Set 22 of the Bihar mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 8 different topics of the subject: Patna High Court, BPSC and State Commissions, Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies of Bihar, Famous Personalities of Bihar and more. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.
20 questions with answers and explanations
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 →The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which gave panchayati raj institutions a place in the Constitution, came into force on which date?
The 73rd Amendment Act was passed by Parliament in 1992 and was brought into force on 24 April 1993, which is why that date is observed every year as National Panchayati Raj Day.
Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, which may be transferred to panchayats?
The Eleventh Schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 and lists 29 subjects, among them agriculture, land improvement, minor irrigation, animal husbandry, rural housing, drinking water, roads, rural electrification, poverty alleviation programmes, primary and secondary schools, markets and fairs and public distribution.
Read the full explanation →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 →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 →Which leader born at Sitabdiara gave the call for Total Revolution in 1974 and is known as Lok Nayak?
Born on 11 October 1902 at Sitabdiara on the border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, he escaped from Hazaribagh jail during the Quit India movement, built the socialist movement after independence and in 1974 gave the call for Sampoorna Kranti, or Total Revolution, which became the centre of the agitation…
Read the full explanation →From which panchayat election did Bihar reserve fifty per cent of the seats for women, becoming the first state in India to do so?
Bihar amended its panchayat law and held the panchayat elections of 2006 with fifty per cent of the seats, and of the posts of Mukhiya, Sarpanch, Pramukh and Adhyaksha, reserved for women, which took it well beyond the one-third floor fixed by Article 243D and made it the first state…
Read the full explanation →How many members does the Bihar Vidhan Parishad have?
The Bihar Legislative Council, the second chamber of the state legislature, has seventy-five members. Article 171 allows a Legislative Council a strength of not more than one-third of the Assembly of the state and not fewer than forty, and seventy-five sits comfortably inside that band for an Assembly of 243.
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 →Which script was traditionally used for writing the Maithili language?
This is the traditional script of the Mithila region, used for Maithili manuscripts, panjis of genealogy and ritual texts, and it is related to the eastern group of scripts that also produced Bengali and Assamese letters.
Read the full explanation →Elections to the panchayats and the municipal bodies of Bihar are conducted by which authority?
Article 243K for panchayats and Article 243ZA for municipalities vest the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of these elections in a State Election Commission consisting of a State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governor.
Read the full explanation →Sujni embroidery of Bihar is associated with which district?
Sujni is a quilted embroidery in which layers of old cloth are held together with rows of running stitch, and the stitches themselves build figures of women, animals, trees and village scenes.
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 →During the Shravani Mela, kanwariyas carry Ganga water from which place in Bihar to the Baidyanath shrine at Deoghar?
Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district is the starting point of the Shravani Mela.
Read the full explanation →Under Article 243Q, a Nagar Panchayat is constituted for which kind of area?
Article 243Q provides three kinds of municipality: a Nagar Panchayat for a transitional area, that is an area turning from rural into urban, a Municipal Council, the Nagar Parishad, for a smaller urban area, and a Municipal Corporation, the Nagar Nigam, for a larger urban area.
Read the full explanation →Which gharana of Dhrupad singing belongs to Bihar?
The Darbhanga gharana, carried by the Mallick family under the patronage of the Darbhanga Raj, is one of the surviving gharanas of Dhrupad, the oldest form of Hindustani classical singing; Pandit Ram Chatur Mallick and Pandit Siyaram Tiwari belong to it.
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 →The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists the subjects that may be entrusted to municipalities, contains how many items?
The Twelfth Schedule was inserted by the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 and lists 18 subjects that a state legislature may entrust to municipalities under Article 243W, including urban planning and town planning, regulation of land use, water supply, public health and sanitation, slum improvement, urban poverty alleviation, fire services, burials…
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.
Read the full explanation →Under which Article is the Governor required to constitute a State Finance Commission every five years to review the finances of the panchayats?
Article 243I requires the Governor of a state to constitute a Finance Commission at the end of every fifth year to review the financial position of the panchayats and to recommend how the taxes, duties, tolls and fees of the state should be shared with them, what grants-in-aid they should…
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