Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar after independence?
- A.Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- B.Shri Krishna Sinha
- C.Jairamdas Daulatram
- D.Sachchidananda Sinha
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Shri Krishna Sinha. Known across the state as Shri Babu, he headed Bihar's government from 1946 and continued as Chief Minister after independence until his death in 1961. His government is remembered for abolishing the zamindari system in Bihar through early land legislation and for laying the first industrial foundations of the state.
Option A is wrong because Anugrah Narayan Sinha was the first Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, working alongside Shri Babu, not the head of government. Option C is wrong because Jairamdas Daulatram was the first Governor of Bihar, a constitutional head rather than an elected one. Option D is wrong because Sachchidananda Sinha belongs to the earlier movement for a separate province and never held the office of Chief Minister.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year was Bihar separated from the Bengal Presidency to form a new province?
- A.1905
- B.1912
- C.1936
- D.1947
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The Province of Bihar and Orissa came into being on 22 March 1912, with Patna as its capital and Sir Charles Stuart Bayley as its first Lieutenant Governor.
Read the full explanation →Bihar Diwas is celebrated every year on which date?
- A.1 April
- B.22 March
- C.15 November
- D.12 December
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Bihar Diwas marks 22 March 1912, the day the Province of Bihar and Orissa was brought into existence and Bihar stopped being a part of the Bengal Presidency.
Read the full explanation →Who is regarded as the architect of the movement for a separate Bihar province?
- A.Rajendra Prasad
- B.Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- C.Sachchidananda Sinha
- D.Mazharul Haque
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He argued the case for separation in print, most notably in his 1906 pamphlet on the partition of Bengal and the separation of Bihar, used the press and the Bihari Students Conference to build opinion, and pressed the demand before the colonial government.
Read the full explanation →Orissa was separated from the Province of Bihar and Orissa in which year, and under which law?
- A.1919, under the Government of India Act, 1919
- B.1936, under the Government of India Act, 1935
- C.1947, under the Indian Independence Act
- D.1956, under the States Reorganisation Act
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The Act of 1935 reorganised several provinces, and on 1 April 1936 Orissa was constituted as a separate province, leaving Bihar on its own.
Read the full explanation →Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on which date?
- A.1 November 2000
- B.9 November 2000
- C.15 November 2000
- D.22 March 2000
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Jharkhand came into being on that day under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, with Ranchi as its capital, Babulal Marandi as first Chief Minister and eighteen districts taken from Bihar.
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