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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

Q501.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · Nov 2015 (Advt. 22/2014Medium

In C.G.S unit, dynamic viscosity is expressed as:

  1. A.Poise
  2. B.Pa-s
  3. C.Stoke
  4. D.None of the above
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Correct answer: A. Poise

Dynamic viscosity measures how strongly a fluid resists flowing, and in the centimetre gram second system it is measured in poise, a unit named after the French physician Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, who studied the flow of blood in narrow tubes.

Q502.Indian PolityAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Easy

In which case(s) did the Supreme Court of India give for the first time the doctrine of 'basic structure' of the Constitution?

  1. A.Golaknath vs. State of Punjab
  2. B.Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala
  3. C.Minerva Mills vs. Union of India
  4. D.Both (1) and (2)
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Correct answer: B. Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala

In this case of 1973 a bench of thirteen judges, the largest the Supreme Court has ever assembled, held by seven votes to six that Parliament may amend any part of the Constitution but may not damage or destroy its basic structure.

Q503.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · 25 March 2022Easy

The magnetic effect of current was discovered by

  1. A.Maxwell
  2. B.Fleming
  3. C.Oersted
  4. D.Faraday
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Correct answer: C. Oersted

In 1820 the Danish scientist Hans Christian Oersted saw that a compass needle kept near a wire swung aside the moment a current flowed through the wire, and swung the other way when the current was reversed.

Q506.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · Nov 2015 (Advt. 22/2014Easy

To take the longest possible jump, an athlete should make an angle of _____

  1. A.90 degree with the ground
  2. B.60 degree with the ground
  3. C.45 degree with the ground
  4. D.30 degree with the ground
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Correct answer: C. 45 degree with the ground

Once the athlete's feet leave the ground they move as a projectile, and the horizontal distance covered, called the range, is given by R equal to u squared into sin 2 theta divided by g. The range is largest when sin 2 theta has its greatest value of one, which…

Q508.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2019 OEasy

The unit of sound is

  1. A.hertz
  2. B.wave number
  3. C.decibel
  4. D.cm -1
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Correct answer: C. decibel

The loudness or intensity level of sound is measured in decibels (dB), a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Q509.Books & AuthorsMedium

Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas, the book that divided Hindi literature into four periods, was written by:

  1. A.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  2. B.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
  3. C.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
  4. D.Shyam Sundar Das
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Correct answer: B. Acharya Ramchandra Shukla

His Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas set out the division into Adikal or Veergatha Kal, Purva Madhyakal or Bhaktikal, Uttar Madhyakal or Ritikal and Adhunik Kal, and examinations still follow that scheme; he was also a critic of standing, whose essays and work on Surdas are widely read.

Q510.Books & AuthorsHard

Who was the first Hindi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award?

  1. A.Mahadevi Verma
  2. B.Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  3. C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’
  4. D.Sumitranandan Pant
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Correct answer: D. Sumitranandan Pant

He received the Jnanpith Award in 1968 for his collection Chidambara, the first Hindi writer to be honoured with it; the award itself began in 1965, when it went to the Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup.

Q511.Books & AuthorsHard

The regional novel Maila Anchal was written by which Hindi author?

  1. A.Shrilal Shukla
  2. B.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  3. C.Phanishwar Nath Renu
  4. D.Bhisham Sahni
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Correct answer: C. Phanishwar Nath Renu

Maila Anchal, set in a village of north Bihar just after independence, is counted the first major regional novel, or anchalik upanyas, of Hindi; Renu also wrote Parti Parikatha and the story Maare Gaye Gulfam, on which a well known film was based.

Q516.Books & AuthorsEasy

Who is called the father of modern Hindi literature?

  1. A.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
  2. B.Bhartendu Harishchandra
  3. C.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
  4. D.Munshi Premchand
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Correct answer: B. Bhartendu Harishchandra

He gave Hindi prose its modern shape through plays such as Andher Nagari and Bharat Durdasha and through journals such as Kavi Vachan Sudha, and the first age of modern Hindi literature is named the Bhartendu Yug after him.

Q518.Books & AuthorsEasy

What was the real name of the Hindi writer known as Munshi Premchand?

  1. A.Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
  2. B.Suryakant Tripathi
  3. C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan
  4. D.Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay
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Correct answer: A. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

He first published under the name Nawab Rai and then took the pen name Premchand, under which he wrote Godan, Gaban, Nirmala, Sevasadan, Rangbhoomi and Karmabhoomi, and stories such as Kafan, Panch Parmeshwar and Bade Ghar ki Beti.

Q520.Books & AuthorsEasy

Who is the author of the Ramcharitmanas?

  1. A.Surdas
  2. B.Tulsidas
  3. C.Kabir
  4. D.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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Correct answer: B. Tulsidas

He composed the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi in the sixteenth century, retelling the story of Rama in seven books, and it remains the most widely read work of Hindi devotional poetry.