How many districts and divisions does Bihar have at present?
- A.37 districts and 9 divisions
- B.38 districts and 9 divisions
- C.38 districts and 10 divisions
- D.40 districts and 11 divisions
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 38 districts and 9 divisions. The nine divisions are Patna, Magadh, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur and Munger, and the thirty-eight districts are distributed among them. Option A is wrong because thirty-seven was the figure only between 15 November 2000, when Jharkhand took eighteen districts away, and 2001, when Arwal was carved out of Jehanabad and the number rose to thirty-eight. Option C is wrong because the district figure is right but the state has never had ten divisions; ten is the number of divisions in Madhya Pradesh, which is why it appears here. Option D is wrong on both counts and is simply a round pair of numbers placed as a distractor. Learn the two numbers together, since the question is often set as a pair.
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Practice Questions
View allThe headquarters of the Magadh division of Bihar is at
- A.Gaya
- B.Nawada
- C.Aurangabad
- D.Jehanabad
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The Magadh division is administered from Gaya and contains the districts of Gaya, Jehanabad, Arwal, Nawada and Aurangabad.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest district of Bihar by area?
- A.Patna
- B.Gaya
- C.West Champaran
- D.Rohtas
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West Champaran, whose headquarters is Bettiah and which lies in the Tirhut division along the border with Nepal, is the largest district of the state by area; the smallest by area is Sheohar, in the same division.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Bihar is the smallest in area and at the same time the most densely populated?
- A.Sheikhpura
- B.Sheohar
- C.Arwal
- D.Lakhisarai
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Sheohar, a small district of the Tirhut division carved out of Sitamarhi, has the least area in the state and also the highest density of population, while Kaimur in the south-west has the lowest density.
Read the full explanation →The newest district of Bihar, created in 2001, is
- A.Arwal
- B.Banka
- C.Sheohar
- D.Supaul
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Arwal was carved out of Jehanabad district in 2001 and placed in the Magadh division. Its creation is important because Bihar was left with thirty-seven districts when Jharkhand was formed on 15 November 2000, and Arwal raised the number to the present thirty-eight.
Read the full explanation →The first Chief Minister of Bihar was
- A.Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- B.Shri Krishna Sinha
- C.Jairamdas Daulatram
- D.Sachchidananda Sinha
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Shri Krishna Sinha, remembered across the state as Shri Babu, was the first Chief Minister of Bihar and held the office for a long and formative period, during which the zamindari abolition legislation was taken up.
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