Question 1. Which state has the lowest per capita income in India at the current price?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Orissa
(D) Bihar
Question 2. Which district in Bihar is poorest according to per capita income criteria?
(A) Sheohar
(B)Begusarai
(C) Madhepura
(D) Supaul
Question 3. The infant mortality rate of Bihar state is?
(A) Equal to Jharkhand
(B) Less than Jharkhand
(C) Equal to all India
(D) More than Jharkhand
Question 4. Which one of the following groups of districts in Bihar indicates the correct descending order of population density as per the 2011 census?
(A) Saran, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Siwan
(B) Siwan, Saran, Darbhanga, Samastipur
(C) Darbhanga, Siwan, Saran, Samastipur
(D) Darbhanga, Samastipur, Siwan, Saran
Question 5. Which state has the lowest literacy rate according to the 2011 Census Report?
(A) Haryana
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
Question 6. According to the bulletin of ‘Sample Registration System’ issued in June 2016, the birth rate in Bihar in the year 2014 (per 1000) was?
(A) 20.9
(B) 25.9
(C) 30.9
(D) 7.9
Question 7. The largest city is?
(A) Ara
(B) Patna
(C) Gaya
(D) Begusarai
Question 8. . The total population in the reorganised State of Bihar is?
(A) 70.562 million
(B) 72.325 million
(C) 104.099 million
(D) 64.434 million
Question 9. What is the ratio of rural-urban population in Bihar?
(A) 89 : 11
(B) 50 : 50
(C) 20 : 80
(D) 40 : 60
Question 10. Which of the following districts record the highest growth of population during 2001-11?
(A) Khagdia
(B) Madhepura
(C) Araria
(D) Kishanganj
Question 11. The order of Bihar according to population density in India is?
(A) Ninth
(B) Eight
(C) First
(D) Second
Question 12. The population of Bihar in India is?
(A) Fourth to the maximum
(B) Third to the maximum
(C) Second to the maximum
(D) Maximum
Question 13. According to the 2011 Census, population-wise, which is the third largest state in India?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Maharashtra
(D) West Bengal
Question 14. The growth rate of the population of Bihar during the 2001-11 decade is?
(A) 23.38%
(B) 25.40%
(C) 19.76%
(D) 21.33%
Question 15. The percentage of literacy in Bihar is?
(A) 52.51
(B) 43.56
(C) 61.8
(D) 42.85
Question 16. The literacy level in Bihar is about?
(A) 45%
(B) 62%
(C) 34%
(D) 30%
Question 17. What is the percentage of Bihar’s population in the total population of India?
(A) 8.04%
(B) 16.44%
(C) 10.21%
(D) 9. 00%
Question 18. Which of the following is the largest district in Bihar?
(A) Patna
(B) Samastipur
(C) Darbhanga
(D) Gaya
Question 19. Nearly 55% of the total population of Bihar survive in absolute poverty because
- Bihar lacks in natural resources, both existing and potential.
- Bihar has the fastest total fertility rate in India.
- Bihar has very unfavourable agro-climatic conditions.
- Bihar lacks quality infrastructure and a business-friendly environment.
Which of these reasons is correct?
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
Question 20. Which is the prominent financial institution to give industrial financial aid in Bihar?
(A) BISCOMAN
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Bihar State Finance Corporation
(D) World Bank
Question 21. Bihar State has the highest number of people below the poverty line due to?
(A) All of the above
(B) a Large number of the labour class
(C) Lack of political will
(D) Failure of Land reforms
Question 22. In Bihar, name the scheme which aims at building up infrastructural facilities of a high standard, required for establishment of ‘Export-oriented Units’ ?
(A) Software/Hardware Technology Park (STP/HTP)
(B) Concept of Build-OperateTransfer (BOT)
(C) Export Promotion on Industrial Park (EDIP)
(D) Integrated Infrastructural Development (IID)
Question 23. Bihar State (before separation) had how many ‘Industrial Area Development Authorities’?
(A) Four, viz., Adityapur, Muzaffarpur, Bhojpur and Khagaria
(B) Seven, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Patna, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Ranchi and Bhojpur
(C) Five, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna
(D) Six, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Patna, Ranchi, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur
Question 24. The economy in Chhotanagpur was primarily based on?
(A) Industries
(B) Mines
(C) Forests
(D) Agriculture
Question 25. In the history of Bihar for the first time, the economic survey of the State was presented by?
(A) None of these
(B) Sushil Modi
(C) Laloo Prasad
(D) Nitish Kumar