Category - General Knowledge
Part - Bihar
Question No. - 25
Time - 25 Minuts
1. When Bihar became a State after independence?
a) 23/01/01950
b) 26/01/01950
c) 27/01/01951
d) 29/02/01951
Ans- b) 26/01/01950.
2. What is the Name of First Chief Minister of Bihar after independence?
a) Deep Narayan Singh
b) Shri Krishna Sinha
c) Mohammad Yunus
d) Bhola Paswan Shastri
Ans- b) Shri Krishna Sinha, 15 August 1947 to 31 January 1961 it was his third term as Chief Minister of Bihar.
3. What is the Name of First Governer of Bihar after independence?
a) Jairamdas Daulatram
b) Madhav Shrihari Aney
c) R. R. Diwakar
d) Zakir Husain
Ans- a) Jairamdas Daulatram, From 15 August 1947 to 11 January 1948 (Total 149 days)
4. What is the Name of longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar?
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Shri Krishna Sinha
c) Rabri Devi
d) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Ans- a) Nitish Kumar. More than 19 years.
5. What is the Name of longest-serving Speaker of Bihar Assembly?
a) Bindeshwari Prasad Verma
b) Dhanik Lal Mandal
c) Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
d) Bindeshwari Prasad Verma
Ans- b) Bindeshwari Prasad Verma , From 25 April 1946 to 14 March 1962 (15 years, 323 days).
6. How many municipal corporations are in Bihar?
a) 16
b) 17
c) 18
d) 19
Ans- d) 19.
7. What is the Name of Biggest City of Bihar According Population?
a) Gaya
b) Bhagalpur
c) Patna
d) Purnia
Ans- c) Patna with population of Approx 25 Lakh.
8. What is the Name of Biggest District of Bihar According Area?
a) West Champaran
b) Gaya
c) East Champaran
d) Rohtas
Ans- a) West Champaran with area of 5,229 km2.
9. What is the Name of Smallest District of Bihar According Area?
a) Lakhisarai
b) Arwal
c) Sheikhpura
d) Sheohar
Ans- b) Sheohar with area of 349 km2.
10. How many Nagar Panchayats are in Bihar?
a) 154
b) 156
c) 158
d) 159
Ans- a) 154.
11. What is the Name of Smallest District of Bihar According Population?
a) Jehanabad
b) Munger
c) Sheikhpura
d) Kaimur
Ans- c) Sheikhpura with population of Approx more than 7 Lakh.
12. Which district of Bihar has highest literacy rate?
a) Supaul
b) Sheohar
c) Purnia
d) Saharsa
Ans- c) Purnia, Approx 51 percent.
13. Which District of Bihar has lowest literacy rate?
a) Buxar
b) Rohtas
c) Saran
d) Kaimur
Ans- b) Rohtas, Approx 73 percent.
14. Which District of Bihar has highest Sex-ratio?
a) Sheikhpura
b) Sheohar
c) Purnia
d) Gopalganj
Ans- d) Gopalganj with 1021 females for every 1000 males.
15. Which District of Bihar has lowest Sex-ratio?
a) Kaimur
b) Munger
c) Purnia
d) Bhagalpur
Ans- b) Munger 879 females for every 1000 males.
16. Which District of Bihar has highest per capita income?
a) Patna
b) Sheohar
c) Purnia
d) Saharsa
Ans- a) Patna approx 1.3 lakh to more than 2 lakh.
17. Which District of Bihar has lowest per capita income?
a) Buxar
b) Rohtas
c) Saran
d) Sheohar
Ans- d) Sheohar approx 11000 to 12000.
18. How many Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar?
a) 14
b) 15
c) 16
d) 17
Ans- c) 16.
19. How many Lok Sabha seats in Bihar?
a) 38
b) 40
c) 41
d) 43
Ans- b) 40.
20. When was Bihar State Electricity Board was established?
a) 27/03/1955
b) 27/03/1956
c) 27/03/1957
d) 27/03/1958
Ans- d) 27/03/1958.
21. What is the total thermal power production capacity of Bihar?
a) 9510 MW
b) 9610 MW
c) 10610 MW
d) 10150 MW
Ans- a) 9,510 MW as on 2025.
22. What is the Name of biggest dam of Bihar?
a) Kosi Barrage
b) Gayaji Dam
c) Indrapuri
d) Kharagpur Lake Dam
Ans- c) Indrapuri, located on the Son River in Rohtas (1,407 meters in length).
23. How many Nagar Parishads are in Bihar?
a) 82
b) 84
c) 86
d) 88
Ans- d) 88.
24. How many Administrative Divisions are in Bihar?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10
Ans- c) 9.
25. How many Districts are in Bihar?
a) 36
b) 38
c) 40
d) 41
Ans- b) 38.