Which is the largest district of Bihar by area?
- A.Patna
- B.Gaya
- C.West Champaran
- D.Rohtas
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, West Champaran. 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. Option A is wrong because Patna, though the most populous district and the capital, is of middling size. Option B is wrong because Gaya is among the larger districts and the seat of the Magadh division, but it does not head the list by area. Option D is wrong because Rohtas, in the Patna division, is remembered instead for having the highest literacy rate of the state in the 2011 Census. Keep area and population as separate lists, since examiners mix the two.
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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 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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