The Patna High Court was established in which year?

The correct answer is C, 1916. The Patna High Court was created by Letters Patent in February 1916 and began sitting on 1 March 1916, which is why its centenary fell in 2016.

Option A, 1862, is the year in which the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861, and Bihar came under the Calcutta High Court until 1916, so the year is relevant but is not the answer. Option B, 1912, is the year in which the province of Bihar and Orissa was separated from Bengal; the province came first and the court followed four years later, and candidates who confuse the two lose the mark. Option D, 1935, is the year of the Government of India Act, which reorganised the provinces and set up the provincial public service commissions but did not create the High Court. The order to remember is 1862 for Calcutta, 1912 for the province, 1916 for the court and 2000 for the separation of Jharkhand.