Patna)
- C Hajipur
- D Muzaffarpur
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Correct answer: (B) Digha (Patna)
Dudhia Malda from the Digha area on the western edge of Patna is famous for its thin skin and sweet, fibre-free pulp; Bhagalpur is known for the Jardalu mango and Muzaffarpur for Shahi litchi.
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Q.70
Senuwar, an excavated settlement site with Neolithic and Chalcolithic levels, is located in which district of Bihar?
- A Saran
- B Rohtas
- C Vaishali
- D Gaya
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Correct answer: (B) Rohtas
Senuwar lies near Sasaram in Rohtas district; its excavated levels show early farming settlements of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods. Chirand, another Neolithic site, is in Saran district.
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Q.71
Manjusha art, which depicts the legend of Bihula and Bishahari with serpent motifs, is the folk art of
- A Madhubani
- B Gaya
- C Muzaffarpur
- D Bhagalpur
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Correct answer: (D) Bhagalpur
Manjusha (Angika) art of Bhagalpur is painted on boxes in pink, green and yellow; Madhubani painting belongs to Mithila and Sujni embroidery to Muzaffarpur.
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Q.72
Which is the only national park in Bihar?
- A Kaimur National Park
- B Bhimbandh National Park
- C Rajgir National Park
- D Valmiki National Park
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Correct answer: (D) Valmiki National Park
Valmiki National Park in West Champaran forms the core of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve. Kaimur, Bhimbandh and Rajgir (Pant) are wildlife sanctuaries, which have a lower level of protection than a national park.
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Q.73
Which river divides Bihar into the North Bihar plain and the South Bihar plain?
- A Son
- B Gandak
- C Ganga
- D Kosi
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Correct answer: (C) Ganga
The Ganga flows west to east through the middle of the state; the Kosi, Gandak and Bagmati join it from the north and the Son, Punpun and Falgu from the south.
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Q.74
Sama Chakeva, a festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters with clay figurines of birds, belongs to which region of Bihar?
- A Bhojpur
- B Magadh
- C Mithila
- D Anga
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Correct answer: (C) Mithila
Sama Chakeva is celebrated in Mithila (Darbhanga, Madhubani) in the month of Kartik; Bihula-Bishahari is the characteristic festival of the Anga region (Bhagalpur).
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Q.75
The Abdul Bari Bridge at Koilwar, a rail-cum-road bridge on the Patna-Arrah route, spans which river?
- A Ganga
- B Son
- C Punpun
- D Gandak
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Correct answer: (B) Son
The Koilwar bridge, opened in 1862, crosses the Son between Patna and Bhojpur districts and is among the oldest major bridges in Bihar; it is named after the freedom fighter and labour leader Prof. Abdul Bari.
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Q.76
Which district of Bihar, centred on Hajipur, is well known for banana cultivation?
- A Vaishali
- B Saran
- C Samastipur
- D Patna
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Correct answer: (A) Vaishali
The Hajipur area of Vaishali, on the north bank of the Ganga opposite Patna, is Bihar's best-known banana belt, growing varieties such as Malbhog and Chinia on light, well-drained alluvium.
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Q.77
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, the long road bridge over the Ganga, links Patna with
- A Sonepur
- B Chhapra
- C Mokama
- D Hajipur
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Correct answer: (D) Hajipur
Gandhi Setu, opened in 1982, joins Patna on the south bank with Hajipur in Vaishali district on the north bank and became the main road link between the two halves of the state; Sonepur lies just across the Gandak from Hajipur.
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Q.78
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in which year?
- A 1929
- B 1917
- C 1936
- D 1942
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Correct answer: (A) 1929
The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha was formed at the Sonepur fair in November 1929 under Swami Sahajanand Saraswati to fight the oppression of tenants by zamindars. The All India Kisan Sabha followed in 1936.
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Q.79
Baikunth Shukla, the revolutionary from Bihar hanged at Gaya in 1934, had killed which approver whose evidence helped convict Bhagat Singh?
- A Jai Gopal
- B Hans Raj Vohra
- C Kailashpati
- D Phanindra Nath Ghosh
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Correct answer: (D) Phanindra Nath Ghosh
Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a former HSRA member, turned approver in the Lahore Conspiracy Case; Baikunth Shukla killed him at Bettiah in 1932 and was hanged in Gaya Central Jail in 1934. Jai Gopal and Hans Raj Vohra were other approvers in the same case.
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Q.80
Jitwarpur, a village known for celebrated Mithila painters such as Sita Devi and Jagdamba Devi, is in which district?
- A Madhubani
- B Darbhanga
- C Samastipur
- D Sitamarhi
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Correct answer: (A) Madhubani
Jitwarpur lies close to Madhubani town and is one of the best-known centres of Mithila painting; Jagdamba Devi and Sita Devi (who settled there after her marriage) both lived and painted there.
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Q.81
In Bihar, red and yellow soils formed from ancient rocks are found mainly in
- A the Terai belt of West Champaran
- B the Kosi plain of Saharsa and Madhepura
- C the southern hilly fringe, such as Jamui, Banka and Nawada
- D the Diara lands along the Ganga
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Correct answer: (C) the southern hilly fringe, such as Jamui, Banka and Nawada
These light, porous and less fertile soils have weathered from the old rocks of the Chota Nagpur fringe; the plains to the north are covered by alluvium brought by the rivers.
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Q.82
The Sonepur Mela, Asia's largest cattle fair, is held on Kartik Purnima at the confluence of the Ganga and the
- A Son
- B Kosi
- C Punpun
- D Gandak
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Correct answer: (D) Gandak
Sonepur (Harihar Kshetra) in Saran district lies where the Gandak meets the Ganga opposite Patna; the fair is linked to the Gajendra Moksha legend.
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Q.83
Which of the following Mahajanapadas lay mainly within present-day Bihar? 1. Anga 2. Vajji 3. Kosala 4. Magadha
- A 1, 3 and 4 only
- B 2, 3 and 4 only
- C 1 and 4 only
- D 1, 2 and 4 only
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Correct answer: (D) 1, 2 and 4 only
Anga (capital Champa), Vajji (capital Vaishali) and Magadha (capital Rajgriha) lay in present-day Bihar. Kosala, with its capital at Shravasti, lay in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
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Q.84
The Son river, the largest southern tributary of the Ganga in Bihar, originates from
- A Amarkantak plateau
- B Chota Nagpur plateau
- C Nepal Himalaya
- D Kaimur plateau
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Correct answer: (A) Amarkantak plateau
The Son rises at Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh (also the source of the Narmada), enters Bihar in Rohtas district and joins the Ganga near Maner, west of Patna.
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Q.85
The Bihar Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) has how many elected members?
- A 240
- B 243
- C 245
- D 250
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Correct answer: (B) 243
Bihar's Vidhan Sabha has 243 seats, reduced from 324 after 81 seats went to Jharkhand in 2000. The Assembly sits at Patna.
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Q.86
The saucer-shaped depressions of the North Bihar plain, which collect rainwater and often stay waterlogged for much of the year, are locally called
- A Chaur
- B Diara
- C Bhabar
- D Doab
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Correct answer: (A) Chaur
Chaurs are shallow basins lying between the raised banks of north Bihar's rivers, common in Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur and Begusarai; they are used for fishing and, where they dry out, for rabi crops. A doab is the land between two rivers.
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Q.87
Gridhrakuta (the Vulture's Peak), where the Buddha is said to have delivered many sermons, is located at
- A Vaishali
- B Bodh Gaya
- C Rajgir
- D Nalanda
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Correct answer: (C) Rajgir
Gridhrakuta is one of the hills surrounding Rajgir, Magadha's early capital, and was a favourite retreat of the Buddha during his stays there. Bodh Gaya is the place of his enlightenment.
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Q.88
The Falgu river at Gaya is formed by the confluence of which two streams?
- A Punpun and Son
- B Kiul and Harohar
- C Niranjana (Lilajan) and Mohana
- D Bagmati and Kamla
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Correct answer: (C) Niranjana (Lilajan) and Mohana
The Lilajan (Niranjana) and the Mohana unite near Bodh Gaya to form the Falgu, famous for flowing beneath its sandy bed and for the Pitrapaksha pind-daan at Gaya.
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Q.89
The traditional script in which Maithili was written is
- A Tirhuta (Mithilakshar)
- B Gurmukhi
- C Sharada
- D Modi
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Correct answer: (A) Tirhuta (Mithilakshar)
Maithili was traditionally written in Tirhuta, also called Mithilakshar, a script related to the Bengali-Assamese script; today it is mostly written in Devanagari.
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Q.90
Arrange the following monuments of Bihar in the chronological order of their construction: 1. Golghar, Patna 2. Sher Shah Suri's tomb, Sasaram 3. Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar 4. Vikramshila Mahavihara
- A 3, 4, 2, 1
- B 4, 3, 2, 1
- C 3, 4, 1, 2
- D 3, 2, 4, 1
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Correct answer: (A) 3, 4, 2, 1
The Barabar caves date from the Mauryan period (3rd century BCE), Vikramshila from the Pala period (around 800 CE), Sher Shah's tomb from the 1540s and Golghar from 1786.
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Q.91
Bihar receives most of its annual rainfall from
- A the Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon
- B the Arabian Sea branch of the south-west monsoon
- C western disturbances in winter
- D the retreating north-east monsoon
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Correct answer: (A) the Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon
Most of Bihar's rain falls between June and September, brought by the Bay of Bengal branch, which reaches the state from the east and south-east. Western disturbances give only light winter showers that help the rabi crop.
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Q.92
Peer Ali, who was hanged by the British in July 1857 for leading an uprising, was a bookseller of
- A Arrah
- B Patna
- C Gaya
- D Muzaffarpur
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Correct answer: (B) Patna
Peer Ali's bookshop in Patna was a meeting point for the rebels; after the rising of 3 July 1857 he was captured and hanged on 7 July on the orders of Commissioner William Tayler. A park near Gandhi Maidan in Patna is named after him.
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Q.93
Bajjika, spoken around Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, takes its name from
- A the ancient Anga mahajanapada
- B the ancient kingdom of Videha
- C the ancient kingdom of Kosala
- D the ancient Vajji (Vrijji) confederacy
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Correct answer: (D) the ancient Vajji (Vrijji) confederacy
Bajjika is named after the Vajji confederacy, whose chief centre was Vaishali. Videha (Mithila) is the heritage of Maithili, and Anga of Angika.
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Q.94
The bronze statue of the seven martyrs at the Shaheed Smarak in front of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, Patna, was sculpted by
- A Ram Kinkar Baij
- B Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury
- C Ram V. Sutar
- D Nandalal Bose
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Correct answer: (B) Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury
The noted sculptor Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury created the figures of the seven students carrying the tricolour. Ram V. Sutar designed the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
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Q.95
Which folk singer, whose Chhath and wedding songs in Maithili and Bhojpuri are widely popular, is known as 'Bihar Kokila'?
- A Teejan Bai
- B Malini Awasthi
- C Sharda Sinha
- D Begum Akhtar
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Correct answer: (C) Sharda Sinha
Sharda Sinha earned the title 'Bihar Kokila' (nightingale of Bihar) for her folk songs, especially those sung during Chhath. Teejan Bai is a Pandavani artist of Chhattisgarh.
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Q.96
Which Chinese traveller described Pataliputra as prosperous, praised its free houses of medicine run by leading families, and thought Ashoka's palace too grand to be the work of human hands?
- A Xuanzang
- B I-tsing
- C Fa-Hien
- D Sung Yun
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Correct answer: (C) Fa-Hien
Fa-Hien, who stayed about three years at Pataliputra, admired its charitable dispensaries and believed Ashoka's palace had been built by spirits. Sung Yun, in the 6th century, visited only the north-west around Gandhara.
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Q.97
The Pala-period monastery of Odantapuri, said to have served as the model for the Samye monastery of Tibet, is identified with which present-day town?
- A Kahalgaon
- B Bihar Sharif
- C Hajipur
- D Jehanabad
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Correct answer: (B) Bihar Sharif
Odantapuri stood at present-day Bihar Sharif in Nalanda district. Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district lies near the ruins of Vikramashila.
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Q.98
Which of the following was one of the seven students killed at the Patna Secretariat on 11 August 1942?
- A Baikunth Shukla
- B Yogendra Shukla
- C Jagatpati Kumar
- D Suraj Narayan Singh
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Correct answer: (C) Jagatpati Kumar
The seven martyrs were Umakant Prasad Sinha, Ramanand Singh, Satish Prasad Jha, Jagatpati Kumar, Devipada Choudhary, Rajendra Singh and Ramgovind Singh. Yogendra Shukla and Suraj Narayan Singh escaped from Hazaribagh jail with Jayaprakash Narayan in November 1942.
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Q.99
In Bihar, the low riverine land built up by silt and sand along the Ganga and its tributaries, flooded in the rains and farmed after the water recedes, is called
- A Bhabar
- B Chaur
- C Karewa
- D Diara
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Correct answer: (D) Diara
Diara lands are the shifting sandbanks and riverine tracts along the Ganga, Gandak, Kosi and other rivers, used for rabi crops after the floods. Bhabar is the pebbly belt at the Himalayan foot and karewas are lake deposits of Kashmir.
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Q.100
The Porbandar-Silchar East-West Corridor of the National Highways Development Project crosses which part of Bihar?
- A South Bihar, through Sasaram, Gaya and Nawada
- B Central Bihar, through Patna, Barh and Mokama
- C The Kaimur plateau, through Bhabua and Rohtas
- D North Bihar, through Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Purnia
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Correct answer: (D) North Bihar, through Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Purnia
The corridor enters Bihar from Uttar Pradesh near Gopalganj, runs east through Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga, crosses the Kosi and passes Purnia before leaving for West Bengal. The Delhi-Kolkata arm of the Golden Quadrilateral crosses south Bihar instead.
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