This Bihar quiz on Patna High Court, BPSC and State Commissions puts 11 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.
11 questions with answers and explanations
The Patna High Court was established in which year?
The Patna High Court was created by Letters Patent in February 1916 and began sitting on 1 March 1916, which is why its centenary fell in 2016.
Read the full explanation →Before the establishment of the Patna High Court, the cases of Bihar were heard by which High Court?
Bihar formed part of the Bengal Presidency, and its appeals therefore went to the High Court at Calcutta, which had been established in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court?
The correct answer is A, Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, who became the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court when it began sitting in 1916.
Read the full explanation →The Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the separate High Court of Jharkhand on which date?
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on that date under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution provides that there shall be a High Court for each state?
It is the opening article of Part VI, Chapter V of the Constitution and says that there shall be a High Court for each state.
Read the full explanation →A High Court is a court of record with the power to punish for its contempt under which Article?
It says that every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself.
Read the full explanation →An advocate who is not already in government service must have practised for at least how many years to be appointed a district judge?
Article 233(2) provides that a person not already in the service of the Union or of the state shall be eligible to be appointed a district judge only if he has been an advocate or a pleader for not less than seven years and is recommended by the High Court…
Read the full explanation →Who appoints the chairman and the members of the Bihar Public Service Commission?
Article 316(1) says that the chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the state, while those of the Union Public Service Commission are appointed by the President.
Read the full explanation →The expenses of a State Public Service Commission are charged on which fund?
Article 322 says that the expenses of a State Public Service Commission, including the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to its members and staff, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State.
Read the full explanation →To whom does a State Public Service Commission present its annual report on the work done by it?
Article 323(2) requires a State Public Service Commission to present annually to the Governor a report on the work done by it.
Read the full explanation →In which year did Bihar become the first state in India to reserve fifty per cent of the seats in panchayati raj institutions for women?
Bihar amended its panchayat law and held the panchayat elections of 2006 with half the seats, and half the posts of chairperson, reserved for women, which made it the first state in the country to go beyond the constitutional minimum.
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