Which is the oldest university in Bihar?
- A.Magadh University
- B.Patna University
- C.Lalit Narayan Mithila University
- D.Nalanda Open University
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Patna University. 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. The universities that came later were carved out of its jurisdiction as the state grew.
Option A, Magadh University, is at Bodh Gaya and was set up in 1962, by which time Patna University had been working for forty-five years. Option C, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, is at Darbhanga and was set up in 1972 for the Mithila region, so it is younger still. Option D, Nalanda Open University, is the open and distance learning university of the state, set up at Patna in 1987; its name recalls the ancient mahavihara but the institution itself is modern. Fix 1917 with Patna and keep 1962, 1972 and 1987 with Bodh Gaya, Darbhanga and the open university.
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Practice Questions
View allAccording 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.
Read the full explanation →The Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences at Agamkuan, Patna, is a centre of research on which disease?
- A.Tuberculosis
- B.Malaria
- C.Kala-azar
- D.Leprosy
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The institute at Agamkuan in Patna works under the Indian Council of Medical Research and is the national centre for research on kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis, the disease whose heaviest Indian burden lies in the plains of north Bihar.
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