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Q.101
Makhana (fox nut), of which Bihar produces the bulk of India's output, is grown chiefly in the ponds of which region?
- A Bhojpur
- B Mithila (Darbhanga-Madhubani)
- C Magadh
- D Kaimur
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Correct answer: (B) Mithila (Darbhanga-Madhubani)
Darbhanga, Madhubani, Purnea, Katihar and Saharsa dominate makhana cultivation; a National Research Centre for Makhana is located at Darbhanga.
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Q.102
In the seventeenth century the Dutch and English East India Companies traded at Patna chiefly for which product of north Bihar, used in making gunpowder?
- A Saltpetre
- B Indigo
- C Opium
- D Raw silk
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Correct answer: (A) Saltpetre
Saltpetre (potassium nitrate) scraped from the soils of Saran, Tirhut and other north Bihar districts was a key ingredient of gunpowder, and Patna became its main market for European traders. Indigo became important in Champaran much later.
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Q.103
The Malmas Mela, held during the intercalary month (adhik maas or Purushottam maas) that comes roughly once in three years, takes place at
- A Gaya
- B Rajgir
- C Sonepur
- D Sultanganj
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Correct answer: (B) Rajgir
Rajgir's Malmas Mela is held in the extra lunar month that falls about every third year, when pilgrims bathe in the hot springs and kunds of Rajgir.
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Q.104
The eighty-year-old leader who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar from Jagdishpur (Bhojpur) was
- A Kunwar Singh
- B Nana Saheb
- C Tatya Tope
- D Maulvi Ahmadullah
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Correct answer: (A) Kunwar Singh
Babu Veer Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur fought the British across Bihar and UP and recaptured Jagdishpur before dying on 26 April 1858. The others led the revolt at Kanpur, central India and Awadh.
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Q.105
The Ganga enters Bihar near Chausa, which lies in which district?
- A Bhojpur
- B Saran
- C Rohtas
- D Buxar
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Correct answer: (D) Buxar
Chausa in Buxar district, on the Uttar Pradesh border, is where the Ganga enters Bihar; the river leaves the state near Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district.
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Q.106
The traditional ahar-pyne system, still used in Gaya, Jehanabad and Nalanda, is a method of
- A terrace farming on steep hill slopes
- B trapping floodwater from seasonal streams and channelling it for irrigation
- C lifting groundwater with Persian wheels
- D growing crops on floating rafts
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Correct answer: (B) trapping floodwater from seasonal streams and channelling it for irrigation
Pynes are channels that divert water from rain-fed streams, and ahars are embanked basins that store it; the system suits the sloping plain of south Bihar, where rivers run dry soon after the monsoon.
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Q.107
The ancient kingdom of Videha, associated with King Janaka, had its capital at
- A Mithila
- B Vaishali
- C Champa
- D Rajgriha
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Correct answer: (A) Mithila
Videha's capital Mithila is usually identified with Janakpur in present-day Nepal, and the plain north of the Ganga is still called Mithila. Vaishali was the seat of the Licchavis and Champa the capital of Anga.
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Q.108
Megasthenes, who lived at Pataliputra and wrote the Indica, came to the Mauryan court as the ambassador of
- A Antiochus I
- B Alexander
- C Seleucus Nicator
- D Ptolemy II
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Correct answer: (C) Seleucus Nicator
Megasthenes was sent by Seleucus Nicator to the court of Chandragupta Maurya after their treaty of about 303 BCE. Alexander had died in 323 BCE, before the Mauryan empire was founded.
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Q.109
Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary, which continues across the state border into Koderma district of Jharkhand, lies in which district of Bihar?
- A Gaya
- B Nawada
- C Aurangabad
- D Jamui
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Correct answer: (A) Gaya
The sanctuary protects dry deciduous forest in southern Gaya district along the Jharkhand border, with the rest of it in Koderma; its name recalls the Buddhist heritage of nearby Bodh Gaya.
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Q.110
The headquarters of the East Central Railway zone is located at
- A Patna
- B Hajipur
- C Danapur
- D Samastipur
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Correct answer: (B) Hajipur
The East Central Railway, formed in 2002 largely out of the Eastern and North Eastern Railways, is headquartered at Hajipur in Vaishali district; Danapur and Samastipur are divisions under it.
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Q.111
The Hindi film 'Teesri Kasam' (1966) was based on which story by Phanishwar Nath Renu?
- A Mare Gaye Gulfam
- B Panchlight
- C Lal Paan ki Begum
- D Thes
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Correct answer: (A) Mare Gaye Gulfam
Teesri Kasam, produced by the lyricist Shailendra, adapted Renu's story 'Mare Gaye Gulfam' about the cart-driver Hiraman and the nautanki dancer Hirabai.
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Q.112
Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was launched in 1917 at
- A Champaran
- B Kheda
- C Ahmedabad
- D Bardoli
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Correct answer: (A) Champaran
Champaran (1917), against forced indigo cultivation, was Gandhi's first satyagraha in India; the Kheda peasant struggle and the Ahmedabad mill strike followed, and Bardoli was led by Vallabhbhai Patel in 1928.
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Q.113
Mokama Tal and Barahiya Tal, low-lying tracts south of the Ganga that remain under water in the rainy season, are best known for which crops grown in the rabi season?
- A Pulses such as gram and lentil
- B Summer paddy
- C Jute and mesta
- D Sugarcane and tobacco
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Correct answer: (A) Pulses such as gram and lentil
The Tal lands of Patna and Lakhisarai districts are flooded during the monsoon; as the water drains away the moist soil is sown with rabi pulses such as gram, lentil and khesari, making the tract one of Bihar's main pulse-growing areas.
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Q.114
Under the Constitution, the legislature of Bihar consists of
- A the Vidhan Sabha only
- B the Governor and the Vidhan Sabha only
- C the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad only, without the Governor
- D the Governor, the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad
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Correct answer: (D) the Governor, the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad
Under Article 168, Bihar is among the states whose legislature consists of the Governor and two Houses, the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) and the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad).
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Q.115
The revived international Nalanda University, set up under the Nalanda University Act 2010, is located at
- A Bodh Gaya
- B Patna
- C Bihar Sharif
- D Rajgir
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Correct answer: (D) Rajgir
The new Nalanda University began teaching in 2014 at Rajgir, about 12 km from the ancient ruins; Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (1951) is a separate deemed university at Nalanda.
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Q.116
Bimbisara received a revenue-yielding village of Kashi as dowry on marrying Kosala Devi. She was the sister of
- A Pradyota
- B Udayana
- C Chetaka
- D Prasenajit
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Correct answer: (D) Prasenajit
Kosala Devi was the sister of King Prasenajit of Kosala, and the Kashi village came with her as dowry. Chetaka was the Licchavi chief whose daughter Chellana also married Bimbisara.
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Q.117
Which of the following statements about Panchayati Raj in Bihar is correct?
- A Bihar has a two-tier Panchayati Raj system
- B Panchayat elections in Bihar are held every three years
- C Bihar was the first state to reserve 50 per cent of PRI seats for women (2006)
- D Gram Kachaharis have been abolished in Bihar
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Correct answer: (C) Bihar was the first state to reserve 50 per cent of PRI seats for women (2006)
The Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006 made Bihar the first state to reserve half of all seats and posts in Panchayati Raj institutions for women; the system is three-tier with elections every five years, and Gram Kachaharis function as village courts.
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Q.118
The Greek envoy Deimachus, sent by the Seleucid king Antiochus I, came to Pataliputra during the reign of
- A Bindusara
- B Chandragupta Maurya
- C Ashoka
- D Dasharatha
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Correct answer: (A) Bindusara
Deimachus represented Antiochus I at the court of Bindusara, whom Greek writers called Amitrochates (Sanskrit Amitraghata). Megasthenes had come earlier, to Chandragupta Maurya's court.
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Q.119
Across the Nepal border, Valmiki Tiger Reserve adjoins which protected area of Nepal?
- A Bardia National Park
- B Chitwan National Park
- C Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
- D Sagarmatha National Park
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Correct answer: (B) Chitwan National Park
VTR's forests continue across the border into Nepal's Chitwan National Park, so tigers, rhinos and other animals move between the two. Koshi Tappu lies on the Kosi further east, and Bardia is in western Nepal.
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Q.120
The present Vishnupad Temple at Gaya, enshrining the footprint of Vishnu, was rebuilt in 1787 by
- A Ahilyabai Holkar
- B Mahadji Scindia
- C Rani Lakshmibai
- D Raja Man Singh
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Correct answer: (A) Ahilyabai Holkar
Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore rebuilt the temple on the bank of the Falgu; its octagonal shikhara rises about 30 m.
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Q.121
Bhagalpur, the 'Silk City' of Bihar, is famous for which variety of silk?
- A Muga silk
- B Mulberry silk
- C Tussar silk
- D Eri silk
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Correct answer: (C) Tussar silk
Bhagalpur's Tussar (Tasar) silk, woven for centuries, carries a GI tag; Muga silk belongs to Assam.
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Q.122
The forests of Valmiki Tiger Reserve are dominated by which tree?
- A Teak
- B Deodar
- C Sundari
- D Sal
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Correct answer: (D) Sal
Valmiki's moist deciduous forests in the Shivalik and Terai belt are mainly sal, mixed with tall grasslands and riverine forest along the Gandak; deodar is a Himalayan conifer and sundari a mangrove of the Sundarbans.
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Q.123
NIT Patna, one of the oldest engineering institutions in India, was earlier known as
- A Bihar College of Engineering
- B Bihar Institute of Technology
- C Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology
- D Patna Engineering College
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Correct answer: (A) Bihar College of Engineering
Tracing its origin to a survey training school of 1886, it became Bihar College of Engineering in 1924 and was upgraded to a National Institute of Technology in 2004.
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Q.124
The mathematician-astronomer Aryabhata composed the Aryabhatiya in 499 CE at Kusumpura, which is identified with modern
- A Rajgir
- B Patna (ancient Pataliputra)
- C Bodh Gaya
- D Darbhanga
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Correct answer: (B) Patna (ancient Pataliputra)
Kusumpura (Pushpapura) was another name of Pataliputra, present-day Patna, where Aryabhata worked at the age of 23. India's first satellite (1975) was named after him.
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Q.125
The Kosi river is called the 'Sorrow of Bihar' mainly because
- A its water is unfit for irrigation
- B it frequently shifts its course and causes devastating floods
- C it dries up completely in summer
- D it flows from Bihar into Jharkhand
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Correct answer: (B) it frequently shifts its course and causes devastating floods
The Kosi carries enormous Himalayan silt and has shifted its course about 120 km westward in two centuries, flooding Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura and Purnea; the 2008 Kusaha breach was the worst recent disaster.
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Q.126
The Imperial Agricultural Research Institute was founded in 1905 at Pusa and later moved to New Delhi, where its campus kept the name 'Pusa'. In which present district of Bihar is Pusa?
- A Muzaffarpur
- B Darbhanga
- C Vaishali
- D Samastipur
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Correct answer: (D) Samastipur
Pusa lies in Samastipur district (once part of Darbhanga); after an earthquake damaged its main building, the institute moved to Delhi in 1936 and became today's IARI. The Pusa campus now houses the Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University.
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Q.127
The Bakasht struggle led by the Kisan Sabha in Bihar in the late 1930s was mainly about
- A tenants resisting eviction by zamindars from lands they had long cultivated
- B forced cultivation of indigo by European planters
- C abolition of the salt tax
- D non-payment of the chaukidari tax
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Correct answer: (A) tenants resisting eviction by zamindars from lands they had long cultivated
Bakasht lands were lands that zamindars claimed as their own cultivation after evicting tenants, often for arrears of rent; in 1937-39 the Kisan Sabha under Sahajanand Saraswati organised tenants to hold on to them. Forced indigo cultivation was the issue at Champaran in 1917.
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Q.128
The agricultural research institute founded at Pusa (Bihar) in 1905 was shifted to New Delhi mainly because
- A the imperial capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911
- B the Kosi floods of 1954 submerged the campus
- C its main building was badly damaged in the Bihar earthquake of 1934
- D the province of Bihar and Orissa was formed in 1912
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Correct answer: (C) its main building was badly damaged in the Bihar earthquake of 1934
The earthquake of 15 January 1934 wrecked the institute's main building at Pusa, and it moved to New Delhi in 1936, becoming today's Indian Agricultural Research Institute. The Pusa campus now houses the Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University.
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Q.129
The Deo Sun Temple, a major centre of Chhath worship known for its west-facing sanctum, is in which district?
- A Nalanda
- B Aurangabad
- C Gaya
- D Rohtas
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Correct answer: (B) Aurangabad
The Surya temple at Deo in Aurangabad district draws huge Chhath crowds; unusually for a Sun temple, its entrance faces west.
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Q.130
Nawab Mir Qasim shifted his capital from Murshidabad to which town in present-day Bihar?
- A Patna
- B Bhagalpur
- C Munger
- D Purnea
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Correct answer: (C) Munger
Mir Qasim moved his capital to Munger (Monghyr) to keep away from the Company's influence at Calcutta and raised a disciplined army there. His quarrel with the Company eventually led to the Battle of Buxar.
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Q.131
Baba Nagarjuna received the Sahitya Akademi Award for which Maithili poetry collection?
- A Patrahin Nagna Gachh
- B Balchanma
- C Ratinath ki Chachi
- D Maila Anchal
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Correct answer: (A) Patrahin Nagna Gachh
'Patrahin Nagna Gachh' (the leafless, naked tree) won Nagarjuna the Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili. 'Balchanma' and 'Ratinath ki Chachi' are his Hindi novels.
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Q.132
Madhushravani, a festival observed in the month of Shravan by newly married women, belongs to which cultural region of Bihar?
- A Bhojpur
- B Mithila
- C Magadh
- D Anga
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Correct answer: (B) Mithila
Madhushravani is a Mithila festival in which newly married women keep a series of fasts and pujas during Shravan, including worship of the serpent deities and Gauri.
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Q.133
Arrange in chronological order: 1. Separation of Orissa from Bihar; 2. Formation of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha; 3. Passing of the Champaran Agrarian Act; 4. The great Bihar earthquake.
- A 2, 3, 4, 1
- B 3, 2, 1, 4
- C 3, 2, 4, 1
- D 2, 3, 1, 4
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Correct answer: (C) 3, 2, 4, 1
The Champaran Agrarian Act was passed in 1918, the Kisan Sabha was formed in 1929, the earthquake struck in January 1934 and Orissa became a separate province in April 1936.
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Q.134
The 1974 movement in Bihar led by Jayaprakash Narayan against corruption and misgovernance is known as
- A Bhoodan Andolan
- B Swaraj Andolan
- C Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution)
- D Asahyog Andolan
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Correct answer: (C) Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution)
JP gave the call for Sampoorna Kranti at Gandhi Maidan, Patna, on 5 June 1974; the student-led Bihar movement spread nationally and preceded the Emergency. Bhoodan was Vinoba Bhave's land-gift movement.
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Q.135
Which river rises in the Darjeeling hills, enters Bihar in Kishanganj district and flows through Katihar before passing into West Bengal?
- A Mahananda
- B Teesta
- C Kamla
- D Bagmati
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Correct answer: (A) Mahananda
The Mahananda rises near Kurseong in the Darjeeling Himalaya and drains the north-eastern corner of Bihar, receiving the Mechi on the way, before entering Malda district of West Bengal. The Teesta drains Sikkim and north Bengal and never enters Bihar.
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Q.136
Kusheshwar Asthan Bird Sanctuary, a wetland that draws migratory birds in winter, lies in which district?
- A Madhubani
- B Sitamarhi
- C Darbhanga
- D Supaul
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Correct answer: (C) Darbhanga
The sanctuary covers waterlogged low-lying land in the Kusheshwar Asthan block of Darbhanga district, a place also known for its Shiva temple; ducks and other migrants winter there.
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Q.137
Under the Government of India Act 1935, which of the following provinces had a bicameral legislature?
- A Punjab
- B Orissa
- C Bihar
- D Central Provinces
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Correct answer: (C) Bihar
The Act gave two-chamber legislatures to six provinces: Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Provinces, Bihar and Assam. Punjab, Orissa and the Central Provinces had a single chamber.
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Q.138
In the Battle of Surajgarh (1534), fought in present-day Lakhisarai district, Sher Khan defeated the forces of
- A The Mughal emperor Humayun
- B The Sultan of Bengal
- C The Raja of Rohtas
- D The Sultan of Jaunpur
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Correct answer: (B) The Sultan of Bengal
At Surajgarh Sher Khan routed the army sent by Sultan Mahmud Shah of Bengal in support of Jalal Khan Lohani, and became the real master of Bihar. His victory over Humayun came later, at Chausa in 1539.
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Q.139
By what name is the Gandak known in Nepal before it enters Bihar at Valmikinagar?
- A Karnali
- B Sapt Kosi
- C Narayani
- D Mechi
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Correct answer: (C) Narayani
Formed mainly by the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli, the river is called the Narayani in Nepal and the Gandak in India. Karnali is the Nepali name of the Ghaghra, and the Mechi is a border stream that joins the Mahananda.
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Q.140
Which Haryanka ruler is credited with shifting the capital of Magadha from Rajgriha to Pataliputra?
- A Bimbisara
- B Ajatashatru
- C Udayin
- D Mahapadma Nanda
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Correct answer: (C) Udayin
Udayin (Udayabhadra), son of Ajatashatru, built the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of the Ganga and the Son and made it his capital. Ajatashatru had only built a fort at Pataligrama.
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Q.141
Bihar Diwas, marking the creation of Bihar as a separate province in 1912, is celebrated every year on
- A 22 March
- B 15 November
- C 26 January
- D 1 April
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Correct answer: (A) 22 March
Bihar Diwas is observed on 22 March, the day the province of Bihar and Orissa was formed in 1912. 15 November is Jharkhand's foundation day.
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Q.142
Arrange the following events of Magadhan history in chronological order: 1. Ajatashatru's war against the Vajjis 2. Mahapadma Nanda founds the Nanda dynasty 3. Bimbisara annexes Anga 4. Shishunaga becomes king
- A 1, 3, 4, 2
- B 3, 1, 4, 2
- C 3, 4, 1, 2
- D 3, 1, 2, 4
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Correct answer: (B) 3, 1, 4, 2
Bimbisara (Haryanka) annexed Anga, his son Ajatashatru then defeated the Vajjis, the Shishunagas later replaced the Haryankas, and Mahapadma Nanda finally overthrew the Shishunagas.
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Q.143
Aripan, a ritual art of Mithila, is
- A a wall painting of the nuptial chamber
- B a style of embroidery on old saris
- C a floor painting drawn with rice paste
- D a form of folk theatre
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Correct answer: (C) a floor painting drawn with rice paste
Aripan designs are drawn on courtyard floors and doorways with a paste of ground rice (pithar) on festivals and ritual occasions. The wall painting of the nuptial chamber is Kohbar.
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Q.144
The painters who founded the Patna Qalam (Patna School) of painting in the 18th century had come to Patna mainly from
- A Lucknow
- B Kangra
- C Thanjavur
- D Murshidabad
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Correct answer: (D) Murshidabad
As Mughal and then Nawabi patronage declined, painters from Murshidabad in Bengal settled in Patna in the mid-18th century and developed the Patna Qalam. Kangra and Thanjavur had their own separate schools.
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Q.145
Megasthenes says the city of Pataliputra was administered by six committees (boards). How many members did each committee have?
- A Three
- B Five
- C Seven
- D Ten
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Correct answer: (B) Five
He records thirty city officers divided into six boards of five, dealing with industry, foreigners, births and deaths, trade, manufactured goods and the tax on sales. A similar set of six boards managed the army.
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Q.146
The Jamalpur railway workshop, established in 1862 as the first locomotive workshop in India, is in which district?
- A Bhagalpur
- B Munger
- C Lakhisarai
- D Jamui
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Correct answer: (B) Munger
Jamalpur in Munger district also houses the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE); Munger town is known for its gun factory and the Bihar School of Yoga.
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Q.147
Arrange the following bridges of Bihar in the order in which they were opened, earliest first: 1. Rajendra Setu 2. Vikramshila Setu 3. Koilwar (Abdul Bari) bridge 4. Mahatma Gandhi Setu
- A 3, 1, 4, 2
- B 1, 3, 4, 2
- C 3, 4, 1, 2
- D 3, 1, 2, 4
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Correct answer: (A) 3, 1, 4, 2
The Koilwar bridge over the Son opened in 1862, Rajendra Setu at Mokama in 1959, Mahatma Gandhi Setu between Patna and Hajipur in 1982, and Vikramshila Setu between Bhagalpur and Naugachia in 2001.
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Q.148
Nehru Setu, a long railway bridge across the Son on the Grand Chord line, is located at
- A Dehri-on-Sone
- B Koilwar
- C Maner
- D Daudnagar
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Correct answer: (A) Dehri-on-Sone
Opened in 1900 as the Upper Sone Bridge between Son Nagar and Dehri-on-Sone, it carries the Grand Chord section of the Howrah-Delhi main line; the older Koilwar bridge crosses the Son much further downstream, near Patna.
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Q.149
The Venuvana (bamboo grove) at Rajgir was gifted to the Buddha and his monks by
- A Ajatashatru
- B Anathapindika
- C Bimbisara
- D Ashoka
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Correct answer: (C) Bimbisara
King Bimbisara gave the Venuvana at Rajgir to the Sangha soon after meeting the Buddha. Anathapindika, a merchant of Shravasti, gave the Jetavana in Kosala.
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Q.150
The archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in
- A 2010
- B 2014
- C 2019
- D 2016
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Correct answer: (D) 2016
Nalanda's excavated remains at Bargaon were listed in 2016, making it Bihar's second World Heritage Site after the Mahabodhi Temple (2002).
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