Mock Test 2 — Bihar State GK (100 MCQs, with Explained Answer Key)
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A second full-length mock test with a different question mix. This test's answer key includes a brief one-line explanation for each answer, useful for reinforcing recall during revision. Suggested time limit: 60 minutes.
Section A: History (25 Questions)
- Which Mahajanapada, centred on Vaishali, was one of the world's earliest known republics?
(a) Magadha (b) Vajji (Licchavi confederacy) (c) Avanti (d) Kosala - Bimbisara's dynasty, the first major Magadhan royal house, was the:
(a) Nanda dynasty (b) Haryanka dynasty (c) Shishunaga dynasty (d) Shunga dynasty - Ajatashatru's principal military rival, defeated after prolonged conflict, was:
(a) The Licchavis of Vaishali (b) The Nandas (c) The Mauryas (d) The Guptas - Megasthenes' account of the Mauryan court is titled:
(a) Arthashastra (b) Indica (c) Aryabhatiya (d) Rashmirathi - The Lion Capital, adopted as India's national emblem, was originally erected at:
(a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Vaishali (d) Pataliputra - Chandragupta II's court is traditionally said to have hosted the poet:
(a) Kalidasa (b) Vidyapati (c) Dinkar (d) Harishena - Harishena, court poet who composed the Allahabad Prashasti, served under:
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Samudragupta (c) Chandragupta II (d) Skandagupta - Skandagupta is remembered for:
(a) Founding Nalanda (b) Initially repelling Huna invasions at great cost (c) Writing the Aryabhatiya (d) Defeating Sher Shah Suri - The Second Buddhist Council is traditionally held to have taken place at:
(a) Rajgir (b) Vaishali (c) Pataliputra (d) Bodh Gaya - Xuanzang and I-Tsing, whose accounts document Nalanda, were pilgrims from:
(a) China (b) Sri Lanka (c) Persia (d) Rome - Odantapuri, destroyed alongside Nalanda, was primarily a centre of:
(a) Buddhist learning (b) Jain pilgrimage (c) Mughal administration (d) Hindu temple architecture - Which Delhi Sultanate-era figure's forces are traditionally blamed for Nalanda's destruction?
(a) Muhammad Ghori (b) Bakhtiyar Khilji (c) Mahmud of Ghazni (d) Timur - Sher Shah Suri's administrative reforms are considered a precursor to reforms later associated with Akbar's minister:
(a) Birbal (b) Todar Mal (c) Man Singh (d) Abul Fazl - The Grand Trunk Road, built/extended under Sher Shah Suri, connected Bengal to the:
(a) Indus region (b) Deccan Plateau (c) Coromandel Coast (d) Kashmir Valley - During the later Mughal period, Patna's economic importance to European traders rested on the trade in:
(a) Saltpetre and opium (b) Diamonds and gold (c) Silk and tea exclusively (d) Rubber - The Bihar Land Reforms Act, aimed at ending the zamindari system, was passed in:
(a) 1947 (b) 1950 (c) 1974 (d) 2000 - The JP Movement began as a protest primarily against:
(a) Price rises, corruption, and unemployment (b) Foreign trade restrictions (c) Currency devaluation (d) Judicial reform - Which political formation, born from the JP Movement's momentum, won the 1977 general election?
(a) Indian National Congress (b) Janata Party (c) Bharatiya Janata Party (d) Communist Party of India - Karpoori Thakur's reservation reforms for backward classes in Bihar followed recommendations of the:
(a) Mandal Commission directly (b) Mungeri Lal Commission (c) Sachar Committee (d) Kaka Kalelkar Commission - Jaipal Singh Munda, an early Jharkhand movement leader, was also a former:
(a) Bihar Chief Minister (b) Indian national hockey team captain (c) Governor of Bihar (d) Chief Justice of Patna High Court - The organisation with pre-independence roots associated with the early Jharkhand movement was the:
(a) Chhotanagpur Unnati Samaj (b) Servants of India Society (c) Home Rule League (d) Ghadar Party - Birsa Munda, whose birth anniversary marks Jharkhand's formation date, is remembered as a:
(a) Mughal-era general (b) Tribal freedom fighter (c) Gupta-era scholar (d) British-era zamindar - Which of these best describes the "Sampoorna Kranti" call?
(a) A narrow, single-issue local reform (b) A demand for wholesale political and social transformation (c) A demand for Bihar's secession (d) A call to reinstate zamindari - Anugrah Narayan Sinha served as Bihar's first Deputy Chief Minister and:
(a) Home Minister (b) Finance Minister (c) Defence Minister (d) Foreign Minister - India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, also presided over the:
(a) Constituent Assembly of India (b) Patna High Court (c) Bihar Vidhan Sabha exclusively (d) Rajya Sabha exclusively
Section B: Geography (20 Questions)
- Bihar's two broad physiographic zones, divided by the Ganga, are:
(a) North Bihar and South Bihar (b) Eastern and Western Bihar (c) Upper and Lower Bihar (d) Coastal and Inland Bihar - Bihar's hilly tract in the extreme south includes spurs of the:
(a) Kaimur range (b) Himalayan range directly (c) Aravalli range (d) Vindhya range's core - The Ganga enters Bihar near which town in the west?
(a) Buxar (b) Rajmahal (c) Patna (d) Bhagalpur - Which North Bihar river is notorious for shifting its course by over 100 km within recorded history?
(a) Gandak (b) Kosi (c) Bagmati (d) Ghaghara - The Bagmati river flows through which cultural region of Bihar?
(a) Magadh region (b) Mithila region (c) Anga region (d) Saran region - Which season in Bihar brings the bulk of annual rainfall?
(a) Summer (b) Monsoon (June–October) (c) Winter (d) Rainfall is evenly spread - Bihar's maximum summer temperatures often exceed:
(a) 30°C (b) 35°C (c) 40°C (d) 25°C - Flood management structures on the Kosi include the Kosi Barrage, located at:
(a) Bhimnagar, near the Nepal border (b) Patna (c) Gaya (d) Muzaffarpur - The steep elevation drop as Himalayan rivers enter Bihar's plains primarily causes:
(a) Rivers to dry up (b) Sediment deposition and unpredictable course shifts (c) Permanent river straightening (d) No effect - Bihar's soils are predominantly:
(a) Alluvial (b) Laterite (c) Black cotton (d) Desert/arid - Which of the following is a South Bihar (Peninsular-origin) river?
(a) Son (b) Kosi (c) Gandak (d) Bagmati - The Punpun river is best classified as a:
(a) North Bihar Himalayan-origin river (b) South Bihar Peninsular-origin river (c) International boundary river (d) A river that does not exist in Bihar - Bihar's mineral profile after Jharkhand's separation is comparatively:
(a) Rich in coal and iron ore still (b) Limited, dominated by minor minerals (c) Entirely absent of any minerals (d) Rich in petroleum - Bihar's forest cover is concentrated mainly in:
(a) Southern districts (Kaimur, Rohtas) and northwestern foothill districts (b) Only the extreme east (c) Only urban districts (d) Uniformly across all districts - Bihar's population density (2011) ranks it among the:
(a) Lowest of any Indian state (b) Highest of any major Indian state (c) Exactly average (d) Unmeasured - Bihar's sex ratio (2011 Census) is:
(a) 900 (b) 918 (c) 940 (d) 960 - Bihar's literacy rate (2011 Census) is approximately:
(a) 55.8% (b) 61.8% (c) 68.8% (d) 74.8% - Bihar's number of districts is:
(a) 36 (b) 38 (c) 40 (d) 42 - Bihar's number of administrative divisions is:
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10 - The Munger Division's headquarters is:
(a) Munger (b) Begusarai (c) Jamui (d) Lakhisarai
Section C: Economy (15 Questions)
- Which crop, alongside rice, wheat, and maize, is a major Bihar staple crop?
(a) Pulses (b) Coffee (c) Rubber (d) Cotton - Bihar's agriculture benefits particularly from:
(a) Poor soil quality (b) Fertile alluvial soil and assured monsoon rainfall (c) Absence of rainfall (d) Volcanic soil - The "low base, high growth" pattern about Bihar's economy refers to:
(a) Low per-capita income with comparatively fast percentage GSDP growth (b) High income with slow growth (c) A pattern seen only in industrial output (d) A reversed pattern now - Bihar's historically weak industrial base has been compounded by:
(a) The 2000 bifurcation (b) Total absence of agriculture (c) Excessive FDI (d) The Champaran Satyagraha - Power-sector reforms in Bihar have primarily aimed at improving:
(a) Export tariffs (b) Electricity availability (c) Currency rates (d) Railway gauge - Bihar's prohibition policy is primarily justified on:
(a) Purely industrial grounds (b) Public-health and social grounds (c) Foreign policy grounds (d) Agricultural grounds - Remittances from migrant workers form what kind of component of many rural Bihar households' income?
(a) An insignificant one (b) An economically significant one (c) A purely symbolic one (d) One that has disappeared - Bihar's economy has a substantially higher share of workforce dependent on:
(a) Agriculture and allied activities, compared to the national average (b) IT services (c) Mining (d) Aviation - Which of the following crops holds GI recognition for a Bihar-linked variety?
(a) Shahi litchi (b) Basmati rice exclusively from Punjab (c) Alphonso mango from Maharashtra (d) Darjeeling tea - Katarni rice, a GI-tagged product, is associated with which region?
(a) Bhagalpur/Munger region (b) Mithila region (c) Magadh region (d) Saran region - Magahi paan (betel leaf), a GI-tagged product, is associated with the:
(a) Magadh region (b) Mithila region (c) Anga region (d) Saran region - Bihar's food-processing focus, post-bifurcation, primarily leverages the state's:
(a) Large agricultural surplus (b) Mineral reserves (c) Coastal fisheries (d) Petroleum reserves - Bihar's rank by population makes it economically significant primarily as a:
(a) Large consumer market and labour-supplying state (b) Purely export-oriented manufacturing hub (c) Coastal trading hub (d) Oil-exporting state - Bihar's GSDP growth narrative is often summarised as:
(a) A wealthy, fully industrialised state (b) A historically low-income, agrarian state now showing comparatively fast percentage growth (c) A state with no measurable growth (d) A purely mining-based economy - Bihar's out-migration is most directly linked to:
(a) A surplus of local non-agricultural jobs (b) A gap between a growing working-age population and available local employment (c) Excess industrial capacity (d) Mandatory government relocation policy
Section D: Polity and Administration (20 Questions)
- Bihar's Vidhan Parishad members are chosen through methods including all EXCEPT:
(a) Election by MLAs (b) Election from Graduates'/Teachers' Constituencies (c) Nomination by the Governor (d) Direct election by universal adult suffrage - Which of the following states retains a bicameral legislature, like Bihar?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Haryana - The Vidhan Parishad's one-third membership retirement occurs every:
(a) One year (b) Two years (c) Three years (d) Four years - Bihar's judiciary is headed at the state level by the:
(a) District and Sessions Court (b) Patna High Court (c) Supreme Court exclusively (d) Zila Parishad - Which of the following correctly describes the 73rd Constitutional Amendment's relevance to Bihar?
(a) It established the Panchayati Raj three-tier system (b) It created the Vidhan Parishad (c) It abolished zamindari (d) It created Jharkhand - A Zila Parishad operates at which tier of Panchayati Raj?
(a) Village level (b) Block/intermediate level (c) District level (d) State level - A Panchayat Samiti operates at which tier?
(a) Village level (b) Block/intermediate level (c) District level (d) State level - Bihar's Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Nagar Panchayats together constitute:
(a) The state's rural self-government structure (b) The state's urban local self-government structure (c) The judiciary (d) The state legislature - The Chief Justice of Patna High Court's identity should be cross-checked against the exam notification because:
(a) The post is permanently vacant (b) It rotates more frequently through transfers than constitutional posts like Governor/CM (c) It never changes (d) It does not exist - Bihar's District Magistrate/Collector is responsible for:
(a) General administration, law-and-order coordination, and revenue functions (b) Only judicial appeals (c) Only foreign policy (d) Only Panchayati Raj elections - Which of the following administrative units sits between a district and a block?
(a) Sub-division (b) Gram Sabha (c) State Secretariat (d) Divisional Commissioner's office (which sits above the district) - Bihar's Divisional Commissioners oversee how many districts on average, given 9 divisions and 38 districts?
(a) Roughly 4 districts per division on average (b) Exactly 10 per division (c) Exactly 2 per division (d) All 38 districts each - Reservations in Bihar's Panchayati Raj institutions apply to:
(a) Women only (b) Women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes (c) No group at all (d) Only Scheduled Tribes - The Vidhan Sabha's members are directly elected via:
(a) Universal adult suffrage from single-member constituencies (b) Indirect election by MLAs (c) Nomination by the Governor (d) Selection by the Rajya Sabha - Which body in Bihar's legislature is NOT subject to dissolution?
(a) Vidhan Sabha (b) Vidhan Parishad (c) Both are subject to dissolution (d) Neither exists in Bihar - The Council of Ministers, aiding the Chief Minister, is collectively responsible to:
(a) The Governor alone (b) The Vidhan Sabha (c) The Vidhan Parishad alone (d) The Rajya Sabha - Bihar's rank by Lok Sabha seat count is:
(a) Highest (b) Second or third highest, after Uttar Pradesh (c) Lowest (d) Not applicable - Which of the following best describes a Sub-Divisional Officer's role?
(a) Administering a sub-division, an intermediate tier below the district (b) Heading the state legislature (c) Presiding over the High Court (d) Managing foreign affairs - Bihar's Panchayati Raj reservation for women, at 50%, is notable because it was:
(a) Implemented well ahead of many other states (b) The lowest such reservation in India (c) Never actually implemented (d) Applicable only to urban bodies - The Governor's term is typically:
(a) Five years, subject to the President's pleasure (b) Ten years fixed (c) Life tenure (d) One year
Section E: Culture, Personalities, and Current Affairs (20 Questions)
- Chhath Puja's rituals notably do NOT include:
(a) Fasting (b) Idol worship (c) Standing in water bodies (d) Offering Arghya to the sun - Chhath Puja has spread to diaspora communities in countries including:
(a) Mauritius, Trinidad, Fiji (b) Only within India (c) Only in Europe (d) Only in the Middle East - Sikki grass craft, a GI-tagged traditional craft, originates from the:
(a) Magadh region (b) Mithila region (c) Anga region (d) Munger region - Sujini embroidery is a traditional craft associated with Bihar's:
(a) Textile heritage (b) Metallurgical heritage (c) Architectural heritage (d) Culinary heritage - Vidyapati's poetic tradition, celebrated in the Mithila region, is composed primarily in:
(a) Maithili and Sanskrit (b) Bhojpuri and Urdu (c) Magahi and Bengali (d) Angika and Persian - Thekua, a sweet snack particularly associated with Chhath Puja, is made primarily from:
(a) Wheat flour (b) Rice flour (c) Gram flour exclusively (d) Corn flour - Khaja, a layered flaky sweet, is particularly associated with which town?
(a) Silao, near Nalanda (b) Sasaram (c) Bhagalpur (d) Purnia - Which honorific is correctly matched: "Loknayak"?
(a) Sri Krishna Sinha (b) Jayaprakash Narayan (c) Anugrah Narayan Sinha (d) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - Bhagalpuri silk weaving is primarily of which type?
(a) Tussar silk (b) Mulberry silk exclusively (c) Eri silk exclusively (d) Muga silk - As of August 2026, Bihar's Chief Minister, Samrat Choudhary, succeeded which predecessor?
(a) Karpoori Thakur (b) Nitish Kumar (c) Lalu Prasad Yadav (d) Jayaprakash Narayan - As of August 2026, Bihar's Governor sworn in on 14 March 2026 is:
(a) Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) (b) Phagu Chauhan (c) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (d) Satya Pal Malik - Bihar's 2023 Caste Survey is significant because it:
(a) Was among the first comprehensive caste enumeration exercises by an Indian state in recent decades (b) Was India's first-ever census (c) Led directly to Jharkhand's creation (d) Abolished zamindari - "Saat Nischay Part 2" represents:
(a) A cancellation of the original scheme (b) A second phase covering additional priority areas (c) A purely symbolic renaming (d) A scheme unrelated to the original - Mukhyamantri Balak/Balika Cycle Yojana provides bicycles to students primarily to:
(a) Promote a sporting event (b) Improve school attendance by easing rural commutes (c) Support manufacturing alone (d) Reduce Patna traffic - Mukhyamantri Vridhjan Pension Yojana primarily serves:
(a) Girl students (b) Elderly residents through old-age pensions (c) Industrial workers exclusively (d) Foreign investors - Rural women's groups in Bihar were prominent advocates for which major policy?
(a) Industrial deregulation (b) Alcohol prohibition (c) Urban housing reform (d) Currency reform - The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), relevant to Bihar's rural connectivity, is:
(a) A purely state-level scheme (b) A central scheme coordinated with state efforts (c) Exclusive to urban areas (d) A defence-sector scheme - Candidates preparing for Bihar state exams should treat current officeholder facts as:
(a) Permanently fixed (b) Current reference facts to cross-check against the latest notification (c) Irrelevant to the exam (d) Only relevant for BPSC - Which of the following pairs (personality — field) is correctly matched?
(a) Vidyapati — Maithili poetry (b) Aryabhata — Hindi fiction (c) Dinkar — Ancient astronomy (d) Renu — Sanskrit drama - Bihar's overall linguistic landscape, notable for a single state, includes:
(a) Only Hindi, with no regional languages (b) Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Angika, and Bajjika alongside official Hindi and Urdu (c) Only English (d) Only Sanskrit
Answer Key (with brief explanations)
Section A: 1.(b) Vajji was centred on Vaishali. 2.(b) Bimbisara founded the Haryanka line. 3.(a) Ajatashatru fought the Licchavis. 4.(b) Megasthenes wrote Indica. 5.(a) The Lion Capital stood at Sarnath. 6.(a) Kalidasa is linked to Chandragupta II's court tradition. 7.(b) Harishena served Samudragupta. 8.(b) Skandagupta repelled early Huna attacks. 9.(b) The Second Council is placed at Vaishali. 10.(a) Both pilgrims came from China. 11.(a) Odantapuri was a Buddhist centre. 12.(b) Bakhtiyar Khilji's forces are blamed. 13.(b) Todar Mal built on similar revenue ideas. 14.(a) The road linked Bengal to the Indus region. 15.(a) Saltpetre and opium drove Patna's trade importance. 16.(b) The Act was passed in 1950. 17.(a) Price rise, corruption, unemployment sparked the movement. 18.(b) The Janata Party won in 1977. 19.(b) The Mungeri Lal Commission's recommendations were implemented. 20.(b) Jaipal Singh Munda captained India's hockey team. 21.(a) The Chhotanagpur Unnati Samaj predates independence. 22.(b) Birsa Munda was a tribal freedom fighter. 23.(b) Sampoorna Kranti sought broad transformation. 24.(b) He was Finance Minister as well. 25.(a) Prasad presided over the Constituent Assembly.
Section B: 26.(a) North and South Bihar, split by the Ganga. 27.(a) Kaimur range spurs form the southern hills. 28.(a) The Ganga enters near Buxar. 29.(b) The Kosi has shifted over 100 km. 30.(b) The Bagmati flows through Mithila. 31.(b) The monsoon brings most rainfall. 32.(c) Summer highs often exceed 40°C. 33.(a) The Kosi Barrage is at Bhimnagar. 34.(b) Elevation drop causes sediment deposition and course shifts. 35.(a) Bihar's soils are predominantly alluvial. 36.(a) The Son is a South Bihar river. 37.(b) The Punpun is a South Bihar river. 38.(b) Bihar's minerals are now mostly minor minerals. 39.(a) Forests concentrate in the south and northwest. 40.(b) Bihar's density is among the highest. 41.(b) The 2011 sex ratio is 918. 42.(b) The 2011 literacy rate is 61.8%. 43.(b) Bihar has 38 districts. 44.(c) Bihar has 9 divisions. 45.(a) Munger Division's HQ is Munger.
Section C: 46.(a) Pulses join rice, wheat, and maize as staples. 47.(b) Fertile soil and assured rain support agriculture. 48.(a) Low base, high percentage growth describes Bihar's GSDP pattern. 49.(a) The 2000 bifurcation removed heavy-industry tracts. 50.(b) Reforms target electricity availability. 51.(b) Prohibition is framed on public-health/social grounds. 52.(b) Remittances are economically significant for rural households. 53.(a) Agriculture employs a higher workforce share than the national average. 54.(a) Shahi litchi holds GI recognition. 55.(a) Katarni rice comes from the Bhagalpur/Munger belt. 56.(a) Magahi paan is from the Magadh region. 57.(a) Food processing leverages the agricultural surplus. 58.(a) Bihar is significant as a large labour-supplying state. 59.(b) The state shows fast percentage growth from a low base. 60.(b) Migration reflects a jobs-population gap.
Section D: 61.(d) Direct universal-suffrage election is NOT a Vidhan Parishad method. 62.(b) Uttar Pradesh also has a bicameral legislature. 63.(b) One-third retires every two years. 64.(b) Patna High Court heads the state judiciary. 65.(a) The 73rd Amendment established Panchayati Raj. 66.(c) Zila Parishad is the district-level tier. 67.(b) Panchayat Samiti is the block-level tier. 68.(b) These form the urban local self-government structure. 69.(b) The Chief Justice's post rotates frequently. 70.(a) The DM handles administration, law-and-order coordination, and revenue. 71.(a) A sub-division sits between district and block. 72.(a) Roughly 4 districts per division on average (38/9). 73.(b) Reservations cover women, SC, ST, and BC. 74.(a) MLAs are directly elected by universal suffrage. 75.(b) The Vidhan Parishad is not subject to dissolution. 76.(b) Ministers are responsible to the Vidhan Sabha. 77.(b) Bihar ranks second/third highest in Lok Sabha seats. 78.(a) An SDO administers a sub-division. 79.(a) Bihar's 50% women's reservation came early relative to other states. 80.(a) Governors serve five years, subject to the President's pleasure.
Section E: 81.(b) Chhath involves no idol worship. 82.(a) The diaspora spans Mauritius, Trinidad, and Fiji, among others. 83.(b) Sikki grass craft is from the Mithila region. 84.(a) Sujini embroidery is part of Bihar's textile heritage. 85.(a) Vidyapati wrote in Maithili and Sanskrit. 86.(a) Thekua is a wheat-flour preparation. 87.(a) Khaja is associated with Silao. 88.(b) Loknayak refers to Jayaprakash Narayan. 89.(a) Bhagalpuri silk is primarily Tussar silk. 90.(b) Choudhary succeeded Nitish Kumar. 91.(a) Hasnain was sworn in as Governor on that date. 92.(a) The 2023 survey was a landmark state-level exercise. 93.(b) It represents a second phase of the scheme. 94.(b) Cycles ease rural school commutes. 95.(b) The scheme serves elderly pensioners. 96.(b) Women's groups championed prohibition. 97.(b) PMGSY is a central scheme with state coordination. 98.(b) Officeholder facts should be cross-checked against notifications. 99.(a) Vidyapati is indeed linked to Maithili poetry. 100.(b) Bihar's linguistic landscape spans several regional languages alongside Hindi and Urdu.