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| 1. |
In whose book Chandragupta Maurya has been specifically described, he is |
| A. | Bhasa |
| B. | ashvaghosh |
| C. | Visakhadatta |
| D. | Shudraka |
| Answer» D. Shudraka | |
| 2. |
Which of these rulers first made Pataliputra his capital? |
| A. | Ashoka the Great |
| B. | Chandragupta Vikramaditya |
| C. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| D. | Kanishk |
| Answer» D. Kanishk | |
| 3. |
What is the name of the book of Megasthenes? |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | indica |
| C. | Puranas |
| D. | Rigveda |
| Answer» C. Puranas | |
| 4. |
Kautilya's Arthashastra is divided into how many sections? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 16 | |
| 5. |
Which was the first capital of Magadha? |
| A. | Patna |
| B. | Champa |
| C. | Girivraj |
| D. | Vaishali |
| Answer» D. Vaishali | |
| 6. |
Chandragupta Maurya has been specifically described in which of the following, he is? |
| A. | Ashok |
| B. | Kunal |
| C. | Bindusara |
| D. | Chandra Gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which ruler first selected Pataliputra as the capital? |
| A. | by Ajatashatru |
| B. | by Kanishk |
| C. | by Udayan |
| D. | by kalashok |
| Answer» D. by kalashok | |
| 8. |
The most famous center of education in Mauryan period was? |
| A. | Vaishali |
| B. | Ujjain |
| C. | Takshshila |
| D. | Nalanda |
| Answer» D. Nalanda | |
| 9. |
Which dynasty ruled over the Magadha Empire after Udayin? |
| A. | Nanda dynasty |
| B. | Maurya Dynasty |
| C. | Shunga dynasty |
| D. | Shishunaga dynasty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following kings strengthened the position of his kingdom by adopting matrimonial policy? |
| A. | ajatshatru |
| B. | Bimbisar |
| C. | Udayin |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Udayin | |
| 11. |
Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal and Orissa to the East India Company? |
| A. | on 12 August 1765 |
| B. | on 18 August 1765 |
| C. | on 29 August 1765 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. on 18 August 1765 | |
| 12. |
After the fall of the Mughals, Bihar came under whom? |
| A. | It became subject to the local vassals. |
| B. | became a separate province |
| C. | Became under the Nawabs of Bengal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 13. |
Who established the city of Patna in place of the ancient city of Pataliputra? |
| A. | Sher Shah has |
| B. | by Jahangir |
| C. | Emperor Akbar |
| D. | Shahzada Parvez |
| Answer» B. by Jahangir | |
| 14. |
Who was Princess Chalna? |
| A. | Vajji-Licchavi Princess |
| B. | madra princess |
| C. | daughter of koshalraj |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. madra princess | |
| 15. |
The lost prestige of Bihar was partially restored during the reign of which Muslim ruler? |
| A. | during the reign of Akbar |
| B. | during the British Raj |
| C. | During the reign of Jahangir |
| D. | During the reign of Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Ajatashatru had fortified to avoid the attack of Avanti, where did he build that fort? |
| A. | in Vaishali |
| B. | in the palace |
| C. | in the limb |
| D. | in Pataliputra |
| Answer» C. in the limb | |
| 17. |
Bimbisara did not establish matrimonial relations with which of the following states? |
| A. | Kosala |
| B. | Videha |
| C. | madra |
| D. | vajji-lichchavi |
| Answer» C. madra | |
| 18. |
During the reign of which medieval ruler, Bihar had political influence in the whole of North India? |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar? |
| A. | aivaz |
| B. | Nasiruddin Mahmood |
| C. | Malik Jani |
| D. | Ali Madin |
| Answer» D. Ali Madin | |
| 20. |
Which of the following Indian was appointed as Naib Diwan of Bihar by Robert Clive? |
| A. | Omi Chand |
| B. | Manik Chand |
| C. | Shitab Rai |
| D. | opinion rare |
| Answer» D. opinion rare | |
| 21. |
Patna was the city center in the 1830s? |
| A. | of the Wahhabi movement |
| B. | sannyasin revolt |
| C. | of Munda rebellion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. sannyasin revolt | |
| 22. |
Who was the leader of the 1857 freedom struggle of Patna? |
| A. | Peer Ali Khan |
| B. | Kushal Singh |
| C. | Judhar Singh |
| D. | Kunwar Singh |
| Answer» B. Kushal Singh | |
| 23. |
Which Nawab of Bengal made Munger his capital? |
| A. | Alivardi Khan |
| B. | mir kasim |
| C. | mir jafar |
| D. | sirajuddaula |
| Answer» C. mir jafar | |
| 24. |
Akbar annexed Bengal and Bihar into the Mughal Empire? |
| A. | in 1590 |
| B. | in 1575 |
| C. | in 1576 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 25. |
During which Governor General's time was the Golghar built? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | lord harding |
| C. | lord cornwallis |
| D. | Sir John Shore |
| Answer» D. Sir John Shore | |
| 26. |
Identify the area of the indigo cultivators' rebellion in Bihar of 1866-86? |
| A. | Muzaffarpur and Chhapra |
| B. | Champaran and Muzaffarpur |
| C. | Darbhanga and Champaran |
| D. | Madhubani and Begusarai |
| Answer» C. Darbhanga and Champaran | |
| 27. |
Prabhavati Devi was a freedom fighter of which region? |
| A. | Patna |
| B. | Shahabad |
| C. | Bhagalpur |
| D. | Champaran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Who was not related to Champaran movement? |
| A. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| B. | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| C. | Anugrah Narayan Singh |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Dr Rajendra Prasad | |
| 29. |
The movement against Chowkidari tax in Begusarai was a part of? |
| A. | of non-cooperation movement |
| B. | of the Khilafat Movement |
| C. | Quit India Movement |
| D. | of civil disobedience movement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
With whom was Gandhiji's Champaran Satyagraha associated? |
| A. | Tinkathia |
| B. | Monopoly |
| C. | genmies |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Monopoly | |
| 31. |
Bihar Congress Socialist Party was formed? |
| A. | in 1930 |
| B. | in 1931 |
| C. | in 1932 |
| D. | in 1935 |
| Answer» C. in 1932 | |
| 32. |
Name the revolutionary of Bihar who participated in the meeting of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army in September. |
| A. | Phanindranath Ghosh |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Ajay Ghosh |
| D. | jyotindranath |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 33. |
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress session at Gaya in 1922? |
| A. | Chittaranjan Das |
| B. | Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| C. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | s. N. Banerjee |
| Answer» B. Hakim Ajmal Khan | |
| 34. |
Where did Gandhiji start the Satyagraha movement for the first time in India in Bihar? |
| A. | Patna |
| B. | Bettiah |
| C. | Champaran |
| D. | Chhapra |
| Answer» D. Chhapra | |
| 35. |
The 16th session of the Bihari Students Conference was held in Hazaribagh? |
| A. | in 1921 |
| B. | in 1922 |
| C. | in 1923 |
| D. | in 1925 |
| Answer» B. in 1922 | |
| 36. |
The absence of national activism in Bihar relative to the former of Mahatma Gandhi can be seen in its absence? |
| A. | Integrated community |
| B. | creative regional elite |
| C. | extremist group |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. creative regional elite | |
| 37. |
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara is famous for |
| A. | Birth place of Mahavir |
| B. | museum |
| C. | Pali Research Institute |
| D. | Hiuen Tsang Monument |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
In which of the following cities is the Sun Temple located? |
| A. | Gone |
| B. | Ranchi |
| C. | God |
| D. | realized |
| Answer» D. realized | |
| 39. |
What was the reason for implementing Permanent Settlement in Bihar? |
| A. | Land revenue rights of landlords on land |
| B. | Abolition of Zamindari system |
| C. | revenue decision making |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. revenue decision making | |
| 40. |
Who was the national leader of Champaran Indigo Movement? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Ram Singh |
| C. | Baba Ramchandra |
| D. | birsa munda |
| Answer» B. Ram Singh | |
| 41. |
In which field was Rahul Sankrityayan active in the non-cooperation movement of 1920? |
| A. | Chhapra |
| B. | Patna |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Patna | |
| 42. |
Padmashree Sita Devi was a famous personality of |
| A. | classical dance |
| B. | Madhubani painting |
| C. | Maithili cinema |
| D. | bhojpuri cinema |
| Answer» C. Maithili cinema | |
| 43. |
Sonpur fair is called? |
| A. | Harihar Kshetra Mela |
| B. | janki navami fair |
| C. | saurath fair |
| D. | Vaishali Mela |
| Answer» B. janki navami fair | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is a folk dance of Bihar? |
| A. | Done |
| B. | Garba |
| C. | karma |
| D. | Jat-Jatin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which is the popular art of Bihar? |
| A. | Madhubani |
| B. | Awadhi |
| C. | Mughal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Awadhi | |
| 46. |
What was the name of Kunwar Singh's father? |
| A. | Ram Baksh Singh |
| B. | Udwant Singh |
| C. | Sahabzada Singh |
| D. | umrao Singh |
| Answer» D. umrao Singh | |
| 47. |
Who was the first general to lead the British army in Arrah against Kunwar Singh? |
| A. | millman |
| B. | captain dunver |
| C. | lugard |
| D. | Captain Lee Grand |
| Answer» C. lugard | |
| 48. |
The famous festival of Bihar is? |
| A. | Durga Puja |
| B. | Vaisakhi |
| C. | Chhath Puja |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 49. |
Which is the painting style of Bihar? |
| A. | Madhubani |
| B. | Mughal |
| C. | Pichwai |
| D. | srirangam |
| Answer» B. Mughal | |
| 50. |
With whom was Sachchidanand Sinha associated? |
| A. | Dundee March |
| B. | Civil disobedience movement |
| C. | Quit India Movement |
| D. | with none of these |
| Answer» E. | |