Which is the oldest university of Bihar?
- A.Patna University
- B.Magadh University
- C.Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
- D.Lalit Narayan Mithila University
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Patna University. Patna University was set up on 1 October 1917 and is the oldest university in Bihar and among the oldest in the country; the oldest medical college of the state, Patna Medical College, followed in 1925. Option B is wrong because Magadh University at Bodh Gaya was established much later, in the nineteen sixties, to serve the southern districts. Option C is wrong because the university at Muzaffarpur, now named after Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, also belongs to the second half of the twentieth century. Option D is wrong because Lalit Narayan Mithila University at Darbhanga was created in the nineteen seventies for the Mithila region. In revision, attach 1917 to Patna University and 1916 to the Patna High Court.
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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 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.
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