Who was the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court?

The correct answer is A, Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, who became the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court when it began sitting in 1916.

Option B, Sir Barnes Peacock, was the first Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1862, the court under which Bihar fell before 1916, which is why his name is placed here as a distractor. Option C, Sir Sultan Ahmed, was an eminent lawyer of Bihar who became a judge of the Patna High Court and later a member of the Viceroy Executive Council, but he was not its first Chief Justice. Option D, Sir Harilal Kania, has nothing to do with Patna: he was the first Chief Justice of India after the Constitution came into force in 1950, and candidates often choose him by reflex because his name is familiar from a different list. Questions of this kind are answered by holding the court and the name together as a pair rather than learning the names alone.