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Q.201
Jat-Jatin, a folk dance-drama performed by women on moonlit nights of the rainy season and showing the life of a married couple, belongs mainly to which region of Bihar?
- A Bhojpur region of west Bihar
- B Mithila and Kosi region of north Bihar
- C Magadh region of south Bihar
- D Kaimur plateau
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Correct answer: (B) Mithila and Kosi region of north Bihar
Jat-Jatin is a folk form of north Bihar, especially Mithila and the Kosi belt, in which women act out the love, quarrels and hardships of Jat and his wife Jatin.
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Q.202
Which city was the earliest capital of the ancient Magadha kingdom under the Haryanka dynasty?
- A Vaishali
- B Rajgriha (Girivraja)
- C Pataliputra
- D Champa
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Correct answer: (B) Rajgriha (Girivraja)
Rajgriha (modern Rajgir), ringed by five hills, was the first capital of Magadha under Bimbisara and Ajatashatru; the capital was later shifted to Pataliputra. Champa was the capital of Anga, not Magadha.
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Q.203
Jitiya (Jivitputrika vrat), widely observed in Bihar, is a fast kept by mothers for
- A a good monsoon and harvest
- B the long life and well-being of their children
- C the long life of their husbands
- D protection of cattle from disease
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Correct answer: (B) the long life and well-being of their children
On Jitiya, observed in the month of Ashvin, mothers keep a strict waterless fast praying for the long life of their children. Fasts for a husband's long life include Teej.
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Q.204
The Patna High Court, established in 1916, was formally inaugurated by which Viceroy?
- A Lord Hardinge
- B Lord Curzon
- C Lord Minto
- D Lord Chelmsford
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Correct answer: (A) Lord Hardinge
Lord Hardinge laid the foundation stone of the Patna High Court building in 1913 and inaugurated the court in February 1916, shortly before Lord Chelmsford succeeded him as Viceroy.
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Q.205
The 'Azad Dasta', an underground guerrilla force of the Quit India period trained in the Nepal Terai, was organised by
- A Subhas Chandra Bose
- B Jayaprakash Narayan
- C Aruna Asaf Ali
- D Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
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Correct answer: (B) Jayaprakash Narayan
After escaping from Hazaribagh jail, JP set up the Azad Dasta in the Nepal Terai to train volunteers for armed resistance against British rule. Subhas Chandra Bose led the Indian National Army in South-East Asia.
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Q.206
The tinkathia system of forced indigo cultivation in Champaran was abolished by
- A the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885
- B the Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918
- C the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950
- D the Permanent Settlement Regulation, 1793
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Correct answer: (B) the Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918
The Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee, on which Gandhi sat, recommended ending tinkathia, and the Champaran Agrarian Act of 1918 gave effect to it. The Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 dealt with the occupancy rights of tenants.
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Q.207
Which district of Bihar, irrigated by the Sone canals, is popularly called the 'rice bowl' (dhan ka katora) of Bihar?
- A Nalanda
- B Supaul
- C Siwan
- D Rohtas
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Correct answer: (D) Rohtas
The Sone canal system irrigates the fertile plain of Rohtas and its neighbours, giving high paddy yields; hence the nickname.
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Q.208
The tomb of Sher Shah Suri, built in the middle of an artificial lake, is located at
- A Sasaram
- B Sultanganj
- C Maner
- D Bihar Sharif
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Correct answer: (A) Sasaram
Sher Shah's red sandstone mausoleum at Sasaram (Rohtas district), designed by Aliwal Khan, is a masterpiece of Indo-Islamic architecture. Maner has the dargah of Shah Daulat and Bihar Sharif the tomb of Makhdum Sharfuddin.
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Q.209
The Haryanka dynasty ended when the people of Magadha deposed Nagadasaka and raised his amatya (minister) to the throne. Who was this minister?
- A Mahapadma Nanda
- B Shishunaga
- C Kalashoka
- D Pushyamitra
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Correct answer: (B) Shishunaga
According to the Sri Lankan chronicles, the people replaced Nagadasaka, the last Haryanka ruler, with the minister Shishunaga, who founded a new dynasty. Kalashoka was Shishunaga's son and successor.
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Q.210
The Third Buddhist Council, held at Pataliputra during Ashoka's reign, was presided over by
- A Mahakassapa
- B Moggaliputta Tissa
- C Sabakami
- D Vasumitra
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Correct answer: (B) Moggaliputta Tissa
Moggaliputta Tissa presided over the Third Council (about 250 BCE), after which missionaries were sent to many lands. Mahakassapa presided over the First Council at Rajgir and Vasumitra over the Fourth in Kashmir.
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Q.211
Which National Waterway runs along the Ganga through Bihar and has a terminal at Gaighat in Patna?
- A National Waterway 2 (Sadiya-Dhubri)
- B National Waterway 3 (Kollam-Kottapuram)
- C National Waterway 4 (Kakinada-Puducherry)
- D National Waterway 1 (Haldia-Prayagraj)
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Correct answer: (D) National Waterway 1 (Haldia-Prayagraj)
NW-1 on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly system, declared in 1986, passes Buxar, Patna, Munger and Bhagalpur in Bihar. NW-2 is on the Brahmaputra in Assam and NW-3 is the West Coast Canal of Kerala.
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Q.212
Which chronicler described Bakhtiyar Khalji's capture of a fortified monastery in Bihar, noting that the 'fortress' was really a college that the local people called a vihara?
- A Ziauddin Barani
- B Amir Khusrau
- C Abul Fazl
- D Minhaj-us-Siraj
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Correct answer: (D) Minhaj-us-Siraj
Minhaj-us-Siraj recorded the episode in his Tabaqat-i-Nasiri; the monastery is generally identified with Odantapuri. Ziauddin Barani wrote the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi.
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Q.213
Which of the following pairs of writer and work is correctly matched?
- A Nagarjun - Baba Batesarnath
- B Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - Parti Parikatha
- C Phanishwar Nath Renu - Rashmirathi
- D Vidyapati - Varna Ratnakara
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Correct answer: (A) Nagarjun - Baba Batesarnath
Baba Batesarnath is a novel by Nagarjun. Parti Parikatha is by Renu, Rashmirathi by Dinkar and Varna Ratnakara by Jyotirishwar Thakur.
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Q.214
For which work did Ramdhari Singh Dinkar receive the Jnanpith Award in 1972?
- A Rashmirathi
- B Kurukshetra
- C Hunkar
- D Urvashi
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Correct answer: (D) Urvashi
Dinkar won the Jnanpith Award for 'Urvashi', a verse play on the love of Pururava and Urvashi. 'Rashmirathi' and 'Kurukshetra' are his other famous long poems.
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Q.215
The historic Grand Trunk Road, associated with Sher Shah Suri, passes through which part of Bihar?
- A The north-west, through Bettiah and Motihari
- B The Kosi region, through Saharsa and Supaul
- C The north-east, through Purnia and Kishanganj
- D The south-west, through Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri and Aurangabad
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Correct answer: (D) The south-west, through Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri and Aurangabad
The GT Road, now part of the Delhi-Kolkata national highway, enters Bihar from Uttar Pradesh in Kaimur district and runs through Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri-on-Sone, Aurangabad and southern Gaya before entering Jharkhand; Sher Shah's tomb at Sasaram stands close to it.
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Q.216
The city of Muzaffarpur stands on the bank of which river?
- A Bagmati
- B Burhi Gandak
- C Gandak
- D Kamla
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Correct answer: (B) Burhi Gandak
The Burhi Gandak runs south-east, east of and parallel to the Gandak, through the Champaran districts, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and Begusarai, and joins the Ganga near Khagaria. The Gandak itself passes west of Muzaffarpur to meet the Ganga at Hajipur.
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Q.217
Consider the statements: 1. Valmiki is the only tiger reserve in Bihar. 2. Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Bihar by area. Which of these is 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 statements are correct. Kaimur sanctuary, spread over Kaimur and Rohtas districts (about 1,342 sq km), is the largest, while Valmiki in West Champaran is the state's lone tiger reserve.
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Q.218
Which of the following power station-district pairs is correctly matched?
- A Barh Super Thermal Power Station – Begusarai
- B Kanti Thermal Power Station – Darbhanga
- C Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station – Bhagalpur
- D Barauni Thermal Power Station – Munger
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Correct answer: (C) Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station – Bhagalpur
NTPC's Kahalgaon station stands on the Ganga in Bhagalpur district. Barh is in Patna district, Kanti in Muzaffarpur and the Barauni plant in Begusarai.
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Q.219
After Jharkhand was separated from Bihar in 2000, which of the following mineral resources remained in Bihar?
- A Coal of the Jharia field
- B Limestone of the Kaimur-Rohtas plateau
- C Copper of Singhbhum
- D Mica of Koderma
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Correct answer: (B) Limestone of the Kaimur-Rohtas plateau
Most of undivided Bihar's coal, iron ore, copper, bauxite and mica lay on the Chota Nagpur plateau and went to Jharkhand. Present-day Bihar keeps the limestone of Rohtas and Kaimur, used for making cement, along with the pyrite of Amjhore.
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Q.220
Which of the following Ashokan pillar sites is NOT located in Bihar?
- A Rampurva
- B Lauriya Nandangarh
- C Kolhua
- D Topra
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Correct answer: (D) Topra
Rampurva, Lauriya Nandangarh and Kolhua are all Ashokan pillar sites in north Bihar. The Topra pillar stood in present-day Haryana until Firoz Shah Tughlaq moved it to Delhi.
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Q.221
Before seizing the throne of Bengal in 1740, Alivardi Khan served as deputy governor (naib nazim) of
- A Orissa
- B Bihar
- C Awadh
- D Allahabad
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Correct answer: (B) Bihar
Alivardi Khan governed Bihar from Patna as naib nazim in the 1730s and became Nawab of Bengal after defeating Sarfaraz Khan at Giria in 1740. Awadh was ruled by its own Nawabs, beginning with Saadat Khan.
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Q.222
Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya on the bank of which river?
- A Son
- B Niranjana (Falgu)
- C Punpun
- D Ganga
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Correct answer: (B) Niranjana (Falgu)
The Buddha meditated under the Bodhi (peepal) tree on the bank of the Niranjana, known today as the Falgu or Lilajan. Sarnath (first sermon) and Kushinagar (Mahaparinirvana) are in Uttar Pradesh.
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Q.223
Dr Rajendra Prasad was awarded the Bharat Ratna in which year?
- A 1954
- B 1958
- C 1966
- D 1962
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Correct answer: (D) 1962
Rajendra Prasad received the Bharat Ratna in 1962, the year he completed his second term as President; he died at Patna in February 1963.
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Q.224
Vaishali was the capital of which Mahajanapada, a confederacy of clans in which the Licchavis were the leading clan?
- A Anga
- B Vajji (Vrijji)
- C Malla
- D Kashi
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Correct answer: (B) Vajji (Vrijji)
The Vajji (Vrijji) confederacy was a gana-sangha governed through an assembly, with its capital at Vaishali. The Mallas formed a separate sangha with centres at Kushinagar and Pava.
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Q.225
Which bird has been declared the state bird of Bihar?
- A Peacock
- B House sparrow
- C Indian roller
- D Hoopoe
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Correct answer: (B) House sparrow
The house sparrow (gauraiya), whose numbers were declining in towns, was adopted as Bihar's state bird in 2013. The peacock is India's national bird.
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Q.226
After the Battle of Buxar, the East India Company obtained the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in 1765 through the Treaty of
- A Allahabad
- B Salbai
- C Srirangapatna
- D Purandar
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Correct answer: (A) Allahabad
By the Treaty of Allahabad (1765), negotiated by Robert Clive, the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II granted the Company the right to collect revenue (Diwani) in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The Treaty of Salbai (1782) ended the First Anglo-Maratha War.
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Q.227
The Gupta ruler Chandragupta I married Kumaradevi, a princess of which clan, an alliance commemorated on his gold coins?
- A Vakataka
- B Maukhari
- C Naga
- D Licchavi
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Correct answer: (D) Licchavi
The Chandragupta I–Kumaradevi gold coins bear the legend 'Lichchhavayah', and Samudragupta proudly called himself 'Lichchhavi-dauhitra' (daughter's son of the Licchavis). The Vakatakas were linked to the Guptas later through Prabhavati Gupta.
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Q.228
Which 7th-century Chinese pilgrim found Pataliputra largely deserted and in ruins, with only a small settlement left near the Ganga?
- A Fa-Hien
- B I-tsing
- C Sung Yun
- D Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)
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Correct answer: (D) Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)
Visiting in Harsha's time, Xuanzang described Pataliputra as a ruined city with a small population, as political power had shifted to Kannauj. Fa-Hien had found it flourishing about two centuries earlier.
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Q.229
Bihar Vidyapeeth, the national educational institution set up at Patna in 1921, was a product of which movement?
- A Non-Cooperation Movement
- B Civil Disobedience Movement
- C Quit India Movement
- D Swadeshi Movement
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Correct answer: (A) Non-Cooperation Movement
It was founded in February 1921 as an alternative to the government institutions boycotted during Non-Cooperation; Gandhi laid its foundation and Rajendra Prasad was closely associated with it.
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Q.230
Baba Nagarjuna wrote his Maithili poetry under which pen name?
- A Dinkar
- B Nirala
- C Yatri
- D Renu
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Correct answer: (C) Yatri
In Maithili, Nagarjuna wrote as 'Yatri', while in Hindi he used the name Nagarjuna. 'Nirala' was the pen name of Suryakant Tripathi.
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Q.231
The Regimental Centre of the Bihar Regiment of the Indian Army is located at
- A Muzaffarpur
- B Bhagalpur
- C Purnea
- D Danapur
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Correct answer: (D) Danapur
The Bihar Regimental Centre is at Danapur Cantonment near Patna, one of the older cantonments of India; the regiment itself was raised in 1941.
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Q.232
Tikuli art, which began as decorative bindis made of glass and gold foil and is now done in enamel paint on hardboard, is associated with which city?
- A Darbhanga
- B Gaya
- C Purnia
- D Patna
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Correct answer: (D) Patna
Tikuli art is a traditional craft of Patna; artisans once made ornamental tikulis (bindis) from glass and gold leaf, and the craft was later revived on hardboard with enamel colours.
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Q.233
The shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan was born in 1916 at Dumraon, which lies in which district of Bihar?
- A Buxar
- B Bhojpur
- C Rohtas
- D Kaimur
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Correct answer: (A) Buxar
Bismillah Khan was born at Dumraon in Buxar district and grew up in Varanasi, where he trained under his maternal uncle. He played the shehnai at the Red Fort when India became independent in 1947.
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Q.234
The Golghar of Patna, completed in 1786 as a granary after the great famine of 1770, was built by which British engineer?
- A James Prinsep
- B Captain John Garstin
- C Alexander Cunningham
- D Colin Mackenzie
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Correct answer: (B) Captain John Garstin
Captain John Garstin of the Bengal Engineers built the beehive-shaped Golghar on the orders of Warren Hastings to store grain against future famines. Alexander Cunningham was the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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Q.235
Which of the following towns is NOT situated on the bank of the Ganga?
- A Buxar
- B Munger
- C Darbhanga
- D Bhagalpur
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Correct answer: (C) Darbhanga
Buxar, Munger and Bhagalpur are old river towns on the south bank of the Ganga, whereas Darbhanga lies in the Mithila plain well to the north of the river.
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Q.236
Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 of injuries from a gunpowder explosion while besieging the fort of
- A Kalinjar
- B Chunar
- C Rohtasgarh
- D Gwalior
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Correct answer: (A) Kalinjar
Sher Shah was fatally wounded during the siege of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and was buried in his tomb at Sasaram. Rohtasgarh in Bihar had been taken by him years earlier, in 1538.
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Q.237
Arrange the following visitors to Pataliputra and Nalanda in chronological order: 1. Xuanzang 2. Megasthenes 3. I-tsing 4. Fa-Hien
- A 2, 1, 4, 3
- B 4, 2, 1, 3
- C 2, 4, 3, 1
- D 2, 4, 1, 3
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Correct answer: (D) 2, 4, 1, 3
Megasthenes came around 300 BCE under Chandragupta Maurya, Fa-Hien in the early 5th century CE under Chandragupta II, Xuanzang in the 630s-640s under Harsha, and I-tsing in the 670s-680s.
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Q.238
'Sudha' milk and dairy products are marketed by which organisation?
- A GCMMF (Amul)
- B Verka (Punjab)
- C Nandini (Karnataka)
- D COMFED (Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation)
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Correct answer: (D) COMFED (Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation)
COMFED, Bihar's apex dairy co-operative set up in 1983 on the Anand pattern, sells milk and milk products under the Sudha brand through district milk unions; Amul, Verka and Nandini are the brands of Gujarat, Punjab and Karnataka.
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Q.239
Consider the statements about Sher Shah Suri's tomb at Sasaram: 1. It is built on an octagonal plan. 2. It is built of white marble. Which of these is/are correct?
- A Only 1
- B Only 2
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (A) Only 1
The tomb is a large octagonal building rising from a stepped platform in a lake, a fine example of Sur (Afghan) architecture. It is built of sandstone, not marble.
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Q.240
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in 1666 at
- A Amritsar
- B Anandpur Sahib
- C Nanded
- D Patna
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Correct answer: (D) Patna
He was born at Patna, where Takht Sri Harmandir Ji (Patna Sahib), one of the five Takhts of Sikhism, stands. Nanded is where he died and Anandpur is where the Khalsa was founded.
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Q.241
The Vishwa Shanti Stupa on Ratnagiri hill at Rajgir was built by a Buddhist order from which country?
- A Japan
- B Sri Lanka
- C Thailand
- D Myanmar
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Correct answer: (A) Japan
The white Peace Pagoda at Rajgir was built by the Japanese Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji, founded by Nichidatsu Fujii, and is reached by a ropeway.
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Q.242
The present Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, dating from the late Gupta period, is notable as an early Buddhist temple built mainly of
- A white marble
- B brick
- C granite
- D red sandstone
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Correct answer: (B) brick
UNESCO describes the Mahabodhi Temple as one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick that still stands in India. Red sandstone is the material of many Mughal buildings.
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Q.243
In Jain texts, Bimbisara of Magadha is referred to by which name?
- A Kunika
- B Kalashoka
- C Shrenika
- D Nagadasaka
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Correct answer: (C) Shrenika
Jain tradition calls Bimbisara Shrenika and presents him as a follower of Mahavira. Kunika is the name Jain texts use for his son Ajatashatru.
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Q.244
Greek and Roman writers call the powerful king of the Gangetic plains in Alexander's time Agrammes (Xandrames). He is generally identified with
- A Chandragupta Maurya
- B Dhana Nanda
- C Bindusara
- D Kalashoka
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Correct answer: (B) Dhana Nanda
Curtius and Diodorus describe Agrammes' huge army, news of which discouraged Alexander's soldiers at the Beas; he is identified with the last Nanda king, Dhana Nanda. Chandragupta Maurya appears in Greek sources as Sandrocottus.
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Q.245
The Nagarjuni hill caves near Barabar were dedicated to the Ajivikas by which Mauryan ruler, a grandson of Ashoka?
- A Samprati
- B Brihadratha
- C Bindusara
- D Dasharatha
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Correct answer: (D) Dasharatha
Inscriptions in the Nagarjuni caves, such as the Gopika cave, record their gift to the Ajivikas by Dasharatha soon after his accession. Bindusara was Ashoka's father, not his grandson.
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Q.246
The GI-tagged 'Shahi Litchi' is associated with which district of Bihar?
- A Muzaffarpur
- B Bhagalpur
- C Darbhanga
- D Vaishali
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Correct answer: (A) Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpur is the litchi capital of India and hosts the National Research Centre on Litchi at Mushahari; Bhagalpur is known instead for Jardalu mango and Katarni rice.
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Q.247
Which of the following barrage-river pairs is correctly matched?
- A Indrapuri barrage – Son
- B Valmikinagar barrage – Kosi
- C Hanuman Nagar barrage – Gandak
- D Farakka barrage – Son
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Correct answer: (A) Indrapuri barrage – Son
The Indrapuri barrage in Rohtas district took over from the old anicut at Dehri and feeds the Sone canal system. Valmikinagar is on the Gandak, Hanuman Nagar on the Kosi and Farakka on the Ganga in West Bengal.
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Q.248
Which Chinese pilgrim of the late 7th century spent about ten years at Nalanda and left a detailed record of the monastic rules followed there?
- A I-tsing (Yijing)
- B Fa-Hien
- C Sung Yun
- D Xuanzang
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Correct answer: (A) I-tsing (Yijing)
I-tsing came to India by sea in the 670s and studied at Nalanda for about a decade; his record of Buddhist practice describes daily monastic life there. Xuanzang had studied at Nalanda a few decades earlier.
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Q.249
Which crop, a kharif crop in most of India, is also grown on a large scale in Bihar in the rabi (winter) season, especially in the Kosi and central districts?
- A Jute
- B Cotton
- C Maize
- D Groundnut
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Correct answer: (C) Maize
Rabi maize, sown in October-November and harvested in spring, gives high yields in districts such as Khagaria, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura and Samastipur, making Bihar one of India's major maize producers. Jute is a monsoon crop, and cotton and groundnut are minor in Bihar.
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Q.250
Consider the following statements about the Kosi: 1. It has built a vast alluvial fan (megafan) in north-eastern Bihar. 2. Over the last two centuries it has shifted its course steadily eastward. 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: (A) 1 only
Only statement 1 is correct. The heavy silt load of the Kosi has built a huge alluvial fan, and over about two centuries the river has migrated more than 100 km westward across this fan, not eastward.
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