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Q.301
The Didarganj Yakshi, a life-size chauri-bearer found on the bank of the Ganga at Didarganj in Patna, is carved from
- A Chunar sandstone
- B Marble
- C Black basalt
- D Granite
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Correct answer: (A) Chunar sandstone
The figure is carved from buff Chunar sandstone and has the mirror-like polish associated with Mauryan-style stonework. Dark stone such as basalt is typical of the later Pala sculptures of Bihar.
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Q.302
Which type of soil covers by far the largest part of Bihar?
- A Black (regur) soil
- B Laterite soil
- C Alluvial soil
- D Desert soil
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Correct answer: (C) Alluvial soil
The Ganga and its Himalayan and plateau tributaries have spread alluvium over almost the whole of the plain; other soils occur only in small patches along the southern hilly fringe.
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Q.303
The damp, marshy belt with tall grasses that runs along the Nepal border at the foot of the Himalaya in north Bihar is known as the
- A Diara
- B Tal
- C Terai
- D Bangar
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Correct answer: (C) Terai
The Terai lies just south of the pebbly Bhabar zone, where streams re-emerge and make the ground swampy; in Bihar it is a narrow strip along the Nepal border. Diara and Tal are riverine and low-lying lands along the Ganga, and bangar is older upland alluvium.
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Q.304
Which ruler, whose tomb stands at Sasaram, introduced the silver coin called the 'rupiya' that the Mughals later continued?
- A Sher Shah Suri
- B Akbar
- C Alauddin Khalji
- D Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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Correct answer: (A) Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah issued a silver rupiya of about 178 grains alongside the copper dam, a system the Mughals retained. Muhammad bin Tughlaq is known for his token currency of copper and brass.
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Q.305
Who persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran in 1917 to see the plight of indigo cultivators?
- A Brajkishore Prasad
- B Raj Kumar Shukla
- C Rajendra Prasad
- D Anugrah Narayan Sinha
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Correct answer: (B) Raj Kumar Shukla
Raj Kumar Shukla, a peasant of Champaran, repeatedly pressed Gandhi at the Lucknow Congress (1916) and brought him to Bihar. Rajendra Prasad and Brajkishore Prasad joined Gandhi as lawyers during the enquiry.
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Q.306
Which of the following pairs of Mithila painting style and its feature is correctly matched?
- A Godna - motifs drawn from traditional tattoo designs
- B Kachni - large areas filled with solid bright colours
- C Bharni - fine line work and hatching with little colour
- D Aripan - paintings on the walls of the nuptial chamber
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Correct answer: (A) Godna - motifs drawn from traditional tattoo designs
Godna style takes its repeated motifs from tattoo (godna) designs. The descriptions of Bharni and Kachni are swapped (Bharni is filled colour, Kachni is line work), and nuptial-chamber painting is Kohbar, not Aripan.
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Q.307
Vidyapati, the Maithili poet called 'Maithil Kokil', is most closely associated with the court of which ruler of Mithila, whose name appears in many of his songs?
- A Nanyadeva
- B Harisimhadeva
- C Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh
- D Raja Shiva Singh (Shivasimha)
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Correct answer: (D) Raja Shiva Singh (Shivasimha)
Vidyapati served several kings of the Oiniwar dynasty, above all Shiva Singh, whom he names in the closing lines of many songs. Harisimhadeva was an earlier Karnata king and the patron of Jyotirishwar Thakur.
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Q.308
Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes the Sareyaman lake visited by migratory birds, is in which district?
- A West Champaran
- B Rohtas
- C Banka
- D Nalanda
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Correct answer: (A) West Champaran
Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary lies near Bettiah in West Champaran, the same district that holds the Valmiki Tiger Reserve. Rohtas shares the Kaimur sanctuary, while Banka and Nalanda lie south of the Ganga.
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Q.309
The state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on
- A 1 November 2000
- B 9 November 2000
- C 15 November 2000
- D 26 January 2001
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Correct answer: (C) 15 November 2000
Under the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000, Jharkhand became India's 28th state on 15 November 2000, the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda. Chhattisgarh (1 November) and Uttaranchal (9 November) were created the same month.
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Q.310
Sher Shah Suri's father, Hasan Khan Sur, held the jagir (estate) of which place in Bihar, where the young Farid first gained experience of administration?
- A Hajipur
- B Munger
- C Bhagalpur
- D Sasaram
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Correct answer: (D) Sasaram
Hasan Khan Sur held Sasaram and Khawaspur Tanda as his jagir, and young Farid managed these parganas for some years. Sher Shah's tomb was later built at Sasaram.
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Q.311
In the Buddha's time, the area around present-day Bodh Gaya where he attained enlightenment was known as
- A Uruvela
- B Isipatana
- C Kushinara
- D Lumbini
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Correct answer: (A) Uruvela
Siddhartha practised austerities and attained enlightenment at Uruvela, beside the Niranjana river. Isipatana is the old name of Sarnath, where he gave his first sermon.
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Q.312
Tea gardens in Bihar are found mainly in which district, next to the Darjeeling-Jalpaiguri tea belt?
- A Kishanganj
- B Madhubani
- C West Champaran
- D Supaul
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Correct answer: (A) Kishanganj
Kishanganj, especially its Thakurganj and Pothia areas, shares the acidic soil, heavy rainfall and humidity of neighbouring north Bengal, and is the only district of Bihar with a significant tea industry.
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Q.313
The Ghaghra (Saryu), flowing in from Uttar Pradesh, joins the Ganga near which town of Bihar?
- A Buxar
- B Arrah
- C Bakhtiyarpur
- D Chhapra
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Correct answer: (D) Chhapra
The Ghaghra forms part of the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border along Siwan and Saran districts and meets the Ganga near Chhapra (at Doriganj) in Saran. Buxar and Arrah lie on the southern side of the Ganga.
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Q.314
At Patna, where he spent his early childhood, Guru Gobind Singh was known by which name?
- A Tyag Mal
- B Har Krishan
- C Gobind Rai
- D Har Rai
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Correct answer: (C) Gobind Rai
He was named Gobind Rai at birth and took the name Gobind Singh when he created the Khalsa in 1699. Tyag Mal was the childhood name of his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur.
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Q.315
In the 19th century, which city was the main Indian centre of the Wahabi movement inspired by Syed Ahmad of Rae Bareli?
- A Lucknow
- B Aligarh
- C Patna
- D Deoband
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Correct answer: (C) Patna
Under leaders such as Wilayat Ali and Inayat Ali, Patna was the organising centre of the Wahabi movement, which the British suppressed through a series of conspiracy trials at Ambala, Patna, Malda and Rajmahal in the 1860s and early 1870s. Aligarh is linked with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's movement.
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Q.316
Where did Jayaprakash Narayan give the call for 'Sampoorna Kranti' (Total Revolution) on 5 June 1974?
- A Ramlila Maidan, Delhi
- B Sadaqat Ashram, Patna
- C Gandhi Maidan, Patna
- D Patna University campus
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Correct answer: (C) Gandhi Maidan, Patna
Addressing a huge rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on 5 June 1974, JP called for Total Revolution; his rally at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on 25 June 1975 came on the eve of the Emergency.
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Q.317
The classic Hindi novel 'Maila Anchal' (1954), set in a village of the Purnea region, was written by
- A Nagarjun
- B Phanishwar Nath Renu
- C Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- D Rahul Sankrityayan
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Correct answer: (B) Phanishwar Nath Renu
Renu, born at Aurahi Hingna (Araria), pioneered the aanchalik (regional) novel; his story 'Mare Gaye Gulfam' became the film Teesri Kasam. Nagarjun wrote Balchanma and Dinkar wrote Rashmirathi.
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Q.318
Vikramshila University, located in present-day Bhagalpur district, was founded by which Pala ruler?
- A Gopala
- B Dharmapala
- C Devapala
- D Mahipala
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Correct answer: (B) Dharmapala
Dharmapala (late 8th century) founded Vikramshila at Antichak near Kahalgaon; it became a famous centre of Tantric Buddhism. Gopala is credited with Odantapuri.
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Q.319
Who was elected the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly of India on 11 December 1946?
- A Dr Rajendra Prasad
- B Sachchidananda Sinha
- C B. R. Ambedkar
- D Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: (A) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad was elected permanent President two days after the first sitting, which had been chaired by the interim President Sachchidananda Sinha. B. R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee.
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Q.320
The dargah of Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmad Yahya Maneri, the great Sufi saint of the Firdausi order, is located at
- A Bihar Sharif
- B Phulwari Sharif
- C Sasaram
- D Hajipur
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Correct answer: (A) Bihar Sharif
Makhdoom Sharfuddin, born at Maner, spent most of his life at Bihar Sharif (Nalanda district), where his dargah draws pilgrims at the annual urs. Phulwari Sharif near Patna is known for a different khanqah.
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Q.321
Which of the following states does NOT share a boundary with Bihar?
- A Uttar Pradesh
- B West Bengal
- C Jharkhand
- D Odisha
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Correct answer: (D) Odisha
Bihar is bounded by Nepal in the north, West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the west and Jharkhand in the south. Odisha was part of Bihar and Orissa province till 1936 but is not a neighbour today.
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Q.322
Ghora Katora, a horse-shaped natural lake enclosed by hills, lies near which place?
- A Rajgir
- B Bodh Gaya
- C Sasaram
- D Kakolat
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Correct answer: (A) Rajgir
Ghora Katora, named for its horse-like outline, lies among the Rajgir hills in Nalanda district. Kakolat is a waterfall in Nawada, and Sasaram is known for Sher Shah's tomb.
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Q.323
The catastrophic Kosi flood of August 2008 was caused by a breach of the eastern embankment at
- A Kusaha
- B Bhimnagar
- C Birpur
- D Kursela
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Correct answer: (A) Kusaha
The breach at Kusaha in Nepal on 18 August 2008 sent the Kosi down an old channel it had abandoned over a century earlier, inundating Supaul, Madhepura, Saharsa, Araria and Purnea.
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Q.324
According to tradition, a sapling of the Bodhi tree of Bodh Gaya was carried to Sri Lanka by Ashoka's daughter
- A Charumati
- B Prabhavati
- C Sanghamitra
- D Kumaradevi
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Correct answer: (C) Sanghamitra
Sanghamitra took a branch of the Bodhi tree to Anuradhapura, where it was planted as the Sri Maha Bodhi. Prabhavati Gupta was a Gupta princess who became a Vakataka queen.
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Q.325
'Mati ki Mooraten', a celebrated collection of pen-portraits of village people, was written by
- A Phanishwar Nath Renu
- B Rambriksh Benipuri
- C Shivpujan Sahay
- D Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
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Correct answer: (B) Rambriksh Benipuri
Rambriksh Benipuri's 'Mati ki Mooraten' sketches ordinary villagers of Bihar; he also wrote the play 'Ambapali'. Renu is best known for the novel 'Maila Anchal'.
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Q.326
The Mahabodhi Temple complex at Bodh Gaya was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
- A 1983
- B 1993
- C 2016
- D 2002
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Correct answer: (D) 2002
Mahabodhi Temple became Bihar's first World Heritage Site in 2002; the ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara followed in 2016.
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Q.327
The Someshwar hill range, containing the highest point of Bihar, lies in which district?
- A West Champaran
- B Kaimur
- C Munger
- D Jamui
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Correct answer: (A) West Champaran
The Someshwar range is part of the Shiwalik foothills in West Champaran near Valmikinagar; its peak, roughly 880 m high, is the highest point in Bihar.
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Q.328
Bihar Agricultural University, established in 2010 at Sabour, is in which district?
- A Munger
- B Banka
- C Bhagalpur
- D Katihar
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Correct answer: (C) Bhagalpur
Sabour lies a few kilometres east of Bhagalpur town on the Ganga plain; the university grew out of the old Bihar Agricultural College at Sabour.
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Q.329
Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar after Independence, popularly called 'Bihar Kesari'?
- A Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- B Shri Krishna Singh
- C Rajendra Prasad
- D Sachchidananda Sinha
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Correct answer: (B) Shri Krishna Singh
Dr Shri Krishna Singh (Sinha) headed the Bihar government from 1946 until his death in 1961. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, 'Bihar Vibhuti', was his deputy and finance minister.
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Q.330
The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien (Faxian), who stayed at Pataliputra to study and copy Buddhist texts, visited India during the reign of
- A Samudragupta
- B Chandragupta II
- C Kumaragupta I
- D Skandagupta
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Correct answer: (B) Chandragupta II
Fa-Hien travelled in India in the early 5th century CE, during the reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya). Xuanzang came more than two centuries later, in Harsha's time.
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Q.331
Under Clive's system of dual government (1765-72), who was appointed Naib Diwan for Bihar?
- A Muhammad Reza Khan
- B Maharaja Nandakumar
- C Raja Ram Narayan
- D Raja Shitab Rai
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Correct answer: (D) Raja Shitab Rai
Clive left revenue collection in Indian hands, with Muhammad Reza Khan as Naib Diwan for Bengal and Raja Shitab Rai for Bihar. Warren Hastings ended the dual system in 1772 and removed both.
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Q.332
The Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam bird sanctuaries, built around small reservoirs in the hilly south of the state, are in which district?
- A Banka
- B Nawada
- C Munger
- D Jamui
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Correct answer: (D) Jamui
Both sanctuaries lie near Jhajha in Jamui district, where reservoirs set among low hills attract large flocks of wintering ducks and geese.
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Q.333
In August 1857, the siege of the fortified house at Arrah, held by a small British party against Kunwar Singh's forces, was lifted by a relief force under
- A Sir Colin Campbell
- B Sir Hugh Rose
- C Major Vincent Eyre
- D Henry Havelock
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Correct answer: (C) Major Vincent Eyre
Major Vincent Eyre defeated Kunwar Singh's forces near Arrah and relieved the besieged 'Arrah House' in early August 1857, after which he captured Jagdishpur. Sir Hugh Rose fought the rebels in central India.
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Q.334
According to the Shatapatha Brahmana, Videgha Mathava carried the sacred fire eastward across the river Sadanira to settle Videha. The Sadanira is generally identified with the
- A Gandak
- B Kosi
- C Son
- D Bagmati
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Correct answer: (A) Gandak
The Sadanira ('ever-flowing') formed the boundary between Kosala and Videha and is generally identified with the Gandak. The Son is a southern tributary of the Ganga, far from Videha.
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Q.335
Before attacking the Vajji confederacy, Ajatashatru is said to have sent a minister to Vaishali to break the unity of the Licchavis. Who was this minister?
- A Chanakya
- B Rakshasa
- C Vassakara (Varshakara)
- D Radhagupta
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Correct answer: (C) Vassakara (Varshakara)
Buddhist tradition says Ajatashatru's minister Vassakara first consulted the Buddha about the Vajjis and then sowed discord among them. Rakshasa served the Nandas and Radhagupta was a minister of Ashoka.
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Q.336
'Varna Ratnakara', an early prose work in Maithili written in the 14th century, is the work of
- A Vidyapati
- B Jyotirishwar Thakur
- C Chanda Jha
- D Harimohan Jha
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Correct answer: (B) Jyotirishwar Thakur
Jyotirishwar Thakur, a court scholar of the Karnata king Harisimhadeva, wrote Varna Ratnakara, a descriptive prose work valued as an early landmark of Maithili.
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Q.337
Rohtasgarh fort in Rohtas district, seized by Sher Shah in 1538, later became the headquarters of which Mughal governor of Bihar and Bengal?
- A Todar Mal
- B Shaista Khan
- C Raja Man Singh
- D Mir Jumla
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Correct answer: (C) Raja Man Singh
Raja Man Singh, Akbar's subahdar, used Rohtasgarh as his base and built a palace inside the fort. Shaista Khan governed Bengal much later, under Aurangzeb.
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Q.338
Domkach, a folk performance of Bihar, is traditionally performed by
- A women at the groom's house on the night the wedding procession leaves
- B men of the village during the Holi festival
- C women of the bride's family at the Chhath ghats
- D farmers in the fields at harvest time
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Correct answer: (A) women at the groom's house on the night the wedding procession leaves
When the baraat leaves for the bride's home, the women left behind at the groom's house stay up through the night performing Domkach, a playful mix of song, dance and mimicry.
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Q.339
Arrange these literary figures of Bihar in chronological order: 1. Phanishwar Nath Renu 2. Vidyapati 3. Bhikhari Thakur 4. Jyotirishwar Thakur
- A 2, 4, 3, 1
- B 4, 2, 1, 3
- C 4, 2, 3, 1
- D 2, 4, 1, 3
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Correct answer: (C) 4, 2, 3, 1
Jyotirishwar Thakur wrote in the early 14th century, Vidyapati lived in the 14th-15th centuries, Bhikhari Thakur was born in 1887 and Renu in 1921.
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Q.340
The Cyclopean Wall, a pre-Mauryan fortification of massive undressed stones running for about 40 km over the hills, encircles which ancient city?
- A Rajgir
- B Vaishali
- C Pataliputra
- D Champa
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Correct answer: (A) Rajgir
The dry-stone Cyclopean Wall once protected Rajgriha (Rajgir), Magadha's early capital, and is a rare surviving stone fortification of the pre-Mauryan period. Vaishali was the Licchavi capital north of the Ganga.
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Q.341
Patna was renamed Azimabad in the early 18th century after which Mughal prince?
- A Dara Shikoh
- B Shah Shuja
- C Murad Bakhsh
- D Azim-us-Shan
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Correct answer: (D) Azim-us-Shan
Azim-us-Shan, a grandson of Aurangzeb and subahdar of Bengal and Bihar, renamed Patna as Azimabad in 1704. Shah Shuja, son of Shah Jahan, had governed Bengal earlier.
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Q.342
Anugrah Narayan Sinha, known as 'Bihar Vibhuti', was born in 1887 at Poiwan village, which lies in present-day
- A Rohtas district
- B Nalanda district
- C Jehanabad district
- D Aurangabad district
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Correct answer: (D) Aurangabad district
Poiwan was part of the old Gaya district and now falls in Aurangabad district; Anugrah Narayan Sinha later served as Bihar's first Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister.
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Q.343
The 1912 session of the Indian National Congress, held at Bankipore (Patna), was presided over by
- A Bhupendra Nath Bose
- B R. N. Mudholkar
- C Syed Hasan Imam
- D Bishan Narayan Dar
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Correct answer: (B) R. N. Mudholkar
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar presided over the 27th session at Bankipore in December 1912, the year the province of Bihar and Orissa was created. Bishan Narayan Dar had presided over the 1911 Calcutta session.
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Q.344
What was the original name of the poet Baba Nagarjuna?
- A Vaidyanath Mishra
- B Kedarnath Pandey
- C Ramdhari Singh
- D Shivpujan Sahay
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Correct answer: (A) Vaidyanath Mishra
Nagarjuna was born Vaidyanath Mishra in 1911 in Mithila and took the name Nagarjuna after embracing Buddhism. Kedarnath Pandey was the original name of Rahul Sankrityayan.
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Q.345
Bihar is usually divided into three physiographic regions. Which of the following lists them correctly?
- A Shivalik region, Ganga plain, Deccan plateau
- B Shivalik region, Ganga plain, southern plateau fringe
- C Himadri region, Ganga plain, southern plateau fringe
- D Shivalik region, coastal plain, southern plateau fringe
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Correct answer: (B) Shivalik region, Ganga plain, southern plateau fringe
The small Shivalik strip lies in north-western West Champaran, the Ganga plain covers most of the state, and the southern plateau fringe includes the Kaimur plateau and the hills of Gaya, Nawada, Jamui and Munger. Bihar has no Himadri ranges and, being landlocked, no coastal plain.
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Q.346
Jain texts say Ajatashatru used two new war engines, the mahashilakantaka (a stone-hurling device) and the rathamusala (a chariot fitted with a mace), in his war against
- A Kosala
- B Avanti
- C Anga
- D the Vajji confederacy
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Correct answer: (D) the Vajji confederacy
The Bhagavati Sutra describes these engines being used by Ajatashatru (Kunika) against the Vajji confederacy led by the Licchavis. Anga had already been annexed by his father Bimbisara.
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Q.347
Kakolat waterfall, a popular picnic spot of Bihar, is located in which district?
- A Nawada
- B Kaimur
- C Rohtas
- D Gaya
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Correct answer: (A) Nawada
Kakolat Falls near Govindpur in Nawada district drops about 50 m; Karkat and Telhar falls are in Kaimur district and Dhuan Kund in Rohtas.
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Q.348
Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was born in 1908 at Simaria in which district?
- A Munger
- B Begusarai
- C Lakhisarai
- D Khagaria
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Correct answer: (B) Begusarai
Dinkar was born at Simaria on the bank of the Ganga in Begusarai district; he later served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1964.
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Q.349
The English writer George Orwell, author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984', was born in 1903 at which place in Bihar?
- A Bettiah
- B Chhapra
- C Darbhanga
- D Motihari
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Correct answer: (D) Motihari
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born at Motihari in East Champaran, where his father worked in the opium department of the Government of India.
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Q.350
The great library of Nalanda, housed in buildings named Ratnasagara, Ratnodadhi and Ratnaranjaka, was known as
- A Saptaparni
- B Dharmaganja
- C Ratnagiri
- D Jetavana
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Correct answer: (B) Dharmaganja
Tibetan accounts call Nalanda's library complex Dharmaganja ('mart of religion'), made up of three large buildings. Saptaparni is the cave at Rajgir linked with the First Buddhist Council.
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