This Bihar quiz on Formation of Bihar (1912) and the Separation of Jharkhand puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
In which year was Bihar separated from the Bengal Presidency to form a new province?
The Province of Bihar and Orissa came into being on 22 March 1912, with Patna as its capital and Sir Charles Stuart Bayley as its first Lieutenant Governor.
Read the full explanation →Bihar Diwas is celebrated every year on which date?
Bihar Diwas marks 22 March 1912, the day the Province of Bihar and Orissa was brought into existence and Bihar stopped being a part of the Bengal Presidency.
Read the full explanation →Who is regarded as the architect of the movement for a separate Bihar province?
He argued the case for separation in print, most notably in his 1906 pamphlet on the partition of Bengal and the separation of Bihar, used the press and the Bihari Students Conference to build opinion, and pressed the demand before the colonial government.
Read the full explanation →Orissa was separated from the Province of Bihar and Orissa in which year, and under which law?
The Act of 1935 reorganised several provinces, and on 1 April 1936 Orissa was constituted as a separate province, leaving Bihar on its own.
Read the full explanation →Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on which date?
Jharkhand came into being on that day under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, with Ranchi as its capital, Babulal Marandi as first Chief Minister and eighteen districts taken from Bihar.
Read the full explanation →Jharkhand became which numbered state of the Indian Union on its creation?
Three states were created in quick succession in 2000: Chhattisgarh on 1 November as the twenty-sixth, Uttaranchal on 9 November as the twenty-seventh, and Jharkhand on 15 November as the twenty-eighth.
Read the full explanation →Jharkhand was created under which Act of Parliament?
Parliament passed this law under Article 3 of the Constitution, which lets it form a new state by separating territory from an existing one, and Jharkhand came into being on 15 November 2000.
Read the full explanation →15 November, the foundation day of Jharkhand, is the birth anniversary of which leader?
Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan, the great tumult, among the Munda people of the Chhotanagpur region at the end of the nineteenth century, demanding the restoration of tribal land rights, and he died in Ranchi jail in 1900.
Read the full explanation →The Jharkhand Party, formed in 1950 to press the demand for a separate state, was founded by whom?
He had captained the Indian hockey team that won gold at the 1928 Olympics, led the Adivasi Mahasabha from 1938, and converted it into the Jharkhand Party in 1950 to seek a separate state for the Chhotanagpur and Santhal Parganas region.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar after independence?
Known across the state as Shri Babu, he headed Bihar's government from 1946 and continued as Chief Minister after independence until his death in 1961.
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