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Q.251
Atisha Dipankara Srijnana, who went to Tibet in the 11th century and helped revive Buddhism there, was a leading teacher of which monastic university?
- A Vikramashila
- B Taxila
- C Valabhi
- D Kanchi
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Correct answer: (A) Vikramashila
Atisha was a senior teacher at Vikramashila, the Pala-founded university near Bhagalpur, when he accepted the invitation of Tibetan rulers around 1040. Valabhi in Gujarat was a major centre of Hinayana learning.
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Q.252
The remains of the Vikramshila Mahavihara were excavated at which village near Kahalgaon?
- A Kumhrar
- B Bargaon
- C Antichak
- D Chirand
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Correct answer: (C) Antichak
Excavations at Antichak in Kahalgaon block of Bhagalpur district exposed Vikramshila's large cruciform central stupa and rows of monks' cells. Kumhrar is the Mauryan site in Patna and Bargaon lies beside the Nalanda ruins.
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Q.253
The 1940 session of the Congress at Ramgarh (then in Bihar, now in Jharkhand) was presided over by
- A Subhas Chandra Bose
- B Rajendra Prasad
- C Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Azad presided over the Ramgarh session of March 1940; at the same place Subhas Chandra Bose held a parallel Anti-Compromise Conference.
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Q.254
The Gangetic river dolphin, protected in the Vikramshila sanctuary, is known locally in Bihar as
- A Ghariyal
- B Udbilao
- C Soons
- D Mahseer
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Correct answer: (C) Soons
Fishermen call the dolphin soons, after the puffing sound it makes when it surfaces to breathe; it is nearly blind and finds its prey by echolocation. The gharial is a fish-eating crocodile, the udbilao an otter and the mahseer a fish.
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Q.255
The Permanent Settlement of land revenue, introduced in 1793 in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, is associated with
- A Lord Cornwallis
- B Warren Hastings
- C Lord Wellesley
- D Lord Dalhousie
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Correct answer: (A) Lord Cornwallis
Lord Cornwallis fixed the land revenue permanently with the zamindars in 1793, making them owners of the land. The zamindari system it created in Bihar was abolished only after Independence.
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Q.256
Which of the following Jain pilgrimage centres is NOT in present-day Bihar?
- A Pawapuri
- B Rajgir
- C Vaishali
- D Sammed Shikhar (Parasnath hill)
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Correct answer: (D) Sammed Shikhar (Parasnath hill)
Sammed Shikhar, where many Tirthankaras are believed to have attained nirvana, is on Parasnath hill in Giridih district of Jharkhand. Pawapuri, Rajgir and Vaishali are all in Bihar.
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Q.257
The First Buddhist Council was held at Rajgir soon after the Buddha's death under the patronage of which ruler?
- A Ajatashatru
- B Kalasoka
- C Ashoka
- D Kanishka
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Correct answer: (A) Ajatashatru
The First Council (about 483 BCE) met at the Sattapanni cave in Rajgir under Mahakassapa with the support of Ajatashatru. Kalasoka patronised the Second Council at Vaishali and Ashoka the Third at Pataliputra.
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Q.258
According to Megasthenes, the city of Pataliputra was enclosed by a defensive wall made mainly of
- A Timber (wood)
- B Burnt brick
- C Dressed stone
- D Mud
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Correct answer: (A) Timber (wood)
Megasthenes describes a wooden wall with loopholes for archers and a deep moat around Pataliputra. Excavations at Bulandibagh in Patna have exposed remains of this timber palisade.
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Q.259
Mahamaya Prasad Sinha is remembered in Bihar's political history as
- A the first Premier of Bihar province (1937)
- B the head of the state's first non-Congress government (1967)
- C the first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
- D the first Governor of Bihar after Independence
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Correct answer: (B) the head of the state's first non-Congress government (1967)
After the 1967 elections, Mahamaya Prasad Sinha of the Jana Kranti Dal became Chief Minister at the head of a coalition, ending two decades of Congress rule in Bihar; Karpoori Thakur was his Deputy Chief Minister.
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Q.260
Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 at
- A Zeradei
- B Sitab Diara
- C Simaria
- D Benipur
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Correct answer: (B) Sitab Diara
JP was born on 11 October 1902 at Sitab Diara, a village on the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border near the confluence of the Ganga and the Ghaghra. Zeradei is Rajendra Prasad's birthplace and Simaria is Dinkar's.
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Q.261
In which year was Bismillah Khan awarded the Bharat Ratna?
- A 1999
- B 2008
- C 1992
- D 2001
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Correct answer: (D) 2001
Bismillah Khan received the Bharat Ratna in 2001, the same year as Lata Mangeshkar. Pandit Ravi Shankar had received it in 1999.
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Q.262
Which of the following books was written by Dr Rajendra Prasad?
- A The Discovery of India
- B Hind Swaraj
- C India Divided
- D The Indian Struggle
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Correct answer: (C) India Divided
In 'India Divided' (1946) Rajendra Prasad examined and argued against the case for partition; he also wrote an autobiography, 'Atmakatha'. 'The Indian Struggle' is by Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Q.263
Before the creation of Jharkhand in 2000, how many Lok Sabha seats did undivided Bihar have?
- A 48
- B 54
- C 52
- D 56
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Correct answer: (B) 54
Undivided Bihar had 54 Lok Sabha seats; on reorganisation 40 remained with Bihar and 14 went to Jharkhand.
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Q.264
The Barabar caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, donated by Ashoka to the Ajivika sect, are in which district?
- A Gaya
- B Jehanabad
- C Nawada
- D Aurangabad
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Correct answer: (B) Jehanabad
The Barabar and Nagarjuni hills in Jehanabad district contain the Lomas Rishi and Sudama caves with their mirror-like Mauryan polish; E. M. Forster's Marabar caves in A Passage to India were modelled on them.
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Q.265
Karpoori Thakur, two-time Chief Minister of Bihar known for reservation for backward classes, is popularly called
- A Loknayak
- B Jan Nayak
- C Bihar Kesari
- D Bihar Vibhuti
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Correct answer: (B) Jan Nayak
Karpoori Thakur is 'Jan Nayak'; Loknayak is Jayaprakash Narayan, Bihar Kesari is Shri Krishna Singh and Bihar Vibhuti is Anugrah Narayan Sinha.
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Q.266
The Congress ministry headed by Shri Krishna Sinha in Bihar, formed in 1937, resigned in 1939 in protest against
- A the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi
- B the Communal Award of Ramsay MacDonald
- C India being made a party to the Second World War without consulting Indians
- D the proposals of the Cripps Mission
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Correct answer: (C) India being made a party to the Second World War without consulting Indians
In October-November 1939 all Congress provincial ministries, including Bihar's, resigned because the Viceroy had made India a party to the Second World War without consulting Indian leaders. The Cripps Mission came only in 1942.
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Q.267
Which is the leading source of irrigation in Bihar by net irrigated area?
- A Canals
- B Tube wells and other wells
- C Tanks
- D Ahar-pyne
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Correct answer: (B) Tube wells and other wells
Groundwater drawn by tube wells irrigates more than half of Bihar's net irrigated area, helped by the shallow water table of the alluvial plain; canals of the Sone, Gandak and Kosi systems are the next most important source.
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Q.268
Mandar hill, which according to legend served as the churning rod in the Samudra Manthan, is in which district?
- A Banka
- B Munger
- C Jamui
- D Nawada
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Correct answer: (A) Banka
Mandar Parvat near Bausi in Banka district is linked with the churning of the ocean and also has Jain shrines on it.
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Q.269
Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Bihar and Orissa who set up the Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee in 1917 and made Gandhi one of its members?
- A Sir Charles Stuart Bayley
- B Lord Chelmsford
- C Sir Edward Gait
- D Sir Andrew Fraser
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Correct answer: (C) Sir Edward Gait
Sir Edward Gait, Lieutenant Governor from 1915 to 1920, set up the committee under F. G. Sly with Gandhi as a member; its report of October 1917 led to the end of tinkathia. Lord Chelmsford was then the Viceroy.
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Q.270
Who grouped Maithili, Magahi and Bhojpuri together under the name 'Bihari' languages in the Linguistic Survey of India?
- A William Jones
- B Max Muller
- C James Prinsep
- D George Abraham Grierson
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Correct answer: (D) George Abraham Grierson
George A. Grierson, who directed the Linguistic Survey of India, classified Maithili, Magahi and Bhojpuri as the 'Bihari' group. James Prinsep is known for deciphering the Brahmi script.
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Q.271
Tilka Manjhi, after whom the university at Bhagalpur is named, is remembered for
- A leading the sepoys of Danapur in 1857
- B leading an early tribal revolt against the East India Company
- C founding the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha
- D inviting Gandhi to Champaran
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Correct answer: (B) leading an early tribal revolt against the East India Company
Tilka Manjhi led an armed tribal uprising against the Company in the Bhagalpur and Rajmahal hills region in the late 18th century, long before 1857. Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University bears his name.
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Q.272
Consider the following statements about the Bihar Vidhan Parishad: 1. It is a permanent House and is not subject to dissolution. 2. All its members are directly elected by the people. 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
Like the Rajya Sabha, the Legislative Council is a continuing House, with one-third of its members retiring every second year. Its members come through indirect election and nomination, not direct election, so only statement 1 is correct.
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Q.273
In the epics and Puranas, the Kosi river is known by which name?
- A Sadanira
- B Hiranyavaha
- C Ajiravati
- D Kaushiki
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Correct answer: (D) Kaushiki
The Kosi is the Kaushiki of ancient texts; the Ramayana says Satyavati, sister of the sage Vishwamitra (a descendant of Kushika), became this river. Hiranyavaha is an old name of the Son and Ajiravati of the Rapti.
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Q.274
The Rampurva bull capital, an Ashokan pillar capital now displayed at Rashtrapati Bhavan, was found in which district of Bihar?
- A East Champaran
- B West Champaran
- C Vaishali
- D Saran
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Correct answer: (B) West Champaran
Rampurva, near the Nepal border in West Champaran, had two Ashokan pillars, one crowned by a bull and the other by a lion. The pillar at Lauriya Araraj, which has lost its capital, is in East Champaran.
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Q.275
The Shishunaga ruler known as Kalashoka in the Sri Lankan chronicles is called by which name in the Puranas?
- A Ugrasena
- B Amitraghata
- C Kakavarna
- D Devanampiya
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Correct answer: (C) Kakavarna
The Puranas name him Kakavarna; in his reign the Second Buddhist Council met at Vaishali. Ugrasena is an epithet of Mahapadma Nanda and Amitraghata of Bindusara.
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Q.276
Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, was born in 1884 at
- A Zeradei (Siwan)
- B Sitabdiara (Saran)
- C Simaria (Begusarai)
- D Dumraon (Buxar)
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Correct answer: (A) Zeradei (Siwan)
Rajendra Prasad was born at Zeradei in Siwan district. Sitabdiara is Jayaprakash Narayan's birthplace, Simaria is Dinkar's and Dumraon is Ustad Bismillah Khan's.
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Q.277
In the early 19th century, after an earlier structure was destroyed by fire, the gurdwara at Takht Sri Patna Sahib was rebuilt under the patronage of which Sikh ruler?
- A Banda Singh Bahadur
- B Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- C Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- D Raja Man Singh
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Correct answer: (C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab paid for rebuilding the gurdwara at Guru Gobind Singh's birthplace; that building was badly damaged in the 1934 Bihar earthquake and the present Takht was built in the 1950s. Banda Singh Bahadur and Jassa Singh Ahluwalia belong to the 18th century, before Ranjit Singh's time.
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Q.278
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court?
- A Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller
- B Sir Saiyid Fazl Ali
- C Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee
- D Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier
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Correct answer: (D) Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier
Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier became the first Chief Justice when the court began functioning on 1 March 1916; he was succeeded by Sir Dawson Miller in 1917. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a judge of the Calcutta High Court.
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Q.279
Bihar was separated from the Bengal Presidency to form the province of Bihar and Orissa in which year?
- A 1905
- B 1911
- C 1936
- D 1912
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Correct answer: (D) 1912
The province of Bihar and Orissa came into being on 22 March 1912, following the announcement at the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Orissa became a separate province in 1936.
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Q.280
Who is known as 'Bihar Vibhuti'?
- A Shri Krishna Singh
- B Jayaprakash Narayan
- C Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- D Karpoori Thakur
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Correct answer: (C) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Bihar's first Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, is remembered as Bihar Vibhuti; the medical college at Gaya and the A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, bear his name.
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Q.281
Which crop occupies the largest area under cultivation in Bihar?
- A Wheat
- B Maize
- C Sugarcane
- D Rice (paddy)
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Correct answer: (D) Rice (paddy)
Paddy, the main kharif crop of the monsoon-fed plains, covers the largest area, followed by wheat in the rabi season; maize and sugarcane are important but occupy much less land.
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Q.282
Who offered a bowl of kheer (milk-rice) to Siddhartha near Bodh Gaya shortly before his enlightenment?
- A Sujata
- B Amrapali
- C Mahaprajapati Gautami
- D Yashodhara
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Correct answer: (A) Sujata
Sujata, a young woman of a village near Uruvela, offered him milk-rice after he gave up severe fasting, and he then sat under the Bodhi tree; a stupa at Bakraur, across the river from Bodh Gaya, is linked with her. Amrapali was a courtesan of Vaishali.
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Q.283
Which of the following pairs of folk song and occasion is NOT correctly matched?
- A Sohar - birth of a child
- B Samdaun - Holi
- C Kajari - rainy season (Sawan)
- D Jatsari - grinding grain on the hand-mill
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Correct answer: (B) Samdaun - Holi
Samdaun is the Maithili song of farewell, sung especially when a daughter leaves for her in-laws' home; Holi songs are called Phagua. The other three pairs are correct.
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Q.284
In April 1908, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki threw a bomb at Muzaffarpur intending to kill
- A Lord Curzon
- B Lord Minto
- C Kingsford
- D W. C. Rand
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Correct answer: (C) Kingsford
The bomb was meant for Douglas Kingsford, the former Chief Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta then posted as District Judge at Muzaffarpur, but it killed two English women instead. Khudiram Bose was hanged at Muzaffarpur in August 1908.
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Q.285
Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, known for its hot springs in the Kharagpur hills, is in which district?
- A Jamui
- B Munger
- C Banka
- D Lakhisarai
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Correct answer: (B) Munger
Bhimbandh lies in the Kharagpur hills of Munger district near its border with Jamui; its hot springs and dry deciduous forest make it a winter destination.
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Q.286
Kanwar Lake (Kabartal) in Begusarai is a residual oxbow lake formed by the meandering of which river?
- A Kosi
- B Bagmati
- C Burhi Gandak
- D Gandak
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Correct answer: (C) Burhi Gandak
Kanwar is a cut-off loop left behind as the Burhi Gandak shifted its meanders; it swells in the monsoon and shrinks in summer, and its marshes draw large numbers of wintering birds.
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Q.287
Consider the statements about the Shravani Mela: 1. Kanwariyas fill their pots with Ganga water at Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district. 2. They carry it on foot to Baba Baidyanath Dham at Deoghar, which lies in Jharkhand. Which of these is/are correct?
- A Only 1
- B Only 2
- C Neither 1 nor 2
- D Both 1 and 2
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Correct answer: (D) Both 1 and 2
During Shravan, pilgrims collect water from the north-flowing Ganga at Sultanganj in Bihar and walk to Deoghar to offer it to Baba Baidyanath. Deoghar became part of Jharkhand in 2000, so the yatra now begins in Bihar and ends in Jharkhand.
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Q.288
Which of the following pairs of traveller and travel account is correctly matched?
- A Fa-Hien – Indica
- B Megasthenes – Fo-Kuo-Ki
- C I-tsing – Rajatarangini
- D Xuanzang – Si-Yu-Ki
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Correct answer: (D) Xuanzang – Si-Yu-Ki
Xuanzang's record of his journey is the Si-Yu-Ki (Records of the Western Regions); Fa-Hien wrote the Fo-Kuo-Ki and Megasthenes the Indica. The Rajatarangini is Kalhana's history of Kashmir.
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Q.289
Amrapali (Ambapali), who gifted her mango grove to the Buddha and later joined the order of nuns, was a celebrated courtesan of
- A Rajgriha
- B Shravasti
- C Vaishali
- D Pataliputra
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Correct answer: (C) Vaishali
Amrapali, the famous nagarvadhu of Vaishali, hosted the Buddha and donated her mango grove to the Sangha. Shravasti was the capital of Kosala.
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Q.290
Gandhi described the great Bihar earthquake of January 1934 as divine chastisement for which social evil, a view that Rabindranath Tagore publicly criticised?
- A Untouchability
- B Child marriage
- C The dowry system
- D Alcoholism
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Correct answer: (A) Untouchability
Gandhi, then on his tour against untouchability, called the earthquake a punishment for the sin of untouchability; Tagore objected that natural disasters should not be linked to moral failings. Rajendra Prasad led the relief work in Bihar.
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Q.291
The Ramnagar Dun hills in the north-west of West Champaran district form part of which mountain system?
- A Shivalik (Outer Himalaya)
- B Vindhyan range
- C Aravalli range
- D Rajmahal hills
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Correct answer: (A) Shivalik (Outer Himalaya)
Bihar's only Himalayan terrain is a narrow Shivalik strip in north-western West Champaran, made up of the Someshwar range and the lower Ramnagar Dun hills. The Vindhyan system reaches Bihar only as the Kaimur plateau in the south-west.
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Q.292
On 23 April 1858, a few days before his death, Kunwar Singh defeated a British force under Captain Le Grand near
- A Arrah
- B Azamgarh
- C Danapur
- D Jagdishpur
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Correct answer: (D) Jagdishpur
Returning to Bihar after campaigning in Awadh and around Azamgarh, the wounded Kunwar Singh routed Le Grand's force near Jagdishpur on 23 April 1858 and died there on 26 April. Bihar marks this victory every year on 23 April.
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Q.293
According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, the earliest ruling family of Magadha, to which Jarasandha belonged, was the
- A Haryanka dynasty
- B Shunga dynasty
- C Ikshvaku dynasty
- D Brihadratha dynasty
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Correct answer: (D) Brihadratha dynasty
Tradition names Brihadratha, father of Jarasandha, as founder of Magadha's first dynasty with its capital at Girivraja; 'Jarasandh ka Akhara' at Rajgir recalls this legend. The Haryankas of Bimbisara came much later.
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Q.294
The Gandak barrage, built under the 1959 Indo-Nepal Gandak agreement, is located at
- A Hanuman Nagar
- B Valmikinagar
- C Dehri-on-Sone
- D Indrapuri
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Correct answer: (B) Valmikinagar
The Gandak barrage at Valmikinagar (Bhainsalotan) in West Champaran irrigates parts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. Hanuman Nagar is the site of the Kosi barrage and Indrapuri of the Son barrage.
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Q.295
The Shaheed Smarak in Patna honours seven students shot dead on 11 August 1942 while trying to hoist the tricolour on the
- A Patna High Court
- B Gandhi Maidan
- C Patna Collectorate
- D Patna Secretariat
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Correct answer: (D) Patna Secretariat
During the Quit India Movement seven students were killed by police firing at the Patna Secretariat; the bronze memorial by Devi Prasad Roy Choudhury stands in front of the Vidhan Sabha.
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Q.296
In which year was Orissa separated from the province of Bihar and Orissa, leaving Bihar as a province on its own?
- A 1912
- B 1936
- C 1935
- D 1947
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Correct answer: (B) 1936
Orissa became a separate province on 1 April 1936, and Bihar continued as a province on its own. The combined province of Bihar and Orissa had been formed in 1912.
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Q.297
The pyrite deposits of Amjhore, once mined for sulphur, are located in which district?
- A Munger
- B Jamui
- C Rohtas
- D Gaya
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Correct answer: (C) Rohtas
Amjhore in Rohtas district is India's best-known pyrite belt; Rohtas and Kaimur also have large limestone deposits used by cement plants.
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Q.298
A Minor Rock Edict of Ashoka has been found at which place in Bihar?
- A Sasaram
- B Lauriya Araraj
- C Rampurva
- D Kesaria
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Correct answer: (A) Sasaram
Ashoka's Minor Rock Edict I is inscribed on a hill near Sasaram in Rohtas district. Lauriya Araraj and Rampurva bear pillar edicts, not rock edicts.
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Q.299
Sonepur, the site of the Harihar Kshetra fair held every Kartik, is in which district?
- A Vaishali
- B Saran
- C Patna
- D Muzaffarpur
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Correct answer: (B) Saran
Sonepur lies in Saran district on the bank of the Gandak, across the river from Hajipur in Vaishali district; the fair is also called the Harihar Kshetra Mela.
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Q.300
Leaving aside the Kaimur plateau, the hills of south Bihar such as the Rajgir, Gaya and Kharagpur hills form the northern fringe of which plateau?
- A Chota Nagpur plateau
- B Malwa plateau
- C Deccan plateau
- D Meghalaya plateau
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Correct answer: (A) Chota Nagpur plateau
These hills of ancient rock are the northern outliers of the Chota Nagpur plateau, the main body of which lies in Jharkhand. The Kaimur plateau of Rohtas and Kaimur districts belongs instead to the Vindhyan system.
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