This Indian States & UTs quiz on Bihar GK puts 12 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.
12 questions with answers and explanations
Bihar Diwas is celebrated every year on which date?
On 22 March 1912 the province of Bihar and Orissa was carved out of the Bengal Presidency, which gave Bihar a separate administrative identity for the first time.
Read the full explanation →The state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in which year?
Jharkhand was created on 15 November 2000, the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, out of the southern plateau districts of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →Which river is known as the Sorrow of Bihar?
The Kosi rises in Nepal, carries an enormous load of Himalayan silt and keeps raising its own bed, so it spills over and abandons its channel again and again.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only national park of Bihar?
It lies in the West Champaran district on the border with Nepal, in the basin of the Gandak, and forms the core of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, the only tiger reserve of the state.
Read the full explanation →Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment at which place in present day Bihar?
The Buddha attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree on the bank of the Falgu at Bodh Gaya in the Gaya district.
Read the full explanation →Mahatma Gandhi's first satyagraha in India, launched in Bihar in 1917, is known as the
Gandhi went to Champaran in northern Bihar in 1917 at the repeated request of the cultivator Raj Kumar Shukla, to look into the tinkathia system under which peasants had to grow indigo on a fixed part of their holding for European planters.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar?
Known to the state as Shri Babu, he became the first Chief Minister of Bihar and held the office for many years after independence.
Read the full explanation →Which place in Bihar was the seat of the Licchavis of the Vajji confederacy, remembered as one of the earliest republics?
It was the capital of the Licchavi clan, the leading member of the Vajji confederacy, and its assembly of clan heads is the reason it is described as one of the earliest republics in the world.
Read the full explanation →The Sonepur fair, described as the largest cattle fair of Asia, is held at the confluence of which two rivers?
Sonepur in Saran district stands at Harihar Kshetra, where the Gandak comes down from the north and joins the Ganga opposite Patna.
Read the full explanation →The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in which district of Bihar?
The sanctuary covers a stretch of the Ganga in the Bhagalpur district and is set aside for the Gangetic dolphin, which is the national aquatic animal of India and is nearly blind, hunting by echolocation.
Read the full explanation →The Shahi litchi, which carries a Geographical Indication tag, is associated with which district of Bihar?
The Shahi litchi of the Muzaffarpur belt in northern Bihar is known for its thin skin, small stone and high sugar, and it received a Geographical Indication tag in recognition of the link between the fruit and the alluvial soil and climate of that tract.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Sher Shah Suri, built in the middle of a tank, is located at
Sher Shah Suri was born in this town of the Rohtas district and his octagonal tomb of red sandstone stands on a platform in the middle of an artificial lake, one of the finest works of Indo Islamic architecture of the period.
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