48TH - 52ND B.P.S.C. (PRE) EXAM - 2008

Showing 101 - 120 of 144 entries

101. Which is a joint irrigation project of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh?

  • A
  • Damodar Valley Project

  • B
  • Kosi Project

  • C
  • Son Barrage Project

  • D
  • Gandak Project

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Correct Answer : D [Gandak Project]

102. According to 2001 census  _____ per cent population of  India lives in Bihar state.

  • A
  • 8

  • B
  • 10

  • C
  • 11

  • D
  • 12

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Correct Answer : A [8]

103. Bihar is the _____ largest state  of India according to 2001 census.

  • A
  • Second

  • B
  • Third

  • C
  • Fourth

  • D
  • Fifth

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Correct Answer : B [Third]

104. In India the third largest state according to population and the twelfth largest state in area are

  • A
  • Maharashtra

  • B
  • Madhya Pradesh

  • C
  • Karnataka

  • D
  • Bihar

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Correct Answer : D [Bihar]

105. In how many adhikarnas is the Kautilya’s Arth Shastra?

  • A
  • 11

  • B
  • 12

  • C
  • 14

  • D
  • 15

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Correct Answer : D [15]

106. Who identified the name Sandrokottos as Chandragupta Maurya?

  • A
  • William Jones

  • B
  • V. A. Smith

  • C
  • R. Mukherjee

  • D
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

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Correct Answer : B [V. A. Smith]

107. Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka for the first time?

  • A
  • James Prinsep

  • B
  • H. D. Sankalia

  • C
  • S. R Project

  • D
  • V. N. Mishra

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Correct Answer : A [James Prinsep]

108. The last Mauryan emperor was?

  • A
  • Jalok

  • B
  • Avanti Varman

  • C
  • Nandi Varmana

  • D
  • Briha Dratha

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Correct Answer : D [Briha Dratha]

109. Iltutmish appointed _____ his first subedar in Bihar

  • A
  • Aivaj

  • B
  • Nasiruddin Muhammad

  • C
  • Alimaran

  • D
  • Malik Jani

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Correct Answer : D [Malik Jani]

110. When did Humayun first attack Chunar fort?

  • A
  • 1532 A.D.

  • B
  • 1631 A.D.

  • C
  • 1533 A.D.

  • D
  • 1536 A.D.

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Correct Answer : A [1532 A.D.]

111. The meaning of word Bantai during medieval period was

  • A
  • Religious Tax

  • B
  • System of calculating revenue

  • C
  • Wealth Tax

  • D
  • Property Tax

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Correct Answer : B [System of calculating revenue]

112. Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in:

  • A
  • 1590 A.D.

  • B
  • 1575 A.D.

  • C
  • 1576 A.D,

  • D
  • 1572 A.D.

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Correct Answer : B [1575 A.D.]

113. When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian administration under the British Crown?

  • A
  • 1 November 1858

  • B
  • 31 December 1957

  • C
  • 6 January 1958

  • D
  • 17 November 1859

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Correct Answer : A [1 November 1858]

114. In which year did Lord Curzon cancel the partition of Bengal?

  • A
  • 1911

  • B
  • 1904

  • C
  • 1906

  • D
  • 1907

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Correct Answer : A [1911]

115. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?

  • A
  • 1919

  • B
  • 1917

  • C
  • 1921

  • D
  • 1896

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Correct Answer : B [1917]

116. Which person of Jagdishpur took the lead of revolutionaries during the revolt of 1857 A.D.?

  • A
  • Kunwar Singh

  • B
  • Chandra Shekhar

  • C
  • Tirat Singh

  • D
  • Ram Singh

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Correct Answer : A [Kunwar Singh]

117. Emperor Shah Alam II gave the diwani of Bengal-Bihar and Orissa to East India Company on

  • A
  • 12 August 1765

  • B
  • 18 August 1765

  • C
  • 19 August 1765

  • D
  • 21 August 1765

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Correct Answer : A [12 August 1765]

118. The first railway lines were laid down in India under British Governor

  • A
  • Lord Dalhousie

  • B
  • Lord Curzon

  • C
  • Lord Wellesley

  • D
  • Lord Lytton

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Correct Answer : A [Lord Dalhousie]

119. When did the attempt of the murder of King Ford made at Muzaffarpur?

  • A
  • 1908

  • B
  • 1909

  • C
  • 1907

  • D
  • 1911

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Correct Answer : A [1908]

120. Prabawati Devi was the Freedom fighter of

  • A
  • Champaran

  • B
  • Patna

  • C
  • Bhagalpur

  • D
  • Shahabad

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Correct Answer : C [Bhagalpur]
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