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Bihar GK Questions 2026

Static GK is the largest part of General Studies in Bihar exams. The BPSC CCE Prelims asks General Science, the history of India with salient features of the history of Bihar, general geography with the geographical divisions and rivers of Bihar, Indian Polity and Economy with changes in Bihar's economy after independence, and the Indian National Movement with Bihar's part in it. The Mains goes deeper into Modern History, Indian culture, Polity, the Economy, Geography and science and technology. BSSC's General Studies covers India and its neighbours, the Constitution, panchayati raj and the freedom movement, and its General Science part is of matric level. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes, written as short facts and tables so a topic can be revised in one sitting. They cover national GK: Polity, Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, Indian and world Geography, the Economy and General Science. GK24 does not have a separate Bihar GK section. As guidance, pair these notes with state sources, such as the Bihar Economic Survey and Bihar Board textbooks, for Bihar's history, geography, rivers and economy. Read a topic here, then solve its quiz and previous-year questions to check what stayed in memory.

Bihar GK Questions with Answers

Q422.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · BPSC Assistant 2014 Official PaperMedium

The oxidation number of Mn in KMnO4 is

  1. A.+2
  2. B.-2
  3. C.+7
  4. D.-7
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Correct answer: C. +7

Potassium permanganate is a neutral compound, so the oxidation numbers of all its atoms must add up to zero. Potassium, an alkali metal, is always +1, and each of the four oxygen atoms is -2, giving the oxygens a total of -8.

Q423.Indian HistoryAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Medium

Consider the following statements regarding Wood's Dispatch of 1854: 1. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies. 2. It laid stress on female education and vocational training. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. A.Only 1
  2. B.Only 2
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Wood's Dispatch of 1854, sent by Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control, is called the Magna Carta of English education in India, and both statements describe it correctly.

Q424.Indian EconomyAsked in: Bihar · 5th Feb 2017Medium

In which year budget was GST first mentioned?

  1. A.2006-07
  2. B.2013-14
  3. C.1998-99
  4. D.2015-16
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Correct answer: A. 2006-07

The Goods and Services Tax was announced for the first time in the Union Budget for 2006-07, presented by the then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who proposed 1 April 2010 as the date for rolling it out.

Q426.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BSSC CGL Prelims Paper 2, 2011Easy

Maginot line exists between which country?

  1. A.Namibia and Angola
  2. B.USA and Canada
  3. C.France and Germany
  4. D.Germany and Poland
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Correct answer: C. France and Germany

The Maginot Line was the chain of concrete forts that France built along its border with Germany. It is named after Andre Maginot, the French war minister who pushed the project through, and it was built in the 1930s after the First World War to stop another German invasion.

Q428.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Easy

The process that continually adds new crust is

  1. A.subduction
  2. B.earthquake
  3. C.seafloor spreading
  4. D.convection
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Correct answer: C. seafloor spreading

New oceanic crust is made at mid-ocean ridges, where magma rises, cools and is pushed outwards on both sides, and that process is called seafloor spreading.

Q430.Indian EconomyAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Medium

Which of the following statements about non-plan expenditures of the Central Government is correct?

  1. A.The expenditure is on interest payments.
  2. B.The expenditure is on science and technology.
  3. C.The expenditure is on agriculture.
  4. D.None of the above
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Correct answer: A. The expenditure is on interest payments.

Interest paid on the government's past borrowing is the classic non-plan expenditure, because it is a committed charge the Centre must meet whatever its plans are.

Q432.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 5 (Civil Engineering) 2012Medium

Choose the correct statements from the following: 1. Hooke's law is valid up to the limit of proportionality. 2. Hooke's law is valid up to elastic limit. 3. Limit of proportionality is always less than the elastic limit. 4. Limit of proportionality is either equal to or less than the elastic limit. The correct answer is

  1. A.1 and 4
  2. B.2 and 4
  3. C.1 and 3
  4. D.2 and 3
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 4

Hooke's law holds only as far as the limit of proportionality, and that limit is either equal to or lower than the elastic limit, so statements 1 and 4 are the correct pair.

Q433.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Easy

The theory that states "pieces of the Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle" is called

  1. A.the theory of continental drift
  2. B.the theory of Pangaea
  3. C.the theory of plate tectonics
  4. D.the theory of plate boundaries
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Correct answer: C. the theory of plate tectonics

Plate tectonics says the Earth's rigid outer shell is broken into plates that keep moving slowly, carried by convection currents in the mantle below.

Q434.Indian HistoryAsked in: Bihar · 46th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2004) OfficiaHard

The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the 1935 bill that led to the framing of the Government of India Act of 1935 was

  1. A.Linlithgow
  2. B.James Mcdonald
  3. C.Winston Churchill
  4. D.Clement Attlee
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Correct answer: A. Linlithgow

The Joint Parliamentary Committee that examined the White Paper on Indian constitutional reform was chaired by Lord Linlithgow, and its report of 1934 became the draft of the Government of India Act of 1935.

Q435.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 45th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2002) OfficiaMedium

Which important industry is located at Muri?

  1. A.Aluminium manufacturing
  2. B.Copper manufacturing
  3. C.Steel manufacturing
  4. D.Chemical Fertilizers
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Correct answer: A. Aluminium manufacturing

Muri, a town in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, has a large alumina refinery, so it is remembered as an aluminium centre.

Q437.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 45th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2002) OfficiaEasy

Highest peaks of the world are mostly found in which type of mountains?

  1. A.Old folded mountains
  2. B.Young folded mountains
  3. C.Residual mountains
  4. D.Block mountains
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Correct answer: B. Young folded mountains

Young fold mountains were raised in the Tertiary period, only a few tens of millions of years ago in geological time, so erosion has had little time to wear them down and many of them are still rising as the plates behind them keep pushing.

Q438.Indian HistoryAsked in: Bihar · BPSC 2015 Combined Competitive Exam OffiMedium

Fill in the blanks : The Nehru Report was drafted by a committee headed by_______ and the subject was_______.

  1. A.Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru; India's relationship with the British Empire
  2. B.Jawaharlal Nehru; Local Self-Government in India
  3. C.Motilal Nehru; Constitutional arrangements in India
  4. D.Jawaharlal Nehru; Constitutional arrangements in India
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Correct answer: C. Motilal Nehru; Constitutional arrangements in India

The All Parties Conference set up a committee under Motilal Nehru in 1928, and the report it submitted that August, known as the Nehru Report, was a draft constitutional scheme for India.

Q439.Indian States & UTsAsked in: Bihar · 45th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2002) OfficiaEasy

The principal foodgrain crops of Bihar

  1. A.rice, wheat and maize
  2. B.sugarcane, tea and barley
  3. C.groundnut, coffee and wheat
  4. D.None of the above
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Correct answer: A. rice, wheat and maize

These three cereals take up most of Bihar's cropped area and give the state the bulk of its foodgrain output.

Q440.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2012 OEasy

Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?

  1. A.Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  2. B.Benazir Bhutto
  3. C.Margaret Thatcher
  4. D.Indira Gandhi
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Correct answer: A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

She took office in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in July 1960 and so became the first woman anywhere in the world to head a government as Prime Minister.