Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, was born at which place in Bihar?
- A.Ziradei in Siwan district
- B.Sitabdiara in Saran district
- C.Simaria in Begusarai district
- D.Jagdishpur in Bhojpur district
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Ziradei in Siwan district. Rajendra Prasad was born there on 3 December 1884, worked with Gandhi during the Champaran inquiry of 1917, presided over the Constituent Assembly from December 1946 and became the first President of India in January 1950. He is the only person elected twice to that office and received the Bharat Ratna in 1962.
Option B, Sitabdiara, is the birthplace of Jayaprakash Narayan, the Lok Nayak of the 1974 movement. Option C, Simaria in Begusarai, is the birthplace of the poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Option D, Jagdishpur, is the seat of Babu Veer Kunwar Singh, who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar. All four villages belong to the state, so the question turns on the pairing; keep Prasad with Ziradei and 3 December.
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- A.Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- B.Sri Krishna Sinha
- C.Karpoori Thakur
- D.Bindeshwari Dubey
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- B.Jagjivan Ram
- C.Jayaprakash Narayan
- D.Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
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- B.Maulana Mazharul Haque
- C.Rajkumar Shukla
- D.Anugrah Narayan Sinha
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- B.Rajkumar Shukla
- C.Ramnavami Prasad
- D.Dharanidhar Prasad
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- A.Dumraon in Buxar district
- B.Sasaram in Rohtas district
- C.Bhagalpur
- D.Darbhanga
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