Magadh University, set up in 1962, has its headquarters at which town?
- A.Gaya city
- B.Bodh Gaya
- C.Rajgir
- D.Nawada
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bodh Gaya. Magadh University, set up in 1962, has its campus at Bodh Gaya in Gaya district and affiliates a very large number of colleges across south Bihar, which is why it figures so often in state papers.
Option A, Gaya city, is the district headquarters and the railway junction a few kilometres away, and it holds the Central University of South Bihar of 2009, so the two universities of the same district are easy to confuse. Option C, Rajgir, in Nalanda district, is the seat of Nalanda University, created by the Act of 2010, and not of Magadh University. Option D, Nawada, is a neighbouring district with colleges affiliated to Magadh University but no university of its own. The safe way to remember this cluster is by the three names of south Bihar: Magadh University at Bodh Gaya, the Central University of South Bihar at Gaya and Nalanda University at Rajgir.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Magadh University
- B.Patna University
- C.Lalit Narayan Mithila University
- D.Nalanda Open University
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It was set up on 1 October 1917 as an examining and affiliating university for the province of Bihar and Odisha, and it is the oldest university in the state as well as one of the oldest in the country.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census of 2011, which district of Bihar had the highest literacy rate?
- A.Patna
- B.Rohtas
- C.Munger
- D.Purnia
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In the Census of 2011 Rohtas, with its headquarters at Sasaram in the Shahabad region, recorded the highest literacy rate among the districts of Bihar, ahead of Patna and Munger, which came next.
Read the full explanation →What was the literacy rate of Bihar in the Census of 2011?
- A.47.0 per cent
- B.54.3 per cent
- C.61.8 per cent
- D.74.0 per cent
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The Census of 2011 recorded Bihar’s literacy rate as 61.8 per cent, the lowest among the states of India, with 71.2 per cent for men and 51.5 per cent for women.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Institute of Management in Bihar is located at which place?
- A.Patna
- B.Bodh Gaya
- C.Muzaffarpur
- D.Rajgir
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The Indian Institute of Management of the state works at Bodh Gaya in Gaya district, the town of the Mahabodhi temple, and it was among the institutes opened in the second round of expansion of the IIM system.
Read the full explanation →Patna Medical College, the oldest medical college of Bihar, was opened in 1925 under which name?
- A.Temple Medical School
- B.Prince of Wales Medical College
- C.Bihar Medical College
- D.Rajendra Medical College
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The institution opened in 1925 under that name and was renamed Patna Medical College after independence; its hospital is still among the largest in eastern India and the oldest teaching hospital of the state.
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