The newest district of Bihar, created in 2001, is
- A.Arwal
- B.Banka
- C.Sheohar
- D.Supaul
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Arwal. 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. Option B is wrong because Banka, in the Bhagalpur division, was created in the nineteen nineties and is not the latest. Option C is wrong because Sheohar, though a young and very small district taken out of Sitamarhi, is older than Arwal and is remembered as the smallest district by area. Option D is wrong because Supaul, in the Kosi division, was also created earlier. One date is enough here: Arwal in 2001, after which no district has been added.
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Practice Questions
View allHow 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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The nine divisions are Patna, Magadh, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur and Munger, and the thirty-eight districts are distributed among them.
Read the full explanation →The 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 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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